Agreed. With the growing technology, I too fear we are losing what RPG's are actually meant to be. Or at least my definition of what it is meant to be. It's not always about the flashy graphics, but the game play and the depth in which you can get consumed in. Take Mass Effect 2, I liked 1 better. I also liked Dragon Age: Origins better than the second. It's because they stuck to what an RPG was as to where the second games started to stray away from it.
