Article: The Wii's Promising RPG Future - Agree or Disagree?

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Khuutra said:

Torillian said:
health and damage are not "stats" as I am defining them. They are usually affected by them.

Every game I easily define as an RPG has a page for your characteristics in which you can look at stats such as strength, speed, luck, etc.

The only genre I can think of that might cross paths in this regard would be RTS's, but it seems that we should be able to keep those apart through other criteria.

So Odin Sphere isn't an RPG, but every single DS Castlevania is?

Yeah, there are anamolies.

Though yeah, I'd consider Castlevania games Action RPG's, or at least action games with RPG elements.