Lens of Truth writes - "In our next inFocus Review we put Bethesda’s The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim under our lens. Its predecessor, Oblivion, was Game of the Year back in 2006. Does Skyrim live up to the hype, or is this one quest better off not taking? Find out inside."
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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Easily the best game I've ever played.
This game is crack!!! I'm addicted and cannot put it down. The more you progress, the better it gets.
Pray for me my fellow gamers....., LOL!
Indeed, awsome game, I tried to go up the mountain to complete the second or third main story mission and kept getting wasted by a snow troll, so i decided to just do side missions and faction missions for a while to level up and even the supposed "side missions" or "miscelenious" missions seem like your on a main quest sometimes. Very awsome game. Even with the occasional glitch.
Is anybody else not frustrated with the combat in this game?
I was fighting some hag witch who was spamming fire at me on a ledge from a distance and she summoned two snow trolls as well. I ran past the trolls up the ledge and did a power swing. My character kept on running until he fell off the ledge. This happened 4 times! Finally i reloaded and just turned into a werewolf before fighting her.
This is just one of the many incidents i have had with the combat in this game. Also i find it funny that i can kill a dragon with somewhat ease but i get raped by a cave bear.
Still a good game tho but no 10/10.