Originally Posted by roqua 
In fact, most people want the computer to take the place of imagination I would say.
That was something from the IGN thing that interviewed all of the RPG folks - they all said that we viewed the old days as 'Golden' because the games ignited our imagination and left much for our minds to fill in, therefore immersing us deeply as part of the overall experience. But then they say things are much better now
No game with fixed dialogue options captures my role-playing completely, but I like having AI NPC's to say crazy stuff like Minsc …