NEW YORK — The next entry in the fantasy role-playing Dragon Age series will draw inspiration from both of its predecessors as well as open-world games like The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, developer BioWare said.
BioWare CEO and co-founder Dr. Ray Muzyka said the company has been listening to its fans and learning from the strengths and weaknesses of both Dragon Age II, the latest entry in the popular series, and other games that are on the market today.
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.
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Oh My Gawd, Bioware take it out your mouth.
Like you said ME3 was going to focus on RPG elements...funny I don't see the action being toned down, the option to go back to the cool down weapons of ME or any full detail customization options yet
All I've seen so far in ME3 is action, action and more action.....hell even the gameplay videos confirm this, Shepard starts blasting away, he rolls, quickly jumps over cover, does a melee move, grabs a rocket/missle launcher and blasts away. Not once needing the help of his team mates, see that was another issue of ME2, the fact you could go in gun blazing now since the cool down weapons had been removed you didn't need to think about your teams, whether it's what boosts your skill or if you need help in the battlefield.
Oh lets not forget co-op which they've tried to shove down our throats, a feature no one wanted because they know for a fine fact it will over take peoples interests and make people forget about promises they made about a more RPG focus.
Bioware your RPG days were over long ago...
Sometimes I wonder what if Zenimax brought Bioware instead of EA how would the company turn out?
Personally Bioware need to listen to its customers/fans feedback and go back to the drawing board. I don't want a DA game like Skyrim. Don't get me wrong I love skyrim but I like DA for what it is, I'm not looking for broken skyrim clone or another screwed up DA game.