Newcomer Juan wrties: "The Elder Scrolls series has a storied history with lore that could fill a fair few textbooks.
Arena (released in 1994) was intended as a simple arena combat game that shifted towards an RPG during development. Daggerfall & Morrowind expanded this concept into fully fledged 3D worlds. Oblivion was shoved into the foreground as the Western RPG on a fledgling Xbox 360. Since then, there were always massive expectations of the follow up, The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim.
Those expectations were not misplaced."
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.
The score's a bit high, but I suppose that if this was reviewed after all the major patches, it might be a bit more accurate.