Xbox/ 360 RPG's

[Jin]

Mass Effect is not a shooter. Come on guys. Fallout 3 is more of a shooter than Mass Effect and that's still not a shooter. Having a gun that you point at things doesn't make a game a shooter. By that logic, Valkyria Chronicles is a shooter and the Tales games are akin to Devil May Cry. Mass Effect is an action RPG.

And they still do use dice rolling. Just not a D20 inspired system. All RPGs use virtual dice rolls. That's what makes them RPGs, because they use stats and probability to determine character strength and the outcome of attacks.

Also, why is angst always used as a pejorative? How boring would a story be without some sort of angst? Angst does not always mean petty, teenage angst.