One thing I’m quite liking about Campanella is how they are doing a better job of depicting an RPG game than most other RPG game anime adaptations. Ironic since it’s actually an eroge in origin.
My luck with the quote-unquote "RPG" genre was mostly bad. Legend of Lodoss War was unbelievably dragging. I rented a DVD because a few people were enthusiastic, but perhaps they were too much of tabletop nerds to trust on this. Another series in this vein that I tried was Tales of Symphonia. It did not work much better. Druaga did work better, until the inevitable GONZO crash and burn in the and. Kuro's praise of Shukufuku no Campanella makes me wonder if something like it can be made work at last.
UPDATE: Hikago links to a 3-part write-up at Relentless [part1, 2, 3].