Only advice I can give is to not have too much stuff over the focus. Takes away a lot of the attention. Other than that, it's nice. Especially for a first.
I'm all for gay rights. I think it's pathetic that it's taken so long for people to stop being so angered and disgusted by it, so much that they outlaw gays being married, and in some stores, refuse to serve just because the customer is gay. I understand completely disagreeing with gay. No, it's not the norm, but neither are microwaves, and you rarely (and I mean rarely) see anyone with a problem against microwaves. People need to stop being so close minded about these things.
Yep. :3 I don't play too often anymore, though. I blame that it's too hard. Not for me, don't get me wrong. I'm used to playing hard game and playing WoW when it's hard. It's just the other players. Lately I've also wanted a more...amiable community. Trash-talkers isn't very amiable.
I can't remember if there are more than these (in terms of anime), but: 1) .hack//Sign 2) .hack//Legend of the Twilight (This is optional. It doesn't have any significant story in it.) 3) .hack//Roots 4) .hack//Trilogy
I'm not getting emotional... I'm sorry if it seems like it. Me mentioning it just seems to have touched a nerve on your end. I figured removing it would be nicer. I'm sorry for trying to make things better.
RPG is playing a role. Since you're playing the role of Ezio (or Altair, if you're playing the older ones), then it's an RPG. Think of it like this: Fallout 3 and New Vegas are FPS, but you're playing the role inside the game, so it's still an RPG. So I guess it's like an...actionrpg. ARPG, or something.
Assassins Creed is probably my favorite RPG for the computer, that's just a straight RPG. Other than that, Borderlands and Mass Effect. I don't think he was trying to be mean. Like you said, opinions are going to be different. His opinion was different. :3
I'm liking the new character models, to be honest. The only thing I'm concerned with is them getting the voice actors wrong, and screwing around too much with the story. I know they plan on sticking to the original, but that rarely ever works out the way it was intended.
After you do that, you should try doing a b&w signature with a splash of color (ie, having only the very colorful bits colored, the rest black and white). Something to do, and good practice.