/vr/ - Retro Games

I have been away from this thread for a while, but am interested in this discussion.

I made a chart that shows which RPG-affiliated features match up with certain games. The blue is one is an unknown/maybe, I think that one depends. The box around the upper-right surrounds what seem to me to be the "primary contenders" for games and traits essential to RPGs.

In particular, note that below the box I don't think anyone would seriously argue the games to be RPGs. The area from FFIX down to the Rogue-likes is contentious, I would say that these are games with features/elements common to RPGs, but are not themselves full-fledged RPGs.

I will admit that I haven't played all these games and am guessing a bit, but I hope this contributes to sharpening the discussion in some way.