Earlier today, details on Mass Effect 2 DLC leaked. The details noted that DLC would be available on or around the release of the game, which enraged gamers that BioWare would be charging for content available from day one. BioWare has since cleared the issue up by offering a statement on Twitter.
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.
Wealth of Geeks explores some of the best gaming romances that have stolen our hearts over the years.
Diandra worked on Diablo 4 and also other games at Blizzard including WoW: Dragon Flight. She’s also been at Bioware, Carbine, RIOT, and she is currently working at Crystal Dynamics.
Brian was the Lead Writer on Diablo 3 Reaper of Souls, worked on StarCraft: Heart of the Swarm, StarCraft: Wings of Liberty, and was also a writer on Mass Effect 2. He’s also been involved in movies such as the Iron Giant.
Diandra and Brian discuss their industry experience, the games they have worked on, how the writing process works, and much more.
That ending was so unexpected! Even ask BrinkGOTY2010!
While it would be naive to hope that this means free DLC; Bioware will definitely pull the same tricks as they did with Dragon Age.
I will pass on early DLC as it's usually not worth the points. Buy Perfect Dark instead!
Smart move Bioware
Before any one starts bashing this early DLC, think of Borderlands. The Borderlands DLC came out only a few weeks after the games release. People said 'there is already so much on the disk that it could not be included' to justify this.
For those that played ME1, you know that ME was a large game and this would be the same case as Borderlands. But of course, from the article earlier it is not getting the same justification because it does not come out on both consoles like Borderlands.
Before you start the hypocrisy, just sit and think about Borderlands and how it received a free pass because it was not a console exclusive.