VGW: It’s December , and everyone is reflecting on the most influential and important game releases of the year. With that in mind, we here at VideoGameWriters.com are committed to giving appropriate credit where credit is due, and boy is there a lot of credit due this year.
For this, our 1st annual game of the year deliberations, we wanted to include you, our readers in the process. Simply comb through the several categories and vote for who you think deserves to bring home the awards. If you’re having a tough time deciding, you can listen to our Game of the Year podcasts where we just try to sort things out for ourselves. Also, make sure to check back in order to see who wins our vote for each of the individual honors.
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
Skyrim GOTY