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Re:Mid-1990s Sega document leak shows how it lost the second... by bandrami on Thursday July 06, 2023 @06:27PM (#36624087)
Is Ocarina not an RPG? (Serious question; I'm not much of a gamer.)
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Re:Mid-1990s Sega document leak shows how it lost the second... by AdmiralAsshat on Friday July 07, 2023 @08:57AM (#36631008)
Historically, people have been reticent for some reason to call it an Action/RPG, preferring to call it Action/Adventure instead, and IIRC the crux of the argument was usually "Link does not gain experience points or level-up, ergo it's not a full RPG."

It's a silly argument, IMO, but at the time "RPG" in everyone's minds meant either JRPG (Final Fantasy, Dragon Quest) or PC RPG (Baldur's Gate, etc).

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