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Aeolus451 on 24 March 2018
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AngryLittleAlchemist said:
Aeolus451 said:

I did say pseudo rpg, right? Series evolve over time or die out. The majority of the zelda games are much closer to being rpgs than they are to the original games or being a part of the plain ol' action genre. It's not much of a stretch to say they are rpgs. GOW is getting the rpg makeover. I'm not gonna call it a hack and slash.

I know you said pseudo rpg, i'm explaining why critiquing Zelda as an RPG doesn't make sense. You say that it's closer to an RPG than an action game but ... there's a term called ... "Action/Adventure". Zelda is an action adventure game.

In general, people don't use the term RPG properly anyways. Video games have been moving closer to """""RPGs""""" since Battlefield 2 made progression systems popular in shooters. In actuality, what most people stereotype as what makes an RPG an RPG isn't really ... well ... what makes an RPG an RPG. But at least those people don't go around critiquing a franchise because they don't know genre labels ;) 

No harm no foul really though. If you don't like Zelda that's fine.

I didn't critique it as a rpg, Kathy Newman. I criticized the games for being a pseudo rpg that basically retells the same story with the same characters over again and again. Are you gonna go on about Zelda not being a rpg series, Kathy?

Also, I 've been playing games since the 80's so I'm pretty sure I understand genres well enough and how they blend together.  It's a bit presumptuous of you  and silly, to think I needed to be lectured on it.

I never said that I didn't like Zelda. The thread is about the most overrated game and to me, that fits Zelda perfectly. I think the games are okay and a little too kiddy for me.