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The Future of Metroid
Seraph Man:
--- Quote from: madrocsz on April 23, 2013, 09:45:17 AM ---RPG is used way too loosely these days but again as mentioned it can fit just about any game.
Most people including myself think skyrim=rpg but mass effect =action 3rd person shooter
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Mass Effect 2 and 3 maybe, but the first was an Action RPG.
Conn:
--- Quote from: Dr.Agon on April 22, 2013, 07:41:58 PM ---RPG = Role Playing Game
so, technically ALL video games are RPG's...
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If you're going to define RPG that broadly, then no genre really has any meaning as they can be interpreted just as broadly: action, adventure, puzzle, strategy, etc...