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Topic	What RPG made you like the genre
andri_g 04/26/24 10:54:52 AM #115:	RetuenOfDevsman posted... I've no doubt. But regardless of how the publisher described it, RPG and action-adventure are separate genres and it definitely fits the latter. It can be argued that packaging and ad descriptions are loose references to the game; they do not necessarily represent the game's actual content--they can be separated from the game. However, instructions and in-game text are direct references; they represent the game's actual content--they cannot be separated from the game. Pre-1990s RPGs in Japan... https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/b/b5e3691e.jpg https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/b/bd26f025.jpg And this is where the RPG/Adventure disagreement comes from: Management (studio) and Promotion (agency) were told by the Publisher to hide any glaring western-RPG influences by localizing the look, feel, and description of their RPGs to appeal to the sensibilities and preferences of Japanese gamers. tl;dr: The Legend of Zelda (1986) is not an action adventure with beefed-up mechanics, it is an action RPG with simplified mechanics. --- '~' <cite>andri_g posted [p:980104106] in What RPG m... [t:80753992]...</cite> <quote>RetuenOfDevsman posted... </cite><quote>I've no doubt.But regardless of how the publisher described it, RPG and action-adventure are separate genres and it definitely fits the latter.</quote>It can be argued that packaging and ad descriptions are loose references to the game; they do not necessarily represent the game's actual content--they can be separated from the game. However, instructions and in-game text are direct references; they represent the game's actual content--they cannot be separated from the game.Pre-1990s RPGs in Japan...https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/b/b5e3691e.jpghttps://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/b/bd26f025.jpgAnd this is where the RPG/Adventure disagreement comes from: Management (studio) and Promotion (agency) were told by the Publisher to hide any glaring western-RPG influences by localizing the look, feel, and description of their RPGs to appeal to the sensibilities and preferences of Japanese gamers.tl;dr: The Legend of Zelda (1986) is not an action adventure with beefed-up mechanics, it is an action RPG with simplified mechanics. --- '~'</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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