The Best Role-Playing Games of 2012

IGN has slapped up yet another RPG-related list, and this time it looks ahead at the best and brightest among the role-playing games scheduled for release later this year. Game of Thrones, The Witcher 2 on Xbox 360, Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning, Diablo III, Risen 2: Dark Waters, Mass Effect 3, Torchlight II, and a handful of others are briefly profiled like so:
Mass Effect 3's entirely optional multiplayer (which the developer has been trying to make since the first game) ties in with the game's single player campaign, allowing gamers to unlock easter eggs and get some assistance from allies.