naznatips on 02 April 2008
Ugh, this one bothers me a lot:
The Video Game definition of an RPG is not the same as the pen and paper definition. Why? Because they are freaking video games.
Now, it's fine if you want to say WRPGs are related to them and JRPGS are not. That's true enough, but the fact is that the JRPG genre is established, and I'm tired of hearing people bitch about the fact that it uses the word "RPG." Deal with it.
The fact that it's not all that closely related to the 34 year old Pen & Paper RPG genre does not make it automatically less original though. Yes, it's a linear style. So are most game genres. That doesn't make them inherintly unoriginal.
