What's your favorite aspect of RPGs?

[MasterVG71782]

twesterm said:

MasterVG71782 said:
I'm surprised there are a lot of people saying story, considering the fact that most stories in RPGs are cliched...

A cliche'd story isn't a big deal as long as it has interesting characters that are well developed and change and the story is told well.  Problem is, I don't think there has been an interesting story or even an interesting character in most recent JRPG's.  They focus on battle systems that try to get them closer to action games but they fail to do that because they desperately try to hold onto some form of some old system and they focus too heavily on bad, boring, and bland cinematics that make the rest of the action in the game boring.

I guess I don't really pay much attention to the characters in RPGs, since most of them tend to be cliched messes. Most of the characters I like in RPGs either have that badass look or factor to them.