| FlyingLotus said: What makes a game an RPG? lengh? customazation? or what ever the developers say it is.Not hating on Mass Effect 2 bewcause i own it and i think it's superb but If it is considered an RPG what does that make Red Dead Redemption? |
Mass Effect 2 is more RPG than just about every JRPG that has come out in the last 5 years. Especially FFXIII. RPG is a game that has choice, character progression and customization. FFXIII has character progression (although its locked until your in the end...), but no choice, its linear you don't even have dialog options like you used to in the older Final Fantasies. As far as gameplay goes, yes Mass Effect 2 is pretty much exclusively a shooter, but its still a RPG.
Some games like Red Dead Redemption and God of War, has some RPG elements just like FFXIII, but all 3 of them imo lacks the core elements to what makes a RPG a RPG.
