Ben Walton: Final Fantasy VII was, without a doubt, the most engrossing game I've ever played. Since then I have dabbled with the odd FPS and the like, but they've never stirred the same passion that RPGs have. Over recent years I've noticed that games like Oblivion, Fallout, Demon's Souls and most recently Skyrim, have been the saving grace of contemporary gaming.
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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I wanna play The Witcher, im sure i will one day
Witcher 2 pc amazing
Bugthesda? Saving grace of gaming?
I'll give you credit for mentioning the Souls series but come on...what has Bethesda done for gaming?
High sales don't count
lol @ thinking a buggy piece of garbage like Skyrim is the saving grace of gaming. If anything it's killing it with devs just pushing out unfinished games while knowing they could fix but they don't because it's "too time consuming". Then instead of actually fixing their game, they milk people with more buggy DLC instead.