I find it rather odd that all the moaning seems to be just about jRPGs and it sounds like nobody even bothers with western RPGs. Hating that RPGs have become interactive movies. Well that's a Japanese thing. They've become obsessed with long dialogue scenes and cut-scenes. Did Oblivion even have any real cut-scenes? Fable had short narratives involving pictures on walls and tapestries. Need a challenge without setting your own restrictions? Most western RPGs have a difficulty meter these days which can be changed in the middle of an adventure. I know Oblivion and Mass Effect both have that. Pretty sure the KOTOR games did too. Bored that turn based battles are just repetitive attack sequences... I know Fable and Oblivion are just button mashing action games at heart. But KOTOR required more than just attack. Actually BioWare's been really good about addressing almost all the problems everyone's complaining about. Even back in the Baldur's Gate days. Yet everyone seems to not really be interested in western gaming. And even still it'd obviously do you all some good if Japanese developers took a few notes from western games. Which makes little sense. Either you want it or you don't. Seems to me you want this stuff but only if it involves pink hair and big blue eyes set in a giant head on a tiny out-of-proportion body :}