This week on Heroes of Handheld:
HQ Trivia ups its Uk prize payout
Sony ends production of Physical Vita games (thanks Kotaku)
StarDew Valley comes to Vita (PS Blog update here)
Pokemon Go announces their May community day
Monster Hunter comes to Switch
Nintendo announce a New Nintendo Switch charging stand
With E3 on the way, rumours are abound about Retro Studios (thanks Nintendo-Insider) and the Switch Pokemon titles
Mario Tennis has a Story Mode trailer, and details on the Open Tournament at the start of June (thanks JapaneseNintendo) and tournament details
Starting out a new farm, but need help choosing a name? Check out this article for a 100 farm name ides for Stardew Valley.
Replaying Skyrim after 13 years is a reminder of the progress made in western RPGs over the last decade, but also what's been lost.
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.
How many headlines have said "VITA is dead" over the past 4 years? It's unfortunate that physical game production will cease but the system really isn't dead when games are still releasing on it. Stardew Valley, Bloodstained, BS Curse of the Moon ect coming to VITA. I play my VITA everyday. In preparation for Death Stranding i'm running through the MGS Collection on VITA. It's wonderful to play Snake Eater on the go. In preparation for God of War i platinumed God of War 2 on VITA and after R&C 2016 i played Going Commando on VITA. The handheld can serve a beautiful purpose if you let it. Darkest Dungeon, Salt & Sanctuary, DQ Builders, Axiom Verge, Severed, Bastion, World of FF, Iconoclasts, Rose in the Twighlight. There have been excellent games that've come to VITA in recent memory. It hasn't been as dead as people think.