Comment on Why are there two different genres both called ARPG?
Kolanaki@yiffit.net 7 months ago
ARPG = Action Role Playing Game.
The themes, camera angle, and method of delivering rewards (loot) don’t really affect something being an action RPG or not. The focus on action over storytelling does.
exocrinous@startrek.website 7 months ago
TES definitely focuses on story over action. Those games have much better lore than combat
HER0@beehaw.org 7 months ago
On the other hand, each game progressively drops more RPG features and adds more action features.
exocrinous@startrek.website 7 months ago
I haven’t played Morrowind, but I hear that you can connect to an enemy with a hit, and then a die roll determines whether that actually happens. It seems to me that while such a feature would be good for making a character with their own unique strengths, it would be damaging to the immersion required to inhabit that character. Thus, immersion building features that make the character do what the player does, can easily be considered roleplaying features.