Why Arkham City is a better role-playing game than Skyrim

[Kantor]

Definitely not.

RPGs aren't about playing a role. EVERY game is about playing a role. RPGs are about creating a role for yourself: creating a virtual character with a genuine personality and choosing how to proceed.

Batman is an outstanding game, but it's not even trying to give you that sort of experience. You are forced down a fairly narrow storyline, with a few side missions with few consequences. Skyrim could do with more customisation and choices, like every RPG, but as an RPG it is infinitely better than Arkham City.

Neither one is necessarily better than the other (it's personal preference) but it's just as ludicrous to say that Arkham City is a better RPG than Skyrim, as to say that Skyrim is a better action game than Arkham City.