Sorry, for double-post, Kylotan. I saw what you meant in that last quote. When I wrote about each ERPG having their merrits, I meant it more as... I don't know, my driving force? Anyway, examing individual or maybe only a few very similar ERPGs at a time helps me learn a lot more than generalizations many posters across the net have used.

When I say I don't really have a theory, I mean that I only have those two said goals narrowed down for the purposes of this thread. Games having individual merrits is just a concept I value over the "Genre Wars" on forums across the net. Sorry, for any unintended rudeness or confusion in that post before your last reply.