The Bethesda series, Fallout and Elder Scrolls are video games that are in a league of their own. Comparable to some type of hard narcotic, they have the power to end marriages and make people lose their jobs. Strangers to Elder Scrolls might tentatively wonder about the highly addictive series. They will occasionally see addicts post facebook statuses about how far they have travelled up seven thousand steps, and how close they came to defeating a giant, and they will feel the urge to sample these hardcore role-playing adventures. However, it truly takes playing Skyrim, or one of its predecessors, to understand just how immersive and time consuming these games are. The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim is finally here after, what I feel was a long wait, but does it live up to the hype?
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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