From the most-detailed PlanetXbox360.com Skyrim review you will read today:
"I've been playing games created by Bethesda Game Studios since the release of The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind and though none of them have been perfect, they have always managed to become some of the most addicting and immersive RPGs for my money. Like many gamers, I have been anxiously awaiting the release of The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim as if it was an actual plague upon my being. Role playing games can be a hit or miss depending on your preferences, but I have always particularly enjoyed fantasy settings with swords and sorcery. So it goes without saying that The Elder Scrolls series is a favorite of mine."
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.
A new Partner Spotlight Sale is now live on the Switch eShop, including Skyrim, lowest price ever for Bomb Rush Cyberfunk, and more.
already loving it!
Picking it up today...