| trestres said: @16-bit gamer: I don't know the exact definition, but I can tell which game is or isn't one. ALttP doesn't revolve around customizing your characters, learning skills, leveling up, making a party, fighting in turns. Zelda is just an Action-Adventure game, and the best of it's kind. |
Actually, Zelda:aLttP is an RPG (Adventure Role Playing for a better terminology).
A Lot of people Mistake an RPG to be that of gaining Experience points and leveling a character and thus, that is what defines an RPG. This is commonly mistaken because of the introduction and heavy use of it through mostly JRPG's like FF and DQ.
The origional concept of an RPG is one where a character has a particular amount of health (Link with his hearts), and so too does the enemy. It is Story Driven and you are able to do many other things other then just follow a single path (Like a platformer). In essence, you are taking on the 'Role' of the character and gaining items and other such things which you use to help your journey. You also usually gain more HP as you progress the story (ie. Gain Heart Units in Zelda), and the extra HP will help you defeat harder enemies.
Zelda:aLttP is an RPG. There's no doubt about that. Customizing your characters, learning skills, leveling up, making a party, fighting in turns, are all extra parts to deepen an RPG experience, but they are not what defines an RPG. And don't forget, not all RPG's do you gain party members, Not all RPG's (mainly the earlier ones but some newer ones too) do you learn new skills. There are many types of RPG's but the ones you obviously are thinking of are mainly JRPG's... Don't forget WRPG's, SRPG's, Action RPG's, Adventure RPG's, etc.
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