Forbes - "Tom Bissell has written quite possibly the best thing about Skyrim that I’ve read. There’s so much to admire (and, as a writer, to envy) in his review, I’m tempted to just excerpt the whole thing. I won’t, naturally, but I’m going to lean heavily on his observations."
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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Whoa, wow, ive totally never thought NOR read about this subject before, such necessary and valid input has gone unheard for too long!
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Didn't buy Skyrim for its story.
because.....The Elder Scrolls have never been about the story but about the world and the lore and the building of your char. and seeing the world through his eyes. It's about the individual story and experience you create which can be much more powerful than a set in stone story, either of which if done well can be powerful if done well and elder scrolls dose an excellent job at letting your create your own story.
If we can shed light on Skyrims failures, especially story telling it will help us to forget the recent failures of much more ambitious narratives.
We should shed this light after the well established weaknesses of Skyrim are known to 98% of the worlds population.
Such informative,insightful writing as one would expect from a games journalist of some renown.
Skyrim is really boring.