I haven't had a real girth of experience with the genres until recently. I have purchased and played perhaps half a dozen of these games in the last few years, and I have found that there are high notes and low notes in both genres.
Right now I prefer Lost Odyssey over Mass Effect, but I prefer Mass Effect over Blue Dragon. However I prefer the two installments in the Old Republic series over all the recent arrivals. Yet I enjoy Oblivion the least. So I am not finding any real differentiation. I suppose that means I sit on the fence. I will not like a game, because it is at either end of the spectrum.
Further more I would say the distinction is difficult to see. Knight of the Old Republic is far closer to Lost Odyssey then it is to Oblivion. Mass Effect is closer to Oblivion then it is to Knights of the Old Republic. Obviously this is a issue of presentation. Basically how close to a narrative does a game remain.
Titles like Mass Effect and Oblivion aren't very attached to their narratives. Filled with aimless wondering, and what basically amounts to filler material. The side questing far eclipses the central story line. I think I crave a more structured presentation, and that isn't dependent on genre.
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