What makes an RPG good?

[Man_Over_Game]

Once upon a time, people tried for the umpteenth time to get me to play the FF series. I said while it's great to watch the cut scenes, the gameplay doesn't look engaging, doesn't seem challenging. They argued that it was.

Bit of a tangent, but I wholeheartedly agree. I realize now I enjoyed JRPGs because games kinda sucked compared to today's standards. You played something because it's what you had. I think I enjoyed everything but the gameplay in JRPGs.

That being said, I strongly recommend trying out Lightning Returns on Hard. It is probably the most fun I've ever had playing something that leaned heavily on the actual game side of RPG. The plot's a little odd (you're the henchman of a godlike alien, a former nemesis, that's trying to move the people from this world to another because the conflicts between you two broke reality and is now causing this world's reality to decay. Final Fantasy: Noah's Ark), but it works as long as you don't think about it too much.