newbreview.com speculates on the possible direction of the Mass Effect series now that Commander Shepard's story is over.
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.
Based on one narratively fitting ending in Mass Effect 3, Prothean squadmate Javik is highly unlikely to return in the next Mass Effect game.
He was one of my least favorite characters. I wish they would have done the Proths different.
Wealth of Geeks explores some of the best gaming romances that have stolen our hearts over the years.
I would like to see some optional co-op action worked into the story mode.
My ME4 speculation is that all this time they planned to use ME3's DLC to set the basis for it. That they sacrificed any kind meaningful ending for ME3 - when they really didn't need to.
They took what was supposed to be the ending to mass effect 3 and expanded it into the next game -my speculation
Mass Relay building sim.
At the moment one sees no future going forward past the concluding events in ME3, nor backwards to events prior to ME1, so why not sideways to depict events taking place within the two years that Shepard is out of the picture. Utilize the ME1 game save to reflect the state of the galaxy and humanity's role therein. The player takes the role of someone who perhaps is not alliance military
Whatever the plot, existing, surviving characters may be encountered, be it Garrus in full archangel mode for example, or have dealings with Liara etc.
But the player gets more narrative latitude to explore the galaxy we have come to love and a parallel mystery that may tie back to ME3 directly or stand apart.