Scrawl: "Rather than do a ‘Best Games of’ feature for 2010, we thought it’d be more efficient to instead tell you which games we enjoyed the most. Let’s be blunt, here — we haven’t played every single game released this year, but we did play a good lot of ‘em. Out of what we did, these are the game’s that we enjoyed the most."
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.
The Opening Levels that hooked gamers from the outset.
While FFVII ranks highly, there's more to the series than one game. Here's Chit Hot's picks for the seven best Final Fantasy characters.
Good choices. Good to see that Atlus' star localization efforts were recognized.
Mass Effect 2, FTW. Loved it.
When I see pictures of 3D Dot Game Heroes it makes me want to play Minecraft.
Man, I'd love to try out 3D Dot Game Heroes though. I'll have to import it some day.
God of War 3 made my year, followed closely by GT5 then Fallout: NV. Though I couldn't buy most of the games I was planning to(MAG,HR,AC:Bros,NFS:Hot Pursuit) cause I'm on a tight budget, 2010 was still a good year for me as a gamer. Here's hoping I could buy half the games I want this year.