PC RPG - What should I play next?

I'm about to wrap up the end of Mass Effect 2, and I need a new game to play at work.   I tend to play on my lunch break on my laptop, but I do not have Internet access while at work, so it can't be a networked game (or else WoW or LOTRO would be my default picks).    I own the following PC RPG or RPG-like games installed and ready to go.   In some cases I will need to replay the game, since I lost a bunch of saves last year: 
 
Oblivion 
Neverwinter Nights 2 + both expansion packs 
Dragon Age: Origins  - replay an origin
Starcraft 2 
 The Witcher: Enhanced Edition - replay 2/3 of the game
Bully 
Borderlands 
Freedom Force  
Gothic 2  
Baldur's Gate 2 
Planescape: Torment

I like varying environments, quest hub based gaming and a good story.    I'm not much for loot collecting (my MMO play-style is exploration and story) or just point and click gameplay (which is why Torchlight is not on this list).   I play for 1 hour or so at a time, max, so I need good management of my quests via a quest log or journal).   I loved ME2, so that's why Borderlands is on this list, hybrid games tickle my fancy. 
  
Any input would be appreciated.

I say go for Oblivion with some mods.  It should easily hold you until New Vegas comes out, then you should be playing that.

If you haven'y played Starcraft 2 yet, play that. 
 
If you already have, I'd say flip a coin between Oblivion and Freedom Force.

Oblivion with mods to fix the dumb leveling system would be good. I'd go with BG 2 just because I love that game.

Planescape: Torment or The Witcher.

Morrowind, kotor

" Arcanum  
Fallout 1 
Fallout 2 
Morrowind  All have journals and save anywhere. "

Oblivion, but go to steam forums, there is a sticky about an excellent mod setup. Follow that, and enjoy.

If you don't like loot collecting, dear god stay away from The Witcher. Sometimes I wonder if people recommend shit they never played because they "hear good things". Honestly, you read the post then say "oh you hate loot, play the Witcher". Seriously kids, read then respond. 
Neverwinter Nights 2 is the best game Obsidian ever did, and I'd say its better than their work with Black Isle too (as interesting as the Planescape universe is, the gameplay itself? Not super great). I'd go with that.

BG2 or Planescape.

KOTOR or oblivion  
 
i heard good things about the whichter

I heard Risen is pretty good on the PC, don't really know since I haven't played it myself. 
 
Personally though, I'd recommend Vampire the Masquerade Bloodlines. Apart from the combat, it's a great game. The atmosphere, characters, abilities, it's all perfect. It has a pretty good sense of humor, and some parts of the game are pretty shocking as well.

 Farmvile is a PC RPG, you should go play that.  300 million people can't be wrong, right?
 
But if I had to choose from your list I would go with ES4 Oblivion or Borderlands.

" I heard Risen is pretty good on the PC, don't really know since I haven't played it myself.   Personally though, I'd recommend Vampire the Masquerade Bloodlines. Apart from the combat, it's a great game. The atmosphere, characters, abilities, it's all perfect. It has a pretty good sense of humor, and some parts of the game are pretty shocking as well. "

Definitly the kotor series, but make sure you get mods - as there pretty much vital, adding removed story content and weapons/robes etc.

" I say go for Oblivion with some mods.  It should easily hold you until New Vegas comes out, then you should be playing that. "

" I'd say flip a coin between Oblivion and Freedom Force. "

" Oblivion with mods to fix the dumb leveling system would be good.

"Also get STALKER Call of Pripyat. It's much more of an RPG than Borderlands. If you must play games in order then Shadow of Chernobyl is good too, but not as good as CoP. Clear Sky can be skipped. "

" Oblivion, but go to steam forums, there is a sticky about an excellent mod setup. Follow that, and enjoy. "

" KOTOR or oblivion  "

"ES4 Oblivion or Borderlands. "

Lots of Oblivion love, obviously. I tried it on the 360 when it first came out and I think I created a build that couldn't advance past the first gate. I was one-shotted by everything it seemed.

I'm surprised nobody has said Dragon Age though. the origin I played before I lost my save was a lot of fun. I'll probably decide by mid week.

