Final Fantasy XIII: Tube Quest

[Great Rumbler]

From how you describe western RPGs, I imagine they're somewhat like Grand Theft Auto (also a western series) in which you can explore the town and do whatever you want until you decide to advance the story by starting the next mission or completing a particular objective or whatever. If that's the case, then yes, that style does appeal to me.

They do have similarities in that regard to GTA, though to varying degrees. The latest big-budget western RPG, Mass Effect 2, does push you along a bit and there aren't huge open areas to explore, but it lets you decide when you want to mess around with side quests and talking to NPCs and went you want to follow the story.

If you really want a huge, open world where you can do whatever you want, Fallout 3 is pretty much the pinnacle of that for recent games.