IxisNaugus said:
Kasz216 said:
IxisNaugus said:
Kasz216 said:
IxisNaugus said:
I'm sorry, why is it when a game has a few RPG elements some people go off and place it in the genre? The Legend of Zelda is not an RPG series, it is an action/adventure series. MGB, please remove it from whatever RPG compilation you decide to make. I don't know how anyone could even assume the Legend of Zelda series is of the RPG genre.
And Torillian, your method of defining an RPG is flawed. By your logic, as Khuutra stated, the DS Castlevania's are all RPG's, which they are not, they are Action-adventure games, with some RPG elements.
All that said and done though, i'm probably inclined to agree with the OP. And while i'm not like most people and play nothing but RPG's, thinking the genre is some sort of god among genre's, i find most RPG's i play rather fun, with the exception of some, like the numbered FF titles. I look forward to most of the upcoming Wii RPG's actually, especially Muramasa, Tales of Graces and Monster Hunter 3.
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Because Nintendo says so?
Genres are largely chosen by the developer if you ask me.
I mean hell a game like MLB Power Pros meats every definition of an RPG game but it's labeled a sports game.
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Really? Where was this said.
Even if Nintendo said it is, a games genre is decided entirely by its gameplay style, regardless of what genre the developer claims it is. To say otherwise is to contradict the whole definition of the word 'Genre'.
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Gameplay style. Action RPGs play exactly like Action Adventure games. So no. Plenty of "Rpgs" play just like Zelda.
So it REALLY doesn't.
The term RPG no longer exists. It's been a pointless nebulus non existant thing ever since it moved past the definition of being turnbased only.
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What are you talking about? Action RPG's do not play exactly like Action-adventure games. Plenty of RPG's play exactly like Zelda? In what way? A massive overworld? Dungeons? Because the gameplay style is vastly different.
I was lead to believe that experience points were a dominant feature within mainstream RPG's, why does Zelda not have this, or many other RPG elements if it is of said genre. In fact, Zelda has very little RPG elements.
@ Kenology. The boxart is clearly lying.
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An expierence system is not gameplay.
Furthermore there are RPGs without EXP.
