OXM UK: "Find yourself going toe-to-toe with a 40-foot, airborne, fire-belching dragon and you might be surprised at what your greatest asset is.It's not your weapon - no matter how handy you are with a blade or a blunt object, it's going to take a lot of committed clobbering to knock chunks out of these leathery beasts, leaving you open to a barbecuing. It's not even your magic spells, though you'll be treated to a huge selection of ways to make things pop, fizz, freeze and explode. No, in a pleasing, Hudson-esque turn, your biggest advantage against these napalm-spitting lizards will be harsh language."
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.
A new Partner Spotlight Sale is now live on the Switch eShop, including Skyrim, lowest price ever for Bomb Rush Cyberfunk, and more.
They should delay all other games till 2013, because that's how long I'll need to play this.