Bioware really needs to play more action games before making Mass Effect 3

[rocketpig]

Solid_Raiden said:

rocketpig said:
I haven't played Heavy Rain. If I play it and think the game is about "role-playing", then sure, it has RPG elements. I'll admit that.

I love how you can't even seem to understand what "ROLE-PLAYING GAME" means. This isn't rocket science. Just because Mass Effect ditched some of the typical RPG elements you enjoy doesn't mean that it's any less of an RPG... it's just different. Why can't you seem to get that through your head?

Have you played Indigo Prophecy then?

You know what, a better question. Do you believe that Adventure games are RPGs? They usually give you the same kind of freedom that you so firmly believe make a game an RPG. So I'm curious. Are those adventure games considered RPGs by you? And why then are they not called RPGs?

I have not played Indigo Prophecy but there are dozens of other games that contain RPG elements... Grand Theft Auto, for example. Do I consider a linear action game an RPG? Absolutely not. There's no choice given to the player and the entire story is strictly defined by the developer. There's not much of a "role" involved in that kind of game.

Just because games have RPG elements do not necessarily mean they are an RPG. To me, the focus of the game has to be on "role-playing" for it to be an RPG... which Mass Effect obviously does. The primary component in the game is the dialogue system and player choice. Therefore, it's an RPG. Shit, I don't even consider some JRPGs to truly be RPGs. They're just grind/lootfests. That doesn't do it for me but obviously, others like it so, sure, call them RPGs. I don't really care.