Greatest RPG ever??

what do YOU think would make the greatest rpg ever?

i want you all to go really deep with this i want you to think about it as though you were pitching this to a big boss dude.

people who play RPG's and love them like i do proberly go through them thinking "i wish i could do that" well tell me and others who will view this topic about them cos i wanna know what you all think is a great RPG like Fable, Final Fantasy etc or a completly new idea

Eastern: Skies of Arcadia - Skies of Arcadia has heart. That is really the key element that seperates it from the thousand other JRPGs being churned out every year. It was made by an extremely passionate, detail-oriented group of people and every second of that game reflects the love that went into making the game. The characters are endearing. The setting is original. The story is simple but engaging. The writing and translation is fantastic. The one complaint I could see about this game is that while the art style and game mechanics are obviously straight out of Japan, the story clearly follows a western methodoligy.

Western: Star Control II - Star Control II is not only the best RPG ever made, it's the best game ever made. The story is awesome. The alien races are distinct, fleshed out, and original. The gravity well space combat engine hasn't really been surpassed in the 15 years since its release and serves as a fantastic combat engine. It also employs the most underrated mechanic in gaming: The Time Limit. The time limit in the game is reasonable and keeps you role playing rather than min maxing.

Oh and both games have amazing soundtracks, which is key to their success.

Horror, Fantasy and a ruined world. Think Morrowind mixed with Fallout 3 and a bit of Call of Cthulhu in there. I'd call it Earthdawn after a little known Fasa pen and paper RPG.

The setting is strictly fantasy with trolls, dwarves, elves, humans, orcs as playable characters along with T'skrang (a lizard race), Obsidiman (think giant living humanoid stone people) and Windlings (foot tall winged race) set on a continent right after an event called the Scourge happened.

The Scourge is an event where the magic levels get so high that they enable people to create some amazing things like air ships and even air castles but the high level in magic also creates a tear in dimensions that bring through creatures called Horrors. These Horrors range from mindless, insatiable killing machines to methodical creatures that lurk in darkness and slowly cause strife in towns for decades just to devour the negative feelings.

The scourge causes everyone to go underground into buildings called Kaers, set with magical wards. Some kaers are attacked by creatures powerful enough to defeat these wards, others survive. When coming from these kaers they realise the world is a wasteland filled with corrupted landscapes, creatures and the few horrors that can survive now that the magic limit is declining.

With what was written for Earthdawn, there are a ton of things that could be done. And I'd love to play a truly brooding and dark RPG set in a fantasy setting where the most evil creatures are the ones that simply want to destroy life and happiness.