What makes you like an RPG game the most?

[Ventus]

I started playing Star Ocean and turned it off in 3 minutes of play. I absolutely hated it. It has to hook me in and the gameplay has to be slick.

[Zero]

Story and Gameplay, the way the battle system is.

[GrandShadow]

gameplay has to be top priority. otherwise i won't play. an example being FFVII, the only reson i forced myself through that was because of it's epic story and all the hype about it.

story mostly takes a backseat for me. a good example here is the pokemon games. the storyline is always stupid but the gameplay is great enough i won't care.

[Kyer]

@Above: Agreed, I love the pokemon battle style and the pokemon but the story sucks balls.

[Azula]

I always think of how long the game will last me. I usually keep away from games that are only good for playing through the story once. One of my personal favorites is Oblivion for the computer. It let's you adventure around and do pretty much anything you want and you can download mods from websites.

[Master Sora]

The most of the things I like in a RPG is gameplay elements, the style, and how interesting the story might be.

[Destiny]

Unlike many video games, RPG's have a story and in RPG games you actually get to play the main character and sometimes influence the decisions and destinys of the main character.

The story in RPGs are definately most important.

[歩 Ayumu]

Originally Posted by sorabrawl

I started playing Star Ocean and turned it off in 3 minutes of play. I absolutely hated it. It has to hook me in and the gameplay has to be slick.

Really? You didn't care for Star Ocean?
Which one did you try? o.o

As many others have noted, the story and gameplay is my main area of concern. In addition, the characters have to be solid as well. That was one thing I didn't care for in Final Fantasy XII. Neither a solid story or characters, imo.
Even if the story is cliche, though, I'll still give it a chance.
Prime example: Persona 3.
Absolutely loved it, even though it focuses on the typical idea of saving the world from destruction.
Nocturne, however, was cool how it was based on "reviving" the world after it had already been destroyed. Very dark, and very ineresting. o.o;

[Denki Wolf]

I'd say that story is a great part in it, because you really can't find stories as indepth as an rpg.
(Puzzle games like hotel dusk ((awesomeness)) don't count)
Another reason is the gameplay.
Honestly, it depends on which version I play at what time.
The first is back and forth battle, for when I want something slow paced. (like pokemon or Final fantasy X )
The second is action rpg when I'm wanting something a little more fast. (like Tales of symphonia)
I'd say that justifies my reason well enough.

(Oh yeah, and because I suck at any type of shooter game. Lol)

[SeriouslyWicced]

For me, I'm a sucker for the storyline. Gameplay is important but not as important for me I think, you can get used to virtually any gameplay but not every storyline is great. For me, a lot of my gaming has to do with just getting out of the stress of reality for a while and getting wrapped up in someone else's story, so if the storys not good than it just doesn't do that for me, savvy? Characters also have a lot to do with it as seeing as they have a lot to do with how thr story unfolds and works out. If characters are lame, story usually has no.depth either.

Also really enjoy long games which a lot of rpg's are really long. If the games to short you don't always get a sense of the real storyline and characters.