Jack Brickman
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Jack brought up The Witcher 2, which is a FANTASTIC game. Very mature story and fun combat. If you don't mind dying A LOT and your a patient person, get Dark Souls. It is one of my top 5 favorite games of all time and is like 20 new.
Dark Souls isn't really my cup of tea, but it got great reviews.
Also, this is only a pseudo-RPG, but Dishonored is an absolutely amazing stealth assassination game with RPG elements. It's the best game I've played this entire year. It's about twenty hours long (provided you explore and do side quests) and has a ton of replay value. The entire last mission can be very different depending on how you play the game, and other missions are affected as well, albeit in more minor ways. It's not open world like a lot of RPGs tend to be, but each level is typically a big sandbox that lets you decide how to play it. As I said (and posted in my Dishonored topic), it's really just an incredible game that anyone who likes video games absolutely needs to play.
Much like Far Cry 3, it has various skills that can be upgraded (or not if you like a challenge) as you play. The best thing about Dishonored, though, is that it basically gives you some tools and gets out of the way. You can play the entire game without killing a single person, or you become the right hand of death and murder everyone you meet. It's also one of the few stealth games that also allows you to play it like an action game. You're not immediately fucked if you get caught (which is why I liked both it and Far Cry 3), as you have powerful weapons and combat abilities, or even the capability to quickly evade anyone pursuing you.
Dishonored was published by Bethesda, but it's not developed by them, so you don't have to worry about it being buggy as shit like every Elder Scrolls game.
Seriously...buy Dishonored. And Far Cry 3. Both these developers made fantastic games that are worthy of your money.