The Punished Backlog's Sam Martinelli writes: "I love The Witcher 3, but don’t like Dragon Age: Inquisition. I can’t get into most JRPGs, but I kind of like Paper Mario: Sticker Star. I’m a huge Legend of Zelda fan, but I’ve never loved the original. The Super Nintendo is my favorite console ever, yet I don’t think I’ll ever finish Super Mario RPG or Super Metroid. ... Why am I like this?"
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.
One of the most beloved entries in Square Enix’s long-running franchise is celebrating its 30th anniversary and that’s cause for celebration!
I'd rather it play more or less the same by have the 3D chibi graphics from Ever Crisis, I don't want them to change the story like they did with FF7R.
This arguably is my best game of all time out of the 40yrs I’ve been playing videogames
FFVIII - 25th Anniversary
Square “….”
FFVI - 30th Anniversary
Square “….”
FFVII - 25th Anniversary
Square “HAPPY ANNIVERSARY. We got some news on the upcoming remakes, we got a shit ton of new VII merchandise, we have some other special community things planned and on, check out this cool 25th Anniversary logo specially created for VII’s big day”
This is Indie Game Culture’s List of 10 Indie Games That Are a Nightmare to 100%.
Interesting read. I used to love platformers but now I hardly play any. I'm not partial to any particular genre, I just like what I call quality games. But that doesn't mean every quality title I enjoy will have a bloated budget. Games like Gone Home, Firewatch, Dear Ester, Edith Finch, Hyperlight Drifter, Remothered, Everybody's Gone to the Rapture, Vanishing of Ethan Carter, Adrift, Soma, Amnesia etc all vary in how the look and play but they all have a quality that pleases me and I enjoy them.
I also love games that do have considerable productions like GOW, Witcher 3, HZD, Spider-Man, TLOU, Uncharted, Ratchet and Clank, Detroit, Days Gone, Nier, Persona 5, Shadow of the Colossus, Last Guardian and so on and so forth.
I especially enjoy games with well crafted narratives, that have interesting characters. That's my bread and butter now. At 38 I need s little more than I used to so I'm very happy companies like Sony put so much resources towards games like that. It's why I'm such a fan of theirs.
I too love Wild Hunt. I've sank about 170 hours in it and still haven't completed Blood and Wine but I will. I played Dragon Age Inquisition for maybe 30 in comparison.
I like everything from Hob to God of War and everything between. I just like escaping and having a good time.
I think everyone has that "exception to the rule" when it comes to games, or opinions that feel somewhat hypocritical but are absolutely genuine.
As for my own personal example, I'll start by saying that I LOVE JRPGs. Some of my absolute favourite games of all time fall into this genre. That said, there are 3 very highly regarded JRPGs that I just didn't care for, and spent around 15 hours on each, only to give up on them. And those JRPGs are: Dragon Quest VIII, Rogue Galaxy and Final Fantasy XII. Weird, I know, since I feel like I *should* love those games, but each of them bored me rather quickly.
This guy has pretty much the same taste in games as me. Great read. Now I understand myself better.
Because....everyone has their own likes and dislikes...???
We tend to create our tastes during adolescence and youth. This is translated into all aspects of life, such as food, music, movies, books, games, etc.
Spotify even showed in an article that our musical taste develops rapidly from 14 to 25 years, then more slowly until age 35 and stagnates. I imagine this applies to any entertainment.
https://insights.spotify.co...