For me, a good RPG has to have all of the usual elements; plot, characters, level rewards, a plethora of items to collect. But for it to truly stand out it must be able to suck me into its world and make me completely forget the other life that I normally lead. Bodily functions and the lives of other people should become nothing more than blips on the periphery, things to be attended to at six in the morning when your vision has become terminally blurred. And without fail, this hook will be baited with a juicy morsel of a story. You'll gently take a nibble to see what it's like and then before you know it you have been reeled right in and can feel the last gasps of your other life drain from you on the bottom of that boat called RPG addiction.