What's a RPG?

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  1. one.sixty.four

    one.sixty.four Well-Known Member

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    .........i know that it might sound crazy that anyone on this site wouldn't know this but.... could anyone please tell me what RPG means? thanks.
     
  2. Lost_Deputy

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    I respect your courage sir
     
  3. EventHorizon

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    i actually was wondering something along the same lines, i know rpg but whats jrpg, krpg...?
     
  4. cretpetpet

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    J=japan
    K=korea
     
  5. Enriana

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    While we're at it:
    SRPG - strategy RPG
    ARPG - action RPG

    Never realized how many RPG abbreviations we have. :p Man, now I wanna play one..
     
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    lololol
     
  7. Exact-Psience

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    PRPG - although not as popular as the others, but ive seen it used a few times on different forums, stand for Puzzle RPG

    FPRPG - same in the popularity dept, but ive seen this mainly in gamespot and gamefaqs before, stands for First Person RPG.
     
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  9. undeadcow

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    Japanese rpgs feature turn based combat with menu operations for attack/skills/items/etc; they often feature birds eye view world exploration.

    Korean rpgs are action oriented arcade style button mashers usually also with a birds eye view perspective and "fetch quests." Interchangeable with action rpg.
     
  10. S.I.D. CrAzY

    S.I.D. CrAzY Well-Known Member

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    What's google?
     
  11. JBRUU

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    Idk, Bing it.
     
  12. Says NO ONE EVER.
     
  13. Baron Cappuccino

    Baron Cappuccino Well-Known Member
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    With so much genre-blurring these days, and old RPG defining features like level raising being used so liberally, "what is an rpg" is harder to answer than it once was. I used to define an rpg by three qualities: level raising, experience grinding, and menu based combat. It's not so simple anymore.
     
  14. Lost_Deputy

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    Agreeeeed. I would have to include an element of character progression yet I know that came in later then the three you mentioned. Many of these components feature heavily in various other genres now for heaps of reasons. Not least the fact that it gives you a sense of reward for effort and it's cool to have skills :D
     
  15. Then, what was Zelda for you? :confused::confused::confused:
     
  16. Baron Cappuccino

    Baron Cappuccino Well-Known Member
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    Back in the day, Nintendo Power called it an "adventure game" and I've used that label for Zelda-likes ever since. But thinking about it, "role playing" game, "adventure", "action" game? Talk about useless descriptors.
     
  17. They said that? Man, I'm confused :confused::confused::confused:
     
  18. one.sixty.four

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    Thanks for all the info / answers guys! You answered my question and then some!
     

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