With the second part of BioWare's phenomenally popular Science-Fiction trilogy arriving in North America, Europe and Australia at various points throughout this week, Kev J. of Electronic Theatre thought it was high time he took a look back at the original title, refreshing the game in his mind and beefing-up his character ready for transfer into Mass Effect 2. With Electronic Theatre's review copy of Mass Effect 2 arriving imminently, this left him precious little time to successfully finish the story, but having already been through the game twice he thought it would be a relatively approachable task, even on the Hardcore difficulty setting, giving himself an entire weekend.
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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Thanks to their innovative approach to gaming, RPGs like Dark Souls, Final Fantasy VII, and Dragon Quest left a significant impact on the genre.
2 great, great games.
But ME2 is better, and probably one of the best games around!