Velocity Gamer: As we edge closer to the release of The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim it pleases me to see that a game that has not fallen to the multiplayer boom can still garner so much attention.
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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Multiplayer will NEVER EVER EVER come to Elder Scrolls...
Want to know why.....because the game dosen't need it, it would ruin the single player experience. Even co-op would ruin it....if you want co-op in a RPG go play on Fable or force yourself to play Two Worlds.
Well it wouldn't make sense in this series like co-op does in ME. Elder Scrolls is about a single person making it in a strange world. There is no 'us' or 'we', just 'I' or 'me'.
demons/dark souls multiplayer would work.
probably get invaded non stop though... and theyd never find you
I would like something similar to the covenants in DkS. Maybe the guild you join could have you request up to 2 people to help with guild specific quests. Assassinate people together, steal together exc. Maybe there could be something pop up when someone is near you asking if they can join you. Have a helper guild who leave a mark by a dungeon if people want help. They could have up to 10-20 people show up in each town if they are all there anyways to make the world feel alive, trade stuff, and tell each other about secret cool stuff they found. Theres tons of ways to do it without forcing it on people who dont want it and adding to the game. Il always like playing solo but id love to cross paths with random heroes.
Arkham City is just as good a cure