If you don't think KOTOR and Mass Effect have deep stories, I'd like to know what you've been smoking.

Of course it is. It's a real RPG with high quality standards, which means you can play this game with so many different times with different classes, paths and never feel redundant. It is story driven though, you make your story though because of your decisions (hence why its called an RPG). If storys are chosen for you, they aren't RPG's.

huh?

Final Fantasy?

Hmm, the usual stuff then. I was under the impression there'd be an in-game bonus. But maybe that was for ppl who pre-order?

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Sounds like a pre-order.

Bioware never has perfect inventory screens but they always make something good. I can't imagine Mass Effect 2 now, it's got to be amazing.

I hope this is more NWN and less KOTOR. I will be very sad if it's the latter.

Also they have had decent inventory screens and interfaces... when they aren't meant for consoles, but for the PC.

I have been smoking Xenogears, Final Fantasy Tactics, Planescape: Torment, Xenosaga and Chrono Cross.

Now i'm gonna explain to you why KotOR's story isn't deep:

-There are no characters who are really deep and important to the storyline - none.
-Most of the game you're going to random places (the four planets, and even in the last one there's no development to the story).
-There is only one twist in the game, you could've barely see it coming, and it doesn't have much of an effect on what happens later.
-Ordinary, run-of-the-mill villian, who's reason for being evil is because he's evil.

Do I really need to continue?

Most WRPGs never were about a deep, main storyline, they were about RP, and options, and about choosing your path and reaply value, not about a deep, character and plot driven storyline.

I still don't get it why they chose that crappy system for ME. it didn't need to have inventory Tetris, but it was something so obtuse that it shouldn't have passed early playtesting.

anyway, good to see this one is apparently going to be awesome, I will buy the collector's edition. even if Bioware's story is not the best, I'm sure players will do wonders with the tools.

pretty bold statement and 100% opinionated btw. No there is no such thing as being a *real* RPG. Both WRPG's and JRPG's have there different methods of presentation but there both still RPG's in there own right.