G4TV writes: "I was given a chance to play the first hour or so of Mass Effect 2 in San Francisco earlier this week. There was no one looking over my shoulder, no developer pointing out what new gameplay features I should be checking out. This was my first real look at Mass Effect 2, a chance to make note of lessons BioWare learned from the original and applied to the follow-up."
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.
Wealth of Geeks explores some of the best gaming romances that have stolen our hearts over the years.
Diandra worked on Diablo 4 and also other games at Blizzard including WoW: Dragon Flight. She’s also been at Bioware, Carbine, RIOT, and she is currently working at Crystal Dynamics.
Brian was the Lead Writer on Diablo 3 Reaper of Souls, worked on StarCraft: Heart of the Swarm, StarCraft: Wings of Liberty, and was also a writer on Mass Effect 2. He’s also been involved in movies such as the Iron Giant.
Diandra and Brian discuss their industry experience, the games they have worked on, how the writing process works, and much more.
in reference to the ME1 save import: From the article
"You aren't forced to do so and can start from scratch. Through a combination of responses to in-game conversations and decisions simply made by BioWare, the game will determine what would have happened in the original."
I'll be playing this game on the PC, but from the above statement it's very plausible the game could eventually come to PS3 considering this simple yet elegant work around to not having played the first game. Of course someone else may look at that statement in a completely different way but if you have grown past this so called console war and want to experience this great game on the ps3 the possibility is getting stronger and stronger.