No matter who you are, even if you hated Oblivion - like me - you should check out a mod that was JUST released for it. It's called Nehrim. It's a total conversion mod for Oblivion. And it's free. Make sure you get the English version, though, unless you know German. 
 
Besides adding a shit load of awesome story and gameplay, you can now set your resolution manually, pre-load larger parts of the game, tweak the water effects, as well as a few other cool things. 
 
Oh... I see some other people have already mentioned this...

If you haven't played Starcraft 2 yet I would definitely suggest that first. But if you have then I would say either DA:O or KOTOR even though that's not on your list. If you don't mind playing a bit of an old game KOTOR is definitely one of the best RPG's as far as story is concerned.

I went through KOTOR and KOTOR 2 earlier this year. Part two was a bear to push through.

Thanks for the advice do far everyone. To expand, I think I want something with good set pieces and locations. Atmospheric dungeons or towns or countryside. I know Sarcraft 2 seems to have good setpieces and setups. Does that help narrow it?

Definitely Oblivion

" No matter who you are, even if you hated Oblivion - like me - you should check out a mod that was JUST released for it. It's called Nehrim. It's a total conversion mod for Oblivion. And it's free. Make sure you get the English version, though, unless you know German.  Besides adding a shit load of awesome story and gameplay, you can now set your resolution manually, pre-load larger parts of the game, tweak the water effects, as well as a few other cool things.  Oh... I see some other people have already mentioned this... "

" @FunExplosions said:

" No matter who you are, even if you hated Oblivion - like me - you should check out a mod that was JUST released for it. It's called Nehrim. It's a total conversion mod for Oblivion. And it's free. Make sure you get the English version, though, unless you know German.  Besides adding a shit load of awesome story and gameplay, you can now set your resolution manually, pre-load larger parts of the game, tweak the water effects, as well as a few other cool things.  Oh... I see some other people have already mentioned this... "

WOW. that mod looks fucking amazing, im totally taking out my copy of oblivion for the first time in 2 years...RIGHT NOW. "

The Witcher. Definitely my favourite out of that list. After that Planescape and then Freedom Force.

" @MartinDN said:

" @FunExplosions said:

" No matter who you are, even if you hated Oblivion - like me - you should check out a mod that was JUST released for it. It's called Nehrim. It's a total conversion mod for Oblivion. And it's free. Make sure you get the English version, though, unless you know German.  Besides adding a shit load of awesome story and gameplay, you can now set your resolution manually, pre-load larger parts of the game, tweak the water effects, as well as a few other cool things.  Oh... I see some other people have already mentioned this... "

WOW. that mod looks fucking amazing, im totally taking out my copy of oblivion for the first time in 2 years...RIGHT NOW. "

Lol. I didn't mean to sound so hyped about it. It's a good mod, is all. "

" @Potter9156 said:

" Arcanum  
Fallout 1 
Fallout 2 
Morrowind  All have journals and save anywhere. "

You just saved me a post. But I made it anyway. I recommend these games in this order. Arcanum and each Fallout is only $6 at GoodOldGames.com
 
Also get STALKER Call of Pripyat. It's much more of an RPG than Borderlands. If you must play games in order then Shadow of Chernobyl is good too, but not as good as CoP. Clear Sky can be skipped. "

 Anyway, The Witcher has one of the worst quest logs in any game I can remember playing. The combat is also extremely boring and repetitive. You're also constantly (well, I was) picking up shit from all over the place. That said, it has fantastic story/world/lore/characters/atmosphere/etc. Some of the best of any game I've played in fact. It's also mature, and by that I don't mean tits, pussy and GORE. I mean the game doesn't treat you like a fucking child and the interactions with other characters are very realistic (relatively speaking of course).  "  

Out of those, Baulder's Gate 2 or Never Winter Nights. I would also Suggest Dragon Age, Kotor, or any of the Fallout games.

