Gaming is becoming more immersive by the minute. While this is a great thing in many ways, it's become evident that the expectation for gameplay and character interaction has risen dramatically in games that offer little to no customization in the first place.
Aion 2 launches globally in 2025 with Unreal Engine 5, revamped combat, PvE focus, and a fresh take on the classic MMO experience.
One of the best things about the Mas Effect series is the companions you meet along the way. So here is a tier list of all the companions from Mass Effect!
To think that Bioware at some point was capable of doing games like this, you see those characters and remember them like good old friends, and now check ME Andromeda, Anthem, Veilguard etc and wonder what the hell happened.
some in andromeda are decent, I agree with peebee and Vetra being good companions. Except Liam he's trash tier
it's like bitch but your shirt back on, your not blue or spikey get away from me
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.
i find myself with unfair expectations with lots of games. not just customizations.
Great article!
I can relate to this. Im always disappointed when a game comes out that begs for customization, yet doesnt offer it. Oblivion was the first game that really got me going on char customization, even though Oblivion character models look like butt.
There are also two sides to this story. I find it highly annoying when you have to spend 20 mins going through all the different features of your toon when all you want to do is play the game! Some customization is fun but it really gets ridiculous, I could really careless what kind of ear rings my character has. Like you said it also takes away from the main characters of games we know and love. But idk maybe I’m just not the creative type :-P
I feel if anything, gaming customization is beginning to get too detailed and too difficult. I liked in the old days where the character creation was simple and you could easily create a version of someone you knew, or someone like yourself. Now they allow you to adjust everything from the height of the cheekbones, to the width of the nose and it gets a little too deep. I almost never spend the amount of time needed anymore because it's too time consuming and difficult.
That's my view.
Hmm, sounds like some of you don't like too much customization. I personally love to customize as much as possible. :p