What would you love to see in an RPG?

A full-on spaghetti western RPG -- 6-guns, bad cliches and mustaches as big as Texas steer-horns.
I'm tired of "save the world" RPGs.

i would like a complex game like witcher 3 but with multiple options to advance the main quest. like, pick option A or B to advance, then from A you are given quest A1 or A2 (and from A2 you get A2a and so on). this would make each playthrough completely different, unlocking new areas, sidequests, equipment, etc.

Wolverine! (aka Logen)

Coop.

Kirby RPG.

Also more silly flavor text for examining background objects (e.g. Golden Sun's ovens, Trails in the Sky's empty chests).

Actual RPG mechanics, where I can influence the flow of the events.
Or a JRPG with enjoyable writing and a fun combat system.

• Controls and GUI which aren't a freaking-terrible-clearly-lazy-console-port.
  Remember Morrowind everybody? Remember resizing the map and pinning it? Remember not needing player-made-mods to have decent inventory management?

• Character.
  Imagine you're in an alien land, the mountains and trees look somehow different, the din escaping the tavern is completely foreign, but somehow enticing, the customs and politics of this land are strange and interesting.

• Atmosphere.
  Now it gets dark, the clear night sky radiates with strange stars, and the trees blow in the wind, the sights and sounds are hypnotizing, suddenly you notice your hot breath making fog, and your arms are bumpy from the cold, you walk into the boisterous tavern to seek some comfort.

A way to make a 50 hour game a 5 hour one, for those of us who just don't have the time to play longer games.

I have a bunch of ideas for RPGs. Problem is, I get all ADD-ish when it comes to during the tutorial for RPG Maker when it comes to the actual level design (the map part). If I could find someone who enjoys that, I could do all the behind-the-scenes stuff...

I would love to see an RPG, where the NPCs react completely unscripted, just based on a super advanced lifelike KI. Example: I want to enter a castle. The guard doesn't let me, so I kill him and enter anyway. From now on, everyone acts according to his/her social position differently, because a guard just died. The wife of the guard sents someone to investigate the murder. The king hires a new guard. The inkeeper mourns the death of his friend. The point would be, that everything is possible and the KI is smart enough to react to a limitless number of scenarios. But I guess, this will always be impossible, since the KI will probably never be this advanced.

Speaking of the RPG Maker. I probably don't have enough time right now to do anything, but I had this idea for a while about a RPG Maker game about a pretty generic fantasy world (like Elder Scrolls or Zelda), where you don't play as the hero, but as the son of a merchant. Then, the hero comes to town and you notice, that the hero behaves strange. For example, he enters random buildings, loots the peoples stuff and sells it to the merchant. (So, basicly everything YOU ever did as the main protagonist in a fantasy RPG :D). It's supposed to be some sort of parody of the fantasy RPG tropes. But I don't know if I would ever have the time (or "energy") to actually make such a game, so I guess it's your choice.

What is I missed in Fallout 3 and NV - it's real survivor tips, like how to filter water, how to coock and what meat, how to get fire, how to made radiostation and etc.)

The only thing I want is more JRPGs on Steam.

If we work within the realm of what's possible with today's technology:
-I would like more RPGs to offer choices that are less binary good/evil, but that are far more nuanced. Sure, there's a time & place for cartoonishly evil vs paragon of all that's good in the world, but far too many games do that.

-Less cliché European medieval high fantasy or space opera, and more unique settings that don't get featured as much in games. Yes I do like Baldur's gate, Mass Effect, Pillars of Eternity and so on, but it would be fun to see some more settings.

-More personal stories, less save the world. These are harder to write well, after all, you need to find some way to make the player care about the events. Having some big world shattering event is an easy way to get the player engaged, even if the writing is sub-par. Sadly most companies don't even seem to try, and when they do try, it tends to get half-arsed, like Dragon Age 2.

Fable 1 style gameplay. Where you would grow from birth to your elderly days. Choose birthplace and route (school, etc.) which you would follow.

Cyberpunk with more choices. I've enjoyed things like Dex and Shadowrun: Hong Kong, but ultimately both felt rather linear. CDPR's Cyberpunk 2077 should scratch the itch, but I miss things like Deus Ex (the new one just, I dunno, didn't really do it for me).

Sex, violence, cospiracies and multiple choice
Gameplay is secondary

Pathos.

I would like RPG where you feel part of the story, but the whole game, where it doesnt change into grind and similar quests, where you would be so excited for each quest and to meet new ppl. Where every decision could change anything sooner or later, where ppl get to know you better and you get friends and they come and go and you are happy and sad with how it happened. Also good combat with many ways to deal with enemies, proper ambush mechanics, setting up traps, not just battle of hitpoints and health potions. Also followers who are there for a reason not just to carry your stuff and run into walls and block you.

Which means I would like to enter, because no one else will make a game like this if I dont :) thank you

Something set in real life history and play through some historical events (doesn't even have to be super accurate to be fun). Of course it shouldn't be too linear, but it would be pretty awesome to be a conscript in the roman legions and work your way up all the way to become general and have thousands of troops under your command. :p

I want a MMOARPG (combat similar to TERA) with single player option which is open world, has no micro-transaction feature (AT ALL, NO FUCKING EXCEPTION), in which you can progress quickly (no endless grinding) but last very long (maybe like, 999 levels but you level up quickly) with a constant and abundant amount of different equipment, good and interesting quests, good dungeoning, good character customization, and which allows to progress in various different skills such as crafting, gathering, etc. The game should have a specific theme and lore and no game elements should break that theme (looking at you, TERA, with the "minicars" mounts and modern clothing and shit. Like what.)

And also it should be either one-time fee OR free to play. Fuck subscription fees.

I would like to stop the RPGish thing because nowadays everything is "RPG" and I'm tired

Dice.

Freedom. I love progressing the way I want like in Deus Ex or Bioware games. There shouldn't be any "indicators" to do that, then do that etc. You start a quest and then finish it with your choices affecting the game.