Cheers for the responses :3
For some reason, RPG games based out of RPG maker are getting so common that it might be a great sign of nice JRPG-ish games to flourish out from brilliant authors, or it may be an epidemic that Lord Gaben needs to shut down. As a former RPGMaker addict back in teh good ole days, I love the growth of the RPGmaker scene. it really depends if one is willing to pay for these kinds of games or not. Then again, most of them are sorta like affordable in a sense that these RPG maker esque indie games are things that we don't get to see on consoles. The beauty of PC.
Aside from the influx of RPGmaker based games,
Akiba Dead and Undressed is a rather entertaining game that may be worth checking out. What makes the game is that it is one of those games that truly embraces the accurate portrayal of Akihabara, one of the most famous places in Japan for several, and i mean delicious reasons

. BTW this game is on a 50% Sale RIGHT now, and for some reason, it often gets a sale discount. Oh and don't worry, there's a JP/EN voice setting option, which i highly recommend to set on JP voices for those who can't bear LELGlish. The gameplay however, is something that's left for anyone to like though.
Also, I highly recommend Tree of Savior once its declared F2P, which i think it already is. it will be in English, and for those who need a lil background check on TOS, this was made by the same guy who made Ragnarok Online.
Are the RPGMaker games good quality, by and large? I've seen a fair amount that look quite appealing, but an equal number that make me cringe, especially with the low-budget anime character portraits. Any in particular you'd suggest?
I had Akiba's Trip on Vita a while back...I sold it, haha. I didn't mind it, but I struggled to get into it and I'm kinda indifferent to the whole stripping thing, so I'm guessing it lost a lot of what probably makes it an appealing game to others. Good dub voice cast, though. For the most part.
I'll keep an eye on Tree of Saviour. I've only heard of Ragnarok Online and never played it - I have played Ragnarok Odyssey Ace on PS3 though - but if it's free I can always back out of it if I don't care for it. Ta :3
You did mention that you're primarily an RPG gamer, perhaps Skyrim might be a good game to play. It's very open-world, but there's always quests and whatnot to do, and if you're tired of it, there's an entire modding community that basically can overhaul the game in so many different ways (When I say this, I mean like, you can overhaul your bag, you can overhaul graphics, the list goes on and on!). It also has DLC that you can get too. The best time to get it though is during Steam sales, it usually is discounted quite heavily. It's one of the games I never did expect I'd really like, but now that I have it, it's a game that I really do enjoy and need to get back to playing now that I'm out of school.
Also, Skyrim doesn't take too much to run at a decent framerate. I'm not sure how well Integrated Graphics such as yours would go, but if you have roughly 2GB of video memory as you stated when configured, you should be able to get it going rather well.
Also, if I may ask, why are you not upgrading to Windows 10? One benefit of Windows 10 is full DirectX 12 support - All other versions of Windows won't support it, and DX12 is actually very impressive in terms of performance in comparison to previous versions, if the games that you buy (Or games that come out in the near future) support it. As well, if you can afford the upgrade, getting more RAM won't ever hurt. 4GB is passable for low-end gaming, but more games are starting to want 8GB so that you're not running out of memory.
I've got Skyrim on PS3, and I found it dreadfully boring...sandbox games and I don't get along. However, you've reminded me that I should look into it, because PC Skyrim has something that makes it immediately more appealing: mods. Turning Dragon Shouts into the Thundercats rallying cry, turning dragons into Thomas the Tank Engine, screwing around with game settings in general...this is something highly appealing. I'll check it out when it goes on sale next. Thanks! :3
There are two reasons I'm generally averse to upgrading: first is that I expect it'd crash halfway through and balls up my laptop; I already experience a lot of hassle with Windows Updates and as I haven't got this laptop on insurance, I'd have to pay a small fortune to get it fixed. The other reason is that I torrent a lot and I'm worried about Windows 10 interfering with that...not sure if that's an unfounded worry, but there we go. Better safe than sorry. Upgrading my RAM isn't really an option for me either even if I could probably afford it - I don't really want to screw around with the inner workings of my laptop, and as this one is almost two years old and I get a new laptop every three years or so, it doesn't seem worth it. I'm quite happy with running low-spec games for now; it's only going to be a casual thing for me.
Could totally list some greats here (which I will- off the bat, you'd probably be into Half Minute Hero (one of my favorite games), Undertale (if you can ignore how loud the internet's been about it- it's still a fantastic game), and Ys since there are a good number of the titles on PC and, if you like 'em, no better place to bite), but instead it's probin' time.
You ever really explored the Rogue-like genre? How about Rogue-lites?
I had Half-Minute Hero on my PSP! Not a bad little title at all. I've been giving half a thought to picking it up for my Vita digitally somewhen, just for the sake of it. I am not getting Undertale. The Ys games are on my eternal to-do list; I keep meaning to pick them up off the PS store, because I quite enjoyed Celceta. I could pick them up on PC instead to save myself the memory card space on my Vita...which, whilst not an issue, I would prefer to hoard for Vita titles. I hate swapping out Vita memory cards, they're so damn tiny. So yeah, I could get those. Will wishlist them for future reference :3
I don't have as much experience with the roguelike genre as I would like, but one of my favourite games of all time - The Guided Fate Paradox - has enamoured me of the genre. I'd definitely be up for checking out others! It's a genre, like DRPG, that I need to experience more of, I think.
If you're cool with turn based RPGs on Steam, how about Child of Light? It has an interesting feature where you can delay your opponent/monsters' action and also it has nice art and music. The writing your mileage may vary as the dialogue will be the characters talking in poetry. I think it should run fine on your computer.
I keep meaning to buy this, too - I didn't get it for Vita because I was put off by the digital-only release, and at the time I didn't have the memory card space for it. I've long since decided I'd be interested in this and I'll pick it up when it goes on sale. Thanks! :3