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Gaming - What defines a RPG? - View Post

famousringo said:
Everywhere else? A game where players take on an active persona in a fictional world, shaping the narrative of a story from that perspective. Without the players, it's called storytelling, without the fictional world, it's called madness, and without a role in shaping the story, it's called acting.

In video games? Apparently, if it has a levelling system, it's an RPG.


Nice definition, really like it. Though I do think some sort of (at least basic) stat sytem that can be manipulated by player, and that plays role in how his character is progressing through the story is required, otherwise most action-adventures can come under that definition as well.