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Words Of Wisdom said:
sapient said:

@sapient:  Not all of those titles are sRPGs.  You're mistaking TBS for sRPG.

I believe my inclusion of XCOM sparked this debate.

Actually it was more of your mentioning of games like Advance Wars.  I have no experience with XCOM.

The debate is basically this:

Khuutra:  "Every game where you play a character through a story is an RPG."

Me:  "That's not the way the genres are used."

Now, now. Just because that's the way our chat last night went.

The debate proper goes like this:

Me: All SRPGs are TBSes with role-playing elements.

WoW: All SRPGs are TBSes with one specific gameplay feature.

Me: All SRPGs are TBSes with role-playing elements.

WoW: All SRPGs are TBSes with one specific gameplay feature.

Me: All SRPGs are TBSes with role-playing elements.

WoW: All SRPGs are TBSes with one specific gameplay feature.