" If you don't like loot collecting, dear god stay away from The Witcher. Sometimes I wonder if people recommend shit they never played because they "hear good things". Honestly, you read the post then say "oh you hate loot, play the Witcher". Seriously kids, read then respond. Neverwinter Nights 2 is the best game Obsidian ever did, and I'd say its better than their work with Black Isle too (as interesting as the Planescape universe is, the gameplay itself? Not super great). I'd go with that. "

Definitely KotOR.
 
And Vampire the Masquerade: Bloodlines. Except you need to get a bunch of patches for that.
 
Worth it, though.

" @FunExplosions said:

" @MartinDN said:

" @FunExplosions said:

" No matter who you are, even if you hated Oblivion - like me - you should check out a mod that was JUST released for it. It's called Nehrim. It's a total conversion mod for Oblivion. And it's free. Make sure you get the English version, though, unless you know German.  Besides adding a shit load of awesome story and gameplay, you can now set your resolution manually, pre-load larger parts of the game, tweak the water effects, as well as a few other cool things.  Oh... I see some other people have already mentioned this... "

WOW. that mod looks fucking amazing, im totally taking out my copy of oblivion for the first time in 2 years...RIGHT NOW. "

Lol. I didn't mean to sound so hyped about it. It's a good mod, is all. "

Did you think i was sarcastic ? Im serious lol Oblivion is one of my fav games of all time and i poured a few hundred hours into the game, so im glad you told everyone about this it does look amazing the amount of stuff thats changed, i think the only problem ill have is the german dub, does that affect it alot ? "

I say grab the expansion for Dragon Age and go that route. Just a great RPG experience.

"@Potter9156 said:

" Arcanum  
Fallout 1 
Fallout 2 
Morrowind  All have journals and save anywhere. "

You just saved me a post. But I made it anyway. I recommend these games in this order. Arcanum and each Fallout is only $6 at GoodOldGames.com
 
Also get STALKER Call of Pripyat. It's much more of an RPG than Borderlands. If you must play games in order then Shadow of Chernobyl is good too, but not as good as CoP. Clear Sky can be skipped. "

" I say grab the expansion for Dragon Age and go that route. Just a great RPG experience. "

" I went through KOTOR and KOTOR 2 earlier this year. Part two was a bear to push through. Thanks for the advice do far everyone. To expand, I think I want something with good set pieces and locations. Atmospheric dungeons or towns or countryside. I know Sarcraft 2 seems to have good setpieces and setups. Does that help narrow it? "

Risen is pretty cool. The game offers a lot of choices that have a considerable impact on the world, though I didn't feel like playing through a second time after I had finished it. 
 
Also, anything from Bioware is better than most forms of entertainment in the world.

I still need to play through the enhanced edition of The Witcher. Played the original when it first came out. Don't remember if I actually finished it or not...
 
Since DA has already gotten so much love in this thread, I'll recommend Bully. I fucking love Bully. Such a great game. I'm not sure how the PC version is, though. 

Sounds like you have finished DA:O so I would play The Witcher.

borderlands, dragon age or starcraft 2

The Heroes of Might and Magic games would be good. Turn based gameplay, hero units to rank up, armies to build, castle to defend/upgrade and just enough of a story to keep things interesting.

I gotta say that a lot of these look really cool, especially Vampire the Masquerade , Stalker, and Risen.   Believe me though when I say my game backlog is so great that I have sworn off buying anything new for some time.   That's why I'm only going to be working off of my pre-installed list only.   
 
Speaking of which, I realized that I also have Morrowind installed.
 
So many choices, but it looks like a lot of Oblivion love thus far.

Some of my favorite PC games:
-Torchlight
- Homeworld + Cataclysm
- Homeworld 2
- Bauldur's Gate 2 (nice old-school fun here)
- Deus Ex
- Jedi Academy

" The Heroes of Might and Magic games would be good. Turn based gameplay, hero units to rank up, armies to build, castle to defend/upgrade and just enough of a story to keep things interesting. "

" @crusader8463 said:

" The Heroes of Might and Magic games would be good. Turn based gameplay, hero units to rank up, armies to build, castle to defend/upgrade and just enough of a story to keep things interesting. "

HoM&M Number 2 and 3 are the best.  Also- the Might and Magic series! And Wizardry! Classics! "