The Publisher of GoozerNation writes, " I was armed to the teeth with a Legendary Ebony sword and a full set of Dragonplate armor and had leveled up to 51. I had already completed the Companions, the thief quest line, the mage quest line (for the second time), the Bard’s college and much more, not to mention innumerable side quests, and had cleared every single dungeon and mine I could find. The chests in each of my homes flow over with jeweled necklaces, rings, ingots of every type; my armories were fully stocked with glowing weapons enchanted with the best magic and if I ever wanted a particular suit of armor, all I had to do was look for it (or just make it again)."
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.
I have clocked over 2,000 hours in skyrim and i have barely done anything mentioned in that article
What does that make me
I wish I could play 54hrs a month to persuade myself to pay $15 a month. Just can't see myself paying 3X the amount I pay for PS+ subscription (which I am too happy to pay for) to play just 1 game, that too after purchasing it at full price. -_-
He forgot that you will have to buy the game to,and pay subscriptions.