naznatips on 16 November 2007
| nintendo_fanboy said: I don't think you are right Naznatips. If you were, it would absolutely make no sense to use this term because almost every game would be a Dungeon Crawler. In my opinion, a dungeon crawler is a RPG that that focuses COMPLETELY on contained areas where the player proceeds through a dungeon collecting treasure, usually culminating in a boss battle. As I said, Children of Mana seems to be a good example for my definition, you do almost nothing else than proceeding through dungeons. |
Well, first of all, I agree that it's a stupid term to use, and it doesn't make much sense to ever use it because it's loosely defined at best.
Second, it was gonintendo who decided that Namco's statement of "Exploration RPG" meant "dungeon crawler." Of course, exploration implies a large overworld with a lot of time spent in it, which would be the exact opposite of your definition of dungeon crawler. We also have the 1 screen shot, which certainly doesn't look like it's from the style of game you are describing.
