Asim is just back from a press event for WWE All Stars and spills the beans about it whilst Adam discusses the finer points of non team players in multiplayer games such as Killzone 3. Mark is full of love for Mass Effect 2 on the PlayStation 3 and Calvin, like all of the team, has had a very busy week!
This week we discuss a few of the features that have hit the site recently, such as “Halo: Combat Evolved – A True FPS Rockstar” and Mary Goodden’s article on Beyond Good & Evil. We also talk about modern storytelling and narrative in gaming and gush over our favourite stories and twists, from BioShock to Mass Effect 2, and everywhere inbetween!
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.
Hey Poor Player's James Davie Takes Us On A Bio-Shocking Deep Dive Into Irrational Games' Nautical Nightmare.
Wealth of Geeks explores some of the best gaming romances that have stolen our hearts over the years.
