Bethesda Softworks today announced that it will release the recently revealed collector’s edition of the highly-anticipated The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim in the UK. The limited collector’s edition will be available for Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and Games for Windows and can be pre-ordered in the UK now exclusively through GAME and gamestation.
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.
I wonder how much it will cost?
Oh why it will be more than the us version!
Why am I not surprised?
I was in GAME the other day asking if I could pre-order it in store, but apparently they're only taking orders online, which sucks. Whenever I buy games online, they always appear the day after in the post >_>
Also, I know it's expensive, definitely the most I will ever pay for a game, but I'm a massive Elder Scrolls fan and I know I will get hundreds of hours out of Skyrim. It's a painful purchase, bit for me it's a must have.