No true next generation hardware was announced at this year’s E3, but there can still be no doubt that this gaming generation is entering its twilight years. Is the last true classic before the new wave already on our radar?
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.
Wow that's one funny joke article....
Funny indeed. Xbox magazine declaring the demise of thr console it's supporting!
is it April fools already?
Sadly, 90% of games nowadays suck and pander to the lowest common denominator of gamers (ie. drunken fratboys) so it's entirely possible. Other than an MMO, where else can get you 300 hours of gameplay? Or more than 20 these days for that matter...
Gears of War - the epitome of fratboy franchises
Halo 4 - fratboy teabagfest
Mass Effect 3 - aims to target the fratboy audience with this next installment by taking out all the "numbers" and "rpg elements" that confuse fratboys
Bioshock Infinite - the first blew the minds of fratboys who found it the most intellectual, thought-provoking video game ever created...but they liked the second one better because it had "more guns". Few realized that it was just a dumbed down version of System Shock.
Skyrim - trying to make the game more "accessible" (in other words, less confusing for dumb people), however, at least they are offering enough content and hopefully enough depth to justify the purchase.