"What if video game money was real money? Munny, zenny, coins, gil, credits, bottlecaps, septims, rupees, and gold. Many of these strange-sounding-items should hit a familiar tune in the average gamers’ memory banks.Each is a different form of currency, money, cash, and moolah and each is representative of the economic structure of particular video game titles. I can’t count the number of games that I’ve accrued in my video game history, or the number of achievements received for my fiscal accomplishments, but I do know one thing, I would be filthy rich if video game money was real money." - GamerGirlTay
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.
I always say to myself, "if I become a gaming developer, I need to create a system that rewards gamers." I've came up with a few ideas, but they're not patented, so it would be kind of foolish of me to share those secrets. :P
diablo 3
It's funny that this topic would come up, because I was just talking with a friend telling a friend that I wish that I could toss an acme bomb at a bank or something, then watch the building erupt into cash, you know, like a video game.
Lol.
My friend had his own idea also, that with all the 'effort & work' that we put into games & gaining currency, that we should be able to convert a portion of that into real money. I feel that should be done with gambling/casino games.
In any case, I think both our ideas would be grand!
Two chicks at the same time.
i would grind like in old school JRPG's for 8 hours a day instead of going to work!