Summary:The website of RPGFan has released a ranking of E3#DY#s best RPGs. "This is a small collection of games that simply wowed us at this year#DY#s E3. Similarly to last year, we#DY#ll be offering six awards...
Best PC RPG of E3 2008
Alpha Protocol (Multiplatform): Yes, Alpha Protocol is a multiplatform title, not a PC-exclusive release. However, aside from Bethesda#DY#s Fallout 3, Alpha Protocol was the game we were most impressed with at the show. It#DY#s a bit further out than Bethesda#DY#s title, as Obsidian#DY#s newest RPG isn#DY#t slated until February 2009, but it#DY#s shaping up to be a great combination of gunplay, dialogue, and true action-oriented gameplay.
Unlike many Action-RPGs, players in Alpha Protocol have the ability to dodge and roll, similar to games like Gears of War or Dark Sector, they#DY#ve got access to a realistic dialogue system that doesn#DY#t give infinite time for chances, and it#DY#s got the RPG backbone that keeps it from being just another shooter. The best thing about Alpha Protocol, however? The fact that players on PC, Xbox 360, and PlayStation 3 will all have access to it early next year.
Runner-up: Neverwinter Nights: Storm of Zehir (PC)
Best Console RPG of E3 2008
Valkyria Chronicles (PlayStation 3): While editor James Q. Clark has already posted his import review of this Sega title, we had a chance to play at E3, in a language that not just our import reviewers understand. At a show where certain announcements about a Square RPG going multiplatform may have stolen the PlayStation 3#DY#s thunder, it#DY#s still a PS3-exclusive title that held our attention most on the console front.
Valkyria Chronicles has quite a bit going for it: a battle engine that sets it apart from other Strategy-RPGs, a unique and beautiful graphics engine, and a world that#DY#s close enough to our own so players can sympathize with the characters, but different enough as not to seem rote. It#DY#s tough to describe exactly what#DY#s so charming about Valkyria Chronicles without playing the game itself, which North American gamers will get to do this winter.
