That's not a RPG.Originally Posted by gustafo
i always loved Zelda
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That's not a RPG.i always loved Zelda
Fruit fucker
It's an action-RPG, so I think we can allow it. Otherwise games like Diablo, Fable, Morrowind, Oblivion and Dues Ex might have to be thrown out as well.That's not a RPG.i always loved Zelda
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maybe i'm wrong? games like diablo & dungeon siege are real time rpg's. final fantasy tactics & front mission are stradegy rpg's. i guess u could call the elder scroll games first person rpg's, but zelda is an adventure game and not a rpg.It's an action-RPG, so I think we can allow it. Otherwise games like Diablo, Fable, Morrowind, Oblivion and Dues Ex might have to be thrown out as well.
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Fake Shemp
I think you're wrong (no offence), the Zelda games have enough RPG elements to qualify them as action-RPG's. Though with Zelda you could probably argue that it is a puzzle-game, adventure game or even a platformer (I doubt you could make up a convincing argument that they are a flight-sim though...).maybe i'm wrong? games like diablo & dungeon siege are real time rpg's. final fantasy tactics & front mission are stradegy rpg's. i guess u could call the elder scroll games first person rpg's, but zelda is an adventure game and not a rpg.
Use Logic Or STFU!!!
People tend to make any game that has dungeons in it and/or set in a "fantasy time" an RPG.
Zelda is not an RPG.
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Fake Shemp
People tend to make any game that has dungeons in it and/or set in a "fantasy time" an RPG.
Zelda is not an RPG.
We know, it's an action-rpg incorporating elements of puzzle/platform/adventure games. I'd be very surprised if there is not a large number of people out there who first played this game and then got into RPG games.
Last edited by MCHeshPants420; 09-12-2006 at 01:41 PM.
Use Logic Or STFU!!!
Ok since the definition has been flexerized then let's add GTA, Metal Gear, Metroid, and Castlevania to the list of RPGs.
People tend to make any game that has dungeons in it and/or set in a "fantasy time" an RPG.
Zelda is not an RPG.
We know, it's an action-rpg incorporating elements of puzzle/platform/adventure games. I'd be very surprised if there is not a large number of people out there who first played this game and then got into RPG games.
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Fruit fucker
"Flexerized" isn't a word so I'm not sure what you mean, but you'd have to make a convincing argument for a game to be added as a subset of the RPG genus. I think you'd struggle to come up with half of a decent argument as you can for defending Zelda's action-RPG status.Ok since the definition has been flexerized then let's add GTA, Metal Gear, Metroid, and Castlevania to the list of RPGs.
We know, it's an action-rpg incorporating elements of puzzle/platform/adventure games. I'd be very surprised if there is not a large number of people out there who first played this game and then got into RPG games.
Coowol.
Even if you can't bear to admit that Zelda is an action-RPG you'd have to admit it's a damn sight nearer the RPG line then any of the titles you've mentioned (if we ignore the fact that a couple of the Castlevania games have been RPGs).
Though the latest GTA game certainly borrows from RPG games in that your character has stats that can be improved as you practice that stat (Oblivion has pretty much the same system just more complicated).
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Can someone explain why a game where you play the role of a character isn't a role-playing game?
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Fruit fucker
Good point, all computer games are RPGs apart from Tetris, Columns and Bejeweled.
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