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alexti said:
Not sure about such grouping, it seems that only kitchen sink is missing here. I would rather put them:
Baldurs Gate - PlanetScape Torment
Pools of Radience - Wizardy
Oblivion - Ultima
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I think I understand what you were saying, but I don't understand why. What sub genres do they represent?
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Not sure I understand the link between your first statement and second. Might be a language barrier. Originally you said that comparison work within a group and put pretty much all pure RPG into one group. However, the focus of these RPGs and their goals are different. The first group is story-centered. The second leans toward strategy and tactics and the third one is more in exploration and immersion direction (some of the games can be put in two groups). My point was that, for example, comparing combat in Oblivion to combat in Wizardry 8 and concluding that combat system in Oblivion is bad isn't really productive, because it's not what Oblivion tries to do.
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Other good examples of RPG that allowed you to go pretty much anywhere you want are Star Control 2, Betrayal at Krondor and Wizardry 7.
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I never considered Star Control a Role Playing Game, and didn't know anyone else did either. I did a search for Star Control and Genre and it popped up a bunch of different things, including Roleplaying.
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Yeah, its genre is hard to define, but if you ignore action combat what is left is more or less RPG I suppose...