SystemLink: "Over on the Skyrim forums, this superb thread has compiled some new comparisons of the graphical evolution of The Elder Scrolls series; not just of Skyrim and Oblivion, but the entire 17 years of games. Get ready for a trip down memory lane - now with added eye-candy."
Interview with Stephen Russell, Actor for (Nick Valentine, Codsworth, My Handy) in Fallout 4 which is a vast open world role playing game set in the apocalyptic wastes of Boston, the Commonwealth. The career goes further with other Bethesda games from Starfield to Prey to The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim.
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.
Obviously, the jump to proper 3D graphics is the most stunning, but it looks a lot like the evolution of GTA; from GTA 2 to GTA III was a massive shift, but the next-gen version (GTA IV) had so much more finer detail.
What I want from Skyrim:
1.rocksolid framerate no matter what is going on.
2.fluent LOD transitions.
That is all.
I wish me and todd howard were friends :(
Can't wait to get this freaking game.
I started this adventure in morrowind on Xbox and have bought every expansion and game since. I am ready to continue it as long as they keep pumping them out.
Yes, I bought the crappy horse armor.