| Boutros said: It's realtime and in 2D. It's not because you level up that's it's a RPG. The gameplay is exactly like the platformer genre and that's mostly how I categorize games. And it's not because it has some RPG elements that it should be considered a RPG. And games like Kingdom Hearts and Dark Cloud are much more action than RPG. There can only be one dominating genre. |
So RPGs can't be realtime or in 2D (and SPM isn't even in just 2D either)? Again, can you define "RPG" for the rest of us so I can try to get some idea where you're coming from?
Honestly, the platforming in SPM is so pedestrian and subdued, I wouldn't even call it a platformer, it's really an action RPG with some light platforming (like Zelda II, Faxanadu or Ys III/VI/Origin). Uncharted or Crackdown has more actual platforming in tem, and I wouldn't call those platformers either. Hell even some ARPGs (LandStalker, La-Mulana) have a heavier emphasis on actual platforming. I think you just can't get past idea of Mario jumping = platformer...
