User blog comment:Battlemaster Grunt/What is the best Mass Effect? 1,2, or 3?/@comment-5271559-20121001033032/@comment-5607673-20121001162541

 the only true RPG

I stopped reading there. RPG stands for Role-Playing Game. Not "loads of loot and skill trees". In all games, the player plays as Shepard and makes his/her decisions. Decides who to help, what to do, etc. All of the Mass Effect games are "true" RPGs.