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Boutros on 04 December 2010
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jarrod said:
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...

Tell me what are the RPG gameplay elements then?

Because as far as I know, there are none.

All you do is run around and jump. RPG? No thanks.