User blog comment:Battlemaster Grunt/What is the best Mass Effect? 1,2, or 3?/@comment-5271559-20121001033032/@comment-5607673-20121001195743

While they don't necessarily define an RPG, they are common elements to making an RPG.

I said that:

As for the rest of your comment, all right, I agree. But, uh, that still means that ME2 and 3 are "true" RPGs.