So what was this game about again?
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'Cept that made Mass Effect a shitty RPG all around. There's no point in deciding what action you think is best on a case by case basis because you get punished for not committing to one side or the other on the morality meter. So you just choose whatever aligns with your current playthrough without needing to think or even read the already truncated dialogue options. Seriously, Mass Effect might as well have started by asking if you wanted to be a Paragon or Renegade and just decided everything from there.
Well his point was that the lack of a canon singular character makes the writing worse. In which case those limitations contribute to making a more dedicated character, instead of a murderhobo that can min/max around quests arbitrarily to pick the best rewards.
If you think JRPGs have better written stories, then a "shitty rpg" is the one that offers you a bunch of choices to begin with. If you prefer having a bunch of options, then JRPGs are the shitty RPGs because you can't really "roleplay" in the slightest.
They are both Role Playing Games, but one the role is assigned and you're playing their story, and the other the role is freeform so there's minimal story.