Muaz from Twinfinite writes: "It’s an established fact that every single Twinfinite employee loves the Mass Effect trilogy and consider them some of the greatest games of all time. BioWare did such an amazing job of making gamers feel as if they were Shepard and they were the ones leaping across the galaxy trying to stop the Reapers, that it’s hard not to feel devastated when the game hits you with a hard decision that results in tragedy."
RPGs are often huge, sprawling endeavours. With limited playtime, we have to choose wisely, so here's the best western RPGs available today.
"I started playing games yesterday" the List... Meh!
How about a few RPGs that deserve some love instead?
1 - Alpha Protocol - Now on GOG
2 - else Heart.Break()
3 - Shadowrun Trilogy
4 - Wasteland 2
5 - UnderRail
6 - Tyranny
7 - Torment: Tides of Numenera
And for a bonus game that flew under the radar:
8 - Banishers: Ghosts of New Eden
Not only glorious jank, but the idea that the story can completely change depending on what you do, or say, or side with, makes it one of the most forward thinking games ever. The amount of story permutation is the equivalent of a Hitman level but in Story Form. And it wasn't just that the story changed, no, it was that you met completely new characters, or missed them, depending on your choices. Made Mass Effect feel static in comparison.
Alpha Protocol was absolutely glorious, indeed. And it was, and still is, more Next Gen than most anything out there these days. In this regard at least.
Pity.
Based on one narratively fitting ending in Mass Effect 3, Prothean squadmate Javik is highly unlikely to return in the next Mass Effect game.
He was one of my least favorite characters. I wish they would have done the Proths different.
Wealth of Geeks explores some of the best gaming romances that have stolen our hearts over the years.
Biggest "gut wrenching" moment? When I opened the package and realized I accidentally purchased an EA game!
"It had to be me, someone else might've gotten it wrong"
Garrus is perhaps the best bro in a game in the history of gaming. When I played through the trilogy I made sure to always have him on my team. There has yet to be a partner I legit cared about in a video game. Clementine from the walking dead season one is close.
Playing the entire series is gut-wrenching. Watching all that potential burn on screen is simply heartbreaking.
Hire new writers, BioWare.
Mass Effect 2 title screen.