Official PlayStation Magazine UK spend an afternoon in Skyrim and talk to director Todd Howard about burning chickens and living with the children of people you kill.
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.
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SFK
#Skyrim Fried Chicken
Trophy/Achievement [secret] unlock? lol
Fantastic and long preview, only a week and a half left.
"I walked in a straight line until something happened. Wolves happened. A really bad case of wolves. Luckily, they’re just as flammable as chickens, so some fire magic soon solved the whole wolf issue.
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I see a stag bolt through the trees and salmon jumping in the river, all to an uplifting swell of orchestral strings. It’s beautiful. You can barely even smell the burning wolves any more."
I lol'd
I'm the playing the game now. I downloaded the leaked version for 360 but I'll buy it when released. I do not steal games! I modded my 360 for one reason only, to play games like these over a week before release.
Anyway, the game is amazing. Don't be put off by the leaked first 20 minutes. Once you reach the open world, you will not believe your eyes. You're also hit with so many side quests that you won't be able to keep up. I haven't really advanced in the main story because I'll be getting the pc version next week and will have to do it all again. What I've played has been brilliant though.