Become Evil in Skyrim and take out all your frustrations on innocent NPCs.
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.
Whenever i got bored in Oblivion or Skyrim i would fast travel to a major city didnt matter which one, walk in the front gate & become a one man raider with the intent of making my way to the king & killing him & everyone along the way. Suprisinlgly its actually pretty easy to do, maybe these kingdoms should beef up security or something lol!
Whenever I get bored of Skyrim, I mod the game to make it more interesting, rather than waiting for expensive expansions. Game becomes 3x more fun when the combat system is both balanced and challenging thanks to decent AI.
Whenever I get bored of Skyrim, I stop playing Skyrim, and go for an RPG that has actual roleplay and freedom in how you can finish quests, instead of a ton of linear scripted quests like Skyrim.
Works wonder for me, you should try it too!
I was a goody two shoes all the way through Skyrim but decided to become evil after saving the Universe and getting, 'Yeah, thanks' from one or two people and no acknowledgement at all from most. Well I actually decided to stop playing after that but if I go back to it it'll be for revenge.
When i get bored in either oblivion or skyrim, i would stand by the lakes and listen to the surroundings or listen the the in game music