Both gamers and critics alike have loved the Mass Effect series. For a while now, PS3 owners have been left by the wayside and unable to enjoy the series. Now, it is finally making its way to the Playstation and Sony fans everywhere have been rejoicing. After sitting down the demo, I am as excited has ever...
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.
After all I've read about this game, my first playthrough of the demo was a huge letdown for the most part, but I decided to try the different classes and it eventually grew on me. Still... the AI is mostly A, sometimes even when you tell them where to go, the animations and particularly the facial expressions remind me of Oblivion, which isn't good, and for all I've heard about the characters in this story, the only interesting one in the demo was the alien doctor. I can only guess that the demo doesn't represent the full game very well, because based on the demo I can't see what all the GotY talk was about. I guess most demos for eventual GotY don't really convey the greatness properly though. Anyway, it grew on me enough to check it out, but Deadspace 2 has to come first.