It seems to creeping ever closer to RPG but it is still quite far from it I think. To me, It's just a free roaming fantasy game.
Next you'll be saying GTA is an rpg.
Next you'll be saying GTA is an rpg.
Question of the Day, Feb. 21, 2010
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Well, you're Playing a Role, yes. There are status upgrades and side-quests. But Zelda doesn't have much in common with games like The Elder Scrolls and Baldur's Gate in terms of gameplay.
I'd say it's a Role-Playing Adventure Game, leaning more towards Adventure.
I'd say it's a Role-Playing Adventure Game, leaning more towards Adventure.
It's always been an adventure game, you don't make any choices about story or character development. It's a linear experience.
Everyone said that Darksiders was a ripoff of God Of War when they first saw it, now it's a ripoff of Zelda. Which must mean God of War and Zelda are similar. Ergo, Zelda is closer to being an Action/Adventure than anything else.
Everyone said that Darksiders was a ripoff of God Of War when they first saw it, now it's a ripoff of Zelda. Which must mean God of War and Zelda are similar. Ergo, Zelda is closer to being an Action/Adventure than anything else.
Please tell me you're talking about just WRPGs. Otherwise you're saying the final fantasy series (and any other jRPG) are not RPGs.oppp7 said:
Some would argue that as you're playing as Link that you're playing a role, so you're playing an RPG.
However, I'd argue that as you're playing a pre-determined character with his own personality in a fixed story structure that you're only playing a character.
So I gotta go with Puzzle Action/Adventure.
However, I'd argue that as you're playing a pre-determined character with his own personality in a fixed story structure that you're only playing a character.
So I gotta go with Puzzle Action/Adventure.
I was hoping I could get away with a lazy answer and not have to start a huge conversation with walls of text, but apparently I have to explain why my opinion is the way it is for every little thing.Tales of Golden Sun said:
I tend to agree with Yahtzee that the term roleplaying is way too open. In every game you play a role, be it as Master Chief or a character you made up. For DnD, I think they were originally called that because you played a role in your group and because you played a character that you made. Since tabletop roleplaying came out first, I tend to feel that roleplaying is based on character customization and creation, not playing out a role in a predetermined story in the same exact way every time.
As for Final Fantasy and JRPGs: I've never really played them. If they have customizable characters and/or a storyline you can choose than in my opinion they are RPGs. Otherwise, no.
Let me take a look at this from several viewpoints.
Fallout three= first person action RPG, has stats, leveling up, xp grinding, tons of dialogue (though only about an eight of it you're required to hear), epic story. Compared to this Zelda has nothing.
Final Fanatasy 10 (the last one in the series I played because JRPGs are not my thing)
Leveling up, stats, grind, epic story, tons of dialogue, third person. Zelda has none of this.
Mass Effect as a series.
Leveling up, no grind (no random encounters), stats (er rather abilities you increase, same concept), EPIC story, enough dialogue to put the biggest soap opera to shame. Zelda has none of this.
I'm tired right now so I can't think of more examples but just based on that no Zelda is not an RPG. For me the Zelda games have been more of a sleep aid, they bore me within 5 minutes of even trying one.
Fallout three= first person action RPG, has stats, leveling up, xp grinding, tons of dialogue (though only about an eight of it you're required to hear), epic story. Compared to this Zelda has nothing.
Final Fanatasy 10 (the last one in the series I played because JRPGs are not my thing)
Leveling up, stats, grind, epic story, tons of dialogue, third person. Zelda has none of this.
Mass Effect as a series.
Leveling up, no grind (no random encounters), stats (er rather abilities you increase, same concept), EPIC story, enough dialogue to put the biggest soap opera to shame. Zelda has none of this.
I'm tired right now so I can't think of more examples but just based on that no Zelda is not an RPG. For me the Zelda games have been more of a sleep aid, they bore me within 5 minutes of even trying one.
< Zelda fan boy says no, it's an adventure game, there is only one "role" save the world from evil.
Every game is technically a role playing game, however traditionally role playing games are linked to an in-game experience/leveling system which Legend of Zelda doesn?t carry.
Sure you get more and ?better? weapons, but that is standard progression in most games (Halo, Call of Duty, Resident Evil) and these games are not considered role playing games either (for the first reason).
Sure you get more and ?better? weapons, but that is standard progression in most games (Halo, Call of Duty, Resident Evil) and these games are not considered role playing games either (for the first reason).
