"Recently, I got in a conversation with the guys on the Plan B podcast about great years in gaming. 1998 was mentioned, with great games like Ocarina of Time, Starcraft, the original Metal Gear Solid, the first generation of Pokémon games and finally Half-Life, to name a few."- PureDrakness
Leading domestic game companies have entered into an unprecedented competition to win orders for Starcraft, Blizzard's representative IP (intellectual property).
Weird MS is letting go of a good IP. I don’t mind it but hopefully the best dev wins and I’m not sure who that is outbid those.
What they are bidding for are exclusive rights to develop the IP. Microsoft/blizzard is essentially licensing it out to the highest bidder, not selling the IP.
I wonder if we'll see Starcraft Ghost come out of this. And if we do, I wonder if it'll be a free-to-play gacha game.
Given the potential developers, looks inevitable there will be free to play gacha versions. But given south korea’s love for starcraft there would be one that is inline with starcraft 1&2.
Might want to expect some sort of backdoor cheat that only south koreans know of lol 🤣
One of the best things about the Mas Effect series is the companions you meet along the way. So here is a tier list of all the companions from Mass Effect!
To think that Bioware at some point was capable of doing games like this, you see those characters and remember them like good old friends, and now check ME Andromeda, Anthem, Veilguard etc and wonder what the hell happened.
some in andromeda are decent, I agree with peebee and Vetra being good companions. Except Liam he's trash tier
it's like bitch but your shirt back on, your not blue or spikey get away from me
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.
2010 was a really good year. We had Mass Effect 2, star craft 2, god of war 3, gran turismo 5, and halo reach.
2010: A Relatively Poor Year For Hits On Our Site?
2011 has the setup to be an even better year in gaming.
LBP2
MS 3
GeOW 3
SOCOM 4
KZ3
Portal 2
Twisted Metal PS3
MK Next Gen
Infamous 2
Diablo 3
Batman Arkham City
Crysis 2
UC 3
Bulletstorm
Brink
Resistance 3
Yea 2011 is going to be great!
This year was touted as a great year, but every game I played disappointed me to some point except Mass Effect 2 and Final Fantasy XIII. That's just my opinion, though.
WTF. There were a lot of good games this year. not sure what this site is talking about.