I dunno if I would call Skyrim immersive, fun sure but the immersion was regularly broken by some or other form of Hilarity or Rage due mostly to bugs. Also Skyrim's base design is flawed as a roleplaying game, any game that lets you join ever faction or wantonly murder people with out any real consequence on the larger experience will always fail at immersion due to our brains telling us, unless you are delusional or psychotic, that the real world doesn't work like that. Fallout Vegas on the other hand while more immersive than Skyrim for me personally was near unplayable at launch, I should know, I reviewed it. However now, with the ultimate edition and a whole host of other content and a few patches, it is a far more enjoyable game. It does still suffer from the same issues as Skyrim, Fallout 3 & Oblivion the immersion breaks due to either bugs or ingame logic. As someone who spends my evening mapping out quest paths on flowcharts for my Gamedesign course I understand why some quests are structured they way they are but that doesn't mean its right.Originally Posted by hassun11
For me personally the apex of Roleplaying has always been plot, while the above mentioned titles all have reasonably interesting plots narrative is far from their strong point. My favourite roleplaying game(s), games in which I play a role and in which I shape my character and the gameworld, I would say the Mass Effect Trilogy, regardless of the copious amounts of Internet Rage that have been heaped upon it (a topic we WILL NOT be dwelling on here) it remains a testament to narrative in a video game. Oh yeah The Witcher 2 is a tie with Mass Effect (Thanks C-Bear dunno how I forgot about it). It has its flaws but overall an excellent game.
I also recommend Kingdom's of Amalur as a good RPG.
