If Mass Effect 2 is an RPG..

[qmoney88]

Joel12345 said:

qmoney88 said:

The lines are a bit blurry at times, but using a literal definition I dont think any jrpg in history can truly be considered a role playing game since the developers choose your characters and everything about them for you which would mean that almost every game in existence could be considered an rpg if based on this requirement alone since you are essentially playing a game through a particular characters eyes so to speak.  Since these are video games, we expect certain features within our role playing games such as stat advancement, character progession as a person and skill wise, long playtime and an engaging story.  mmorpgs would have to be considered the pinnacle of role playing in its purest form as this genre truly does allow you to create the character you want and play that character in any way you want (within the rules of the game of course) but then again there are plenty of games that feature customization options and features similar to those of the rpg genre such as leveling and character development even in first person shooters.  This ties into how some see the future of gaming without genres since so many developers these days are trying to provide gamers with enough variety to stay interested by including features found in numerous genres.  Overall I believe the answer comes from gamers themselves and how they play their games.

Dang you have a lot of free time :O

nice read though 

Haha thanks, I like to share my opinion on occassion since I would consider myself a bit more hardcore than most, as in gaming is essentially one fourth of my life ( I measured) and love chatting with fellow gamers even if I do tend to write a book on occassion lol.