Was the original Xbox the best Microsoft console?

[Tachikoma]

bouzane said:

Tachikoma said:

OH WELL.

To be fair the term RPG is often a misnomer as it is incorrectly applied to games in which you are effectively given no control over the direction of the plot, character development or approach to any given situation. My experience with Shenmue would lead me to believe that it is not an actual role playing game as you don't really play much of a role in the sequence of events or final outcome (outside of failure).

That's a weak argument considering Sega themselves refer to it as a role playing game in the Prima official strategy guide, and prior to the game being pushed to Sega's new platform, the project was often stated by Sega to the press as being a "Virtua Fighter RPG".

They built it as one, the guide reffers to it as one, and wikipedia covers both 1 and 2 as being within the RPG genre, too.

Pretty conclusive to me.