well yeah, that helps, but the quality of every other 3rd party Wii game didn't exactly keep that in the public's eye.
Every other 3rd party Wii game? Xenoblade chronicles is first party, not third party as Monolith are owned by Nintendo and Nintendo did oversee the development of the game and give some input into it.
I don't know how I forgot this. I should have just said "any original Wii game that is good".
I often forget about that too. Monolith only became Nintendo's with this game and I still have fond memories of Baten Kaitos, which is decidedly not Nintendo, which might be why (for me, anyway)
Hmm, I guess definitions of words aren't allowed to change through time.
Not while the original definition is in common use. That just gets confusing then.
But then, I'm in a thread where people are talking about Zelda being an RPG. Lost cause here.
I still don't get how people can rationalize calling anything other than Zelda II an RPG, Skyward Sword is CLOSE to an RPG, but not quite there, still very much an action adventure game with the tiniest hint of RPG elements.
And Fallout being an RPG is news to me. I always thought it was like Mass Effect, a 3rd-person shooter with minimal RPG elements. You might as well call God of War an RPG too, since you gain orbs ("experience points") that you can use to upgrade your weapons.
Mass Effect does NOT have minimal RPG elements, in fact, the RPG elements are some of the strongest I can think of, classes with different abilities, leveling up with experience, spending points on skills/attributes, upgradable weapons with different qualities, and gathering resources and money for those upgrades, add that to the system of choices that determine the outcome of the plot, and you have an RPG, plain and simple
add that to the system of choices that determine the outcome of the plot, and you have an RPG, plain and simple
Yeah, bingo. That is the defining attribute for an RPG to indeed be an RPG.
"Playing a role" does not mean "Being pulled through a story." It does not even mean "being pulled through a story with the option of being pulled through some non-essential sidequests."
The entire premise on which RPGs were founded was in taking control of one (not multiples, one) actor within a free-flowing theatre performance. The mechanics of real RPGs are merely there to provide structure and the physics through with the performance happens, but the very idea of having a "conclusion" to an RPG is just laughable.
What most videogame people think of as "RPGs" are, in fact, linear adventure stories. Which is cool and all, but they're not Role Playing Games. You can't be playing a role if your actions have no meaning aside from pushing the pre-destined story forwards.
I took my Sword ready in hand as YellowChocobo stalked up on supplies... when the ground shook... we were confronted with a behemoth of a monster! I fell back at his impressive build and power. I swung with a mighty force but my blade was wedged deep within his external armor like body
I took my Sword ready in hand as YellowChocobo stalked up on supplies... when the ground shook... we were confronted with a behemoth of a monster! I fell back at his impressive build and power. I swung with a mighty force but my blade was wedged deep within his external armor like body
By the shock of my best companion abandoning me I was distracted as the titanus beast pierced my body with his powerful tusks and I was tossed in the air... and CRACK.... as I landed.
I know Nintendo.com will also sell it, but I do hope Nintendo would make a big deal and market it and also have event for it at the Nintendo World Store.
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