XMNR: Conan O'Brien's Clueless Gamer returned on Thursday night with a review of The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim. Conan takes on the open-world RPG with his Khajiit character, Mr. Buttons.
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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This is great. And hilarious.
mr buttons lol
He is just playing a "clueless gamer." I'm pretty sure Conan games some, I remember on the Tonight Show, he used to feature videogame stuff all the time and he did seem knowledgeable about it. Also, in this video...at times he says things that makes me feel like he is just acting dumb.
CONAN is a true gamer!!
This was great last night. The minecraft one was very entertaining too.
"I scared a chicken. I didn't deserve to DIE!"
*Team Coco!