nofingershaha on 25 October 2009
| Infinity said: The problem is that people apply the label RPG to games that are not RPGs. Games that I consider RPGs are Final Fantasy I, Dragon Quest I-VIII, Pool of Radiance, Wizardry, Ultima I-IV, Skies of Arcadia, Grandia I-III, Shining the Holy Ark, Shining in the Darkness, etc. I agree that games like Oblivion, Zelda, etc. are not RPGs at all, but Action/Adventure games. |
Tell that to my Uncle Mark who spent his whole childhood in the basement with his friends playing D&D during the pen and paper days. They will tell you that RPGs today in general are not real RPGs at all. The problem is that characters in modern RPGs like Grandia and Final Fantasy has become too role specific and leaves no true "role-playing" experience that one would create through their own imagination. The games only borrow elements such as building skills which wasn't what was the most important aspect of Role-playing, but the fact players pretended to be the characters in the games they played.
