Words Of Wisdom said:
Khuutra said:
I apologize, I appear to be stepping all over my own feet.
I am disagreeing with your distinction. The difference between a role-playing game and a non-role-playing game cannot be a game mechanic that does not involve role-playing. There are complex turn-based strategy games and simplistic ones, just like there are plot-based turn-based strategy games and those without any plot at all. There are TBS games that carry over units, and others that don't. The only distinction with "SRPGs", by virtue of the word itself, is the fact of playing a role. Trying ot come up with any definition dependent on somehting other than that is ignoring what 'RPG' means.
Advance Wars is an RPG. Risk isn't.
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I think how you imagine things should be and the way the genres have evolved over the years differ.
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I think you'll find that Strategy is a genre, but SRPG isn't according to any canon.
(I may be wrong but I do not think so)
