Not going to lie, despite the general laziness and generic flow of the Gears story, I still found Dom's performances in both Gears 2 and Gears 3 to be the most convincing parts of the entire thing.

Dom's voice performance when finding Maria in Gears 2 was definitely convincing, and the part was pretty sad, and I…

That's an honest contender isn't it?

I can still see it going either way, put Pokemon has a serious chance.

Well then i'd say you have your mind too fixated on what others see as accomplishment, and need to take some time to reflect on yourself.

Hold the phone here, who said anything relating accomplishments to impressing people?

There is a sense of self-accomplishment and self-satisfaction that exists beyond the egotistical need to find reinforcement from other people.

And no, I never said "game achievements are as good as real life achievements", nor did I…

I agree with this. I wouldn't always say that accomplishments in games are rewarding without an actual accomplishment.

While this is less so in modern game design, there are some classic games that require some dedicated to learning and mastering the game to become good enough to beat it or become a competent…

+1 Internet for the Flaming Moe's reference.

When the weight of the world has got you down
And you want to end your life,
Bills to pay, a dead-end job,
And problems with the wife.
But don't throw in the towl,
'Cuz there's a place right down the block...
Where you can drink your misery away...
At Flaming Moe's....…

Even back then I always told myself if I won it was just the video games aisle and that's it.

Run and fill the cart with every game, every console, just grab everything. I knew the other toys were nowhere near as expensive.

I used to make my own Stick Sticklys when I was a kid. I gave them hats, and hair, and....

Wow.

That's all well and good, everyone has different opinions, but you are a very small minority as far as people (at least in the west) that really liked FF13. Many found it to be an absolute bore and an exercise in all the worst design decisions a game can make. I am one of them.

And that's the point I'm making, the…

Unfortunately (for you), you're a dying breed. I was a hardcore FF fan growing up, but I never really grew out of that style of game, Square just got worse and worse at making them.

That's why people say the series is dead, the quality has gone down and the series doesn't demand the same attention as it once did, save…

That's why we have designers, people who make games without anything but the limits of their imaginations, and engineers to make those dreams into a reality.

We've seen nothing but excellent advances in games as the technology has improved, it's not like the quality of our medium has gone down.

But yes, there is still…

You should have seen the cover they wanted to do. It wasn't a glove, believe me!

This is coming from a 8 year Xbox Live member but, what value? I've always paid my Xbox Live subscription out of necessity, and never out of some inner conception of value.

Exactly my point. You can have an RPG that has no combat at all, just as you can have an RPG that has no narrative or story-based character building at all.

The difference between basic progression mechanics in God of War, CoD, or Batman is that they are mostly linear, where as games like Diablo and Borderlands give…

That's not entirely true. RPGs are about giving you control over building and developing a character, and it's not always done through narrative. Mass Effect is a game that gives you an opportunity to build your character on both ends, both through dialogue and through combat.

A game like Diablo II has absolutely no…

I'm not really saying there should be more high fantasy either, i'm just saying its a moot point to complain that there is another one coming out when we've been getting a supply of other rpgs pretty frequently as well.

Also completely disagree on Borderlands, especially Borderlands 2. It is most definitely an RPG.…

But my point is there is plenty of "something else". Sure, it's in less supply than high-fantasy but there are people out there that are the polar opposite of you and really enjoy high-fantasy.

And those "something else" games aren't even in short supply. They're wildly successful too, look at Borderlands 2. I'm sure…

Ok, then what's your point exactly? You're asking for RPG games that are not high-fantasy yet you clearly know several of them exist.

Too much to ask for? Not at all, they exist in high numbers. I'm not doing your googling for you. Just because you know of or played a game already doesn't automatically mean it no…

Generally any YouTuber needs this sort of feature to be able to make their videos. I need them when I make my video reviews or gameplay videos.

Fallout 3, Fallout New Vegas, The Mass Effect Trilogy, Deus Ex Human Revolution, Knights of the Old Republic, Shadowrun, Jade Empire. Geez, these are just ones off the top of my head.