Why do people even like RPG?

[scottie]

Kenryoku_Maxis said:

scottie said:

youarebadatgames said:
RPGs are a skinner box. Take away that, and they've got nothing. I hate that RPG elements are infesting FPSs. But then again, some people are just so bad at games that they have to be rewarded for the time they spent playing because everyone has grown up thinking that they are special.

 

And I hate that shooter elements are infesting RPGs

I like that genres are mixing together.  Its made some of my favorite games in the past such as River City Ransom, Castlevania: Symphony of the Night, Diablo II, Battlefield 2, Age of Empires III, etc.

Complaining that genres should be stagnant and only stick to one thing is complaining that gaming should never evolve and die.

Also, complaining that a player shouldn't be rewarded for extended play of a game is just dumb.  What's the point in playing a game?  Whether you're talking about Battlefield or Final Fantasy, the concept of giving people rewards for their time playing is not new and its just encouragement to keep playing.  And its not limited to RPGs.  Heck, they've been doing it since the days of the Atari and NES.  Even before FPS or many other genres existed.

 

I do not complain about innovation - I complain when these innovations make the genre's I like less enjoyable to me. For me, Final Fantasy XIII as an example, was  much too simple, easy, and streamlined for me - this is a direct result of the contamination from making it more accesible for FPS gamers, and should be in no way encouraged