>>44183441If you're thinking Wikipedia isn't a negative amount of source then you're fucking new to this shit.
I could quote Wikipedia's page on role-playing games, but it keeps using weasel words like "some" and "many", because it refuses to take any stance on the subject.
If you have two games like Final Fantasy and Fallout, which share almost nothing in common (and what they do share is common in other genres as well), then something has to get cut out of the definition. Western RPGs have a unique trait, and that is role-playing and choice. Japanese games, mostly, are tactics games with a story sprinkled on top. Which gets to your question.
>If games like Pokemon and Final Fantasy aren't RPGs