Does Mass Effect bring RPG's back from nowhere land?

[Munkeh111]

selnor said:

Munkeh111 said:
Not really, it is a great game, but its advances are in story telling rather than RPGs. And Alan Wake and Heavy Rain might have it covered there....

Really?

ME has lots of choices that affect 3 games. Entirely different playthroughs. RPG's need creation of characters to. I'd hardly call Alan Wake and RPG. OR Heavy Rain. You arent designing your character and the way people react to you. It's predetermined choices. Not different choices depending on where your characters allegiance lies.

Yeah, they're not RPGs, I agree, and they are different storytelling experiences. HR and AW you are following a story, and certainly in HR, you do get choices, but it is true that you are not really crafting a story. ME 2 you are creating your own Shepherd, but that doesn't mean it tells a story better