Dhruin
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This topic just keeps coming back, doesn't it? You may recall that Scars of War developer Gareth Fouche wrote an enthusiastic defence of Mass Effect 2 a little while back; Part 2 is now online and Gareth continues the topic by tackling the entire genre classification issue:
More information.What is an RPG?
(Are you ready for it?)
Answer : ‘RPG’ is a communication shorthand term for a game which shares common features with the other games classified as ‘RPGs’.
At this point you’re probably thinking “Well, no shit Gareth, we understand what a game genre is, don’t be a smart arse”.
Except I think that this is one of those things which is so obvious, so familiar, that people don’t really think about what that means and the implications of it.