>>43168153botw sucked so much dick i didn't bother experimenting with armor upgrades
it's so vastly different from any other zelda game, maybe it is an RPG. the general gameplay loops are more like elder scrolls than OoT
back in the 90s, when ff7 brought the "RPG elements" scourge upon an unsuspecting populace, it usually represented experience points and character levels. though there's plenty of RPGs without those and plenty of action games that have them. the distinction between "action RPG" and "action game" is so blurry it basically doesn't exist.
i listed the five traits i use to determine what an action RPG is. everyone has their own version, though
