| salaminizer said: funny, I always thought that Action RPG meant games like Diablo and others that have some sort of "RPG backend" but plays like "normal action" games. now, it makes sense saying that Tales games are "action RPGs", but having an overworld/dungeon and a battle screen doesn't look like "real action" to me. I like both too... |
When reflexes are taken into account and buttons are mapped for defense, attack, spells, etc... it´s considered action. Technically, it´s possible to have action AND turn-based, i.e. you control one character each turn and have various buttons mapped for attack, defence, spells, etc... like Eternal Sonata. The opposite of turn-based is actually real-time, not action like many people think. The opposite of action is actually command-based.
So in the end developers have the following main choices:
turn-based x command-based
turn-based x action
real-time x command-based
real-time x action
Overworld, battle screens are mere design choices that encompass the gameplay, not the core of the gameplay though.
