On Mass Effect 2: "Opinions have been based on the universe of Mass Effect and not the second game alone. That should never have happened. It’s accepted more as a visual book than a videogame, with mechanics, systems, and over-simplicity being overlooked by the perfection proclaimers."
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.
Wealth of Geeks explores some of the best gaming romances that have stolen our hearts over the years.
Diandra worked on Diablo 4 and also other games at Blizzard including WoW: Dragon Flight. She’s also been at Bioware, Carbine, RIOT, and she is currently working at Crystal Dynamics.
Brian was the Lead Writer on Diablo 3 Reaper of Souls, worked on StarCraft: Heart of the Swarm, StarCraft: Wings of Liberty, and was also a writer on Mass Effect 2. He’s also been involved in movies such as the Iron Giant.
Diandra and Brian discuss their industry experience, the games they have worked on, how the writing process works, and much more.
I liked ME2, it was better than ME3, but i heard ME1 was better
The only thing I really preferred about ME2 to ME was the bigger squad and much more refined combat. But I didn't like how streamlined it was, I didn't like the loyalty mission business and I didn't really like how few missions there were that really seemed to make a difference. But then again I complained about the lack of side-missions and exploration in ME2 compared to ME but ME3 is really poor, there is next to no exploration and there are very few side-missions, although things like assignments on the Citadel returned which was pleasant (although most of those involved going up to people you never even talked to before and going "OHAI I picked this up and somehow knew you needed it, ktnxbai").
I still think ME3 is better than ME2 myself but I can see why some would think otherwise. I loved how many big and (at least seemingly) important and main missions there were in it. But the lack of exploration at the same time made the game feel really empty on the RPG side. ME will always be my favourite though despite the crazy and wild combat system.
ME1 is the best in the series
ME2 sucked
ME3 little story, repetitive mission, Horrible ending.
After playing the WHOLE SERIES, it's not as great as the media makes it out to be.
I thought ME2 was overrated the first time I played it. Then I did my Insanity run, which was way more fun than my first playthrough. So my vote is for "not overrated."
Edit: Never played ME1, but ME3 is nowhere near as good as ME2.
Liked ME2 the most. ME1 the least. (still loved it) ME3 in the middle.