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Kasz216 on 17 November 2007
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Lost tears of Kain said:
Kasz216 said:
Lost tears of Kain said:
Kasz216 said:
Seriously... why are action RPGs and Regular RPGS and Strategy RPGS lumped together on this site?

Action RPGS have more in common with Zelda games then they do "normal" RPGs.

Do you mean western rpgs, Strategy rpgs, and Japanese rpgs?

They are all in the RPG catagory


 

They don't deserve to be though.  Action RPGs. (which i guess you consider Western RPGS?) are just Action/Adventure games where the developer decided to go the extra mile.  There is almost no difference between them and games like Zelda.

When talking about the best RPGs on a system, Action RPGs and Regular RPGS should definitly be different categories.


No actually action rpgs (oblivion, mass effect, White knight) are RPGS, they contain the exact same things in JRPG, just are action based.

What games are action based to you, cause all the games weve listed can be listed as RPG (except maybe fall out?)

Zelda could almost be, but Link doesnt lvl up, doesnt really get new equipment, doesnt really change as a character as much. If you count Zelda a RPG, then so is bioshock =/


 

Which is why I don't consider them RPGS. Nor do I consider Action RPGS RPGS. 

I consider them Action Adventure games with RPG traits.  The core gameplay is what should be what places it in a genre... and Action RPGS play more like Zelda then they do traditional RPGs.

Look at modern sports games.  You "level up" in those.  Nobody calls them Sports RPGs.  Even games like Power Pros where you can even equip items.