Khuutra on 14 June 2009
That's fair, but I don't hold it as being necessarily the case: some RPGs really do differentiate themselves enough. Mother 3, through the use of rolling health and a rhythm-based combo system, made a standard Dragon Quest-style battle system into something that was fun and engaging by itself.
I guess what I'm saying is that I believe in holding RPG gameplay to as high a standard as anything else. Games should be fun to play, period.
