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 Alitare wrote:

You're not getting my point. It's not just one or two minute aspects to DA:O that keep me from loving it. If it were just the poor loots or just the skills/traits sets, or just the uninteresting dialogue, or just the repetitive, practically unchanging combat, or just the restrictive world, or just the plot that offers me absolutely nothing, or just the boring, unimaginative classes - if it were only one or two of these things, coupled with some other deeply gratifying features, they wouldn't be more than specks of sand, but for me it's all of the above. I don't hate the game. It's fine for what it is, but it doesn't excite me or glue me to my seat waiting to see what will happen next. 

And if there are deep consequences and reactions, I haven't come across 'em.

Edit: I never said Jade Empire was universally "better". The combat system is more engaging to me. Admittedly, I probably won't play it for a good long while. I really liked it when I played it a couple years back, but I doubt I could love it another time through. 

Jade Empire allowed you to have a love triangle with the two female leads. That elevates it to greatness in my book. 

But yeah, your decisions will have more weight when you get later in the game. Some decisions seem to have clear-cut answers, though, because you aren't familiar enough with the world to know why you'd pick the alternate. Replaying the game gives you a different perspective, though I doubt you'd really care to do that (if you even finish it the first time through). Also funny when you know the characters and go back through other origins. Female City Elf is my favorite. Especially with what you can tell Cailan when you first enter Ostagar. Regardless, DA:O is not a perfect game, but I enjoyed it. Combat was right up my alley, though, since I love old school tactical games and RPGs. Which reminds me, I really need to get Frozen Synapse!

 Alitare wrote:

In games I like a lot of options, a lot of immersion, a very 
direct, engaging type of gameplay, lots of strategic possibilities (love
 Bioshock to death), discernible consequences and reactions to my 
decisions, a core game mechanic that is based on skill and pressure, 
critical thinking and originality (not too common, I know, but these are
 vague).

Hah, you know, I started to mention BioShock but decided I should stick with just Dark Souls lest I confuse you. If you can get past the soul-crushing difficulty, I think you'd really dig Dark Souls. Also, you might try the old Team ICO games, ICO and Shadow of the Colossus, if you can find a PS2 or PS3 (they were re-released in a double pack for PS3).

 Alitare wrote:

I really enjoy the Assassin's Creed series so far, considering I 
care about what's going on and the gameplay is quite intriguing to me. I
 loved God of War, lots of Final Fantasy games (and sure, you could 
level a bevy of criticisms against the series, it's mostly for nostalgia
 and comfort.), I loved Bioshock, Mass Effect 1 and 2, Jade Empire, 
KotOR, Super Metroid, Gears of War, Half-Life 2, Deus Ex, System Shock 
2, Resident Evil 4 (for the gameplay, alone), many Legend of Zelda games
 - 2-D and 3-D, select FPS games that aren't Call of Duty, Fallout I, 
II, and III, Chrono Cross, Mega Man X, and a boatload of games from the 
past handful of decades.

How on God's green Earth can anyone like Chrono Cross? 

Anyway, did you ever get around to Deus Ex: Human Revolution? It's not perfect, but it's really fun and at least worthy of wearing the Deus Ex name (unlike the travesty that was Invisible War).

With regard to MMX, are you fond of action games like that in general or just side-scrollers? Shadow Complex is a decent side-scroller. Alternatively, if you have access to a PS2, Zone of the Enders 2: The Second Runner is an entertaining game (though the anime drivel posing as a story is pretty awful). It's also supposed to see PS3 and 360 re-release some time in the coming year.