
Platforms: Xbox, PC (Game Pass Ultimate required)

In your downtime, take on the roster of new and returning minigames from blackjack and darts to batting cages and karaoke. The cult Yakuza series has long threatened to boil over into the mainstream, and this turn-based transition with a brand-new protagonist is as perfect a time as any to get involved.Ĭombining the sublime and the ridiculous, Like a Dragon continues Yakuza’s meticulous recreation of the backstreets and red-light districts of Japan - this time focusing on Yokohama - while taking the series’ trademark wacky humour to the next level to incorporate tropes you’d see in more typical and fantasy turn-based RPGs.ĭebuff enemies with demoralising insults, breathe fire with cheap booze and a lighter, or swing a handbag like a makeshift flail to split some skulls. Plus, there's the tantalizing prospect of the eventual Elder Scrolls 6 on the horizon as well.įor the sake of space, yes these all count as one on the list. Of these, Fallout 1 and 2 come highly recommended if you’re interested in exploring the franchise lore - but be aware, they are very unforgiving by modern standards.

On PC, you also get access to some of the pre-Bethesda entries into series they later acquired. Whether it’s the high fantasy world of Morrowind, Oblivion and Skyrim, the quirky post-nuclear wasteland of Fallout, or the whale-oil-punk Victoriandustrial cityscapes of Dishonored, pretty much everything on offer from Bethesda absolutely rules.Īnd that’s to say nothing of the more shooter-focussed side of things - DOOM and Wolfenstein are also both excellent - as well as the underrated sci-fi immersive-sim, Prey, which has one of the best opening sequences around. If you’ve never played them, then I’ll let you into something of an open secret: Bethesda RPGs are a little bit good.

Oblivion, Skyrim, the Fallout games, and every other Bethesda game

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