PC gaming has gotten much better since 2012, not worse. It was roughly 2005-2012 that were the super dark years. You guys are silly.
This is the stupidest thing i have ever heard. Seriously. 2005-2012 were awesome for PC gaming. Tons of good AAA games, some of them RPGs. After 2012 we only get better textures on the same formulas most of the time.
A few highlights of 2005-2012, not just for RPGs:
1) Crysis
2) Skyrim
3) Fallout 3/ New Vegas
4) Mass Effect Trilogy
5) Dragon Age II
6) Supreme commander
7) Starcraft II
8) Diablo III
9) Medieval Total War II/ Empire Total War/ Napoleon Total War/Shogun II Total War
10) Company of Heroes
11) Dawn of War I and II
12) League of Legends/ Dota II
13) Best years of World of Warcraft
14) Battlefield 2+3
15) Assassin Creed Altair + Ezio Trilogy
16) Far Cry 2 and 3
17) Half Life 2 and episodes 1 and 2
18) Counter Strike GO
19) Bioshock 1+2
20) GTA San Andreas and GTA IV
21) Civilization IV and V
22) Witcher 1 and 2
23) Battle for Middle Earth 1 + 2
24) Command and Conquer 3 and Red Alert 3
25) Splinter Cell Chaos Theory
26) Neverwinter Nights 2 and expansions
27) F.E.A.R. trilogy
28) S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Trilogy
29) Metro 2033
30) Brothers in Arms trilogy
33) Call of Duty 2, Modern Warfare Trilogy
34) Star Wars KOTOR II
35) Galactic Civilizations II
36) Team Fortress 2
37) Portal 1 and 2
38) World in Conflict
39) Gears of War
40) DIRT/GRID
41) Left 4 Dead 1 and 2
42) Sins of a Solar Empire
43) Dead Space Trilogy
44) Batman Arkham Asylum/City
45) Street Fighter IV
46) Plants vs Zombies
47) Torchlight 1 and 2
48) Borderlands 1 and 2
49) Minecraft and Terraria
50) Deus Ex Human Revolution
51) Dishonored
52) Guild Wars 2
53) Mark of the Ninja
54) XCOM Enemy Unknown
55) Max Payne 3
56) Dark Souls
57) FTL
58) Alan Wake
59) Legend of Grimrock
60) Crusader Kings II/ Europa Universalis III/ Victoria II and all other Paradox GS
61) Mount & Blade/ Warband
62) and many more i didn't mention....
So please, by all means, tells us how 2005-2012 were bad for PC gaming....