Oblivion... awesome.
Where on earth are all the western "you develop the main character", 1st-person story, less-linear gameplay GOOD RPGs at on the consoles?
Don't get me wrong... I like JRPGs... alot. I have practically every decent JRPG series from the last gen. Man though... they just aren't on the same playing field as the 1st-person story "western" style RPGs I grew up with. Did no RPG developer play Ultima? Might & Magic? Wizardry? Magic Candle? Baldur's Gate? Fallout? Oh yeah... Fallout 3... I guess Bethesda is it for good "western" style RPGs, eh?
Did these kinds of RPGs ever make it in Japan? Are they horribly unpopular there, due to some cultural difference I don't understand? I seem to recall some JRPGs that were vaguely moving in that direction (DQ8? I forget... been a while)... no more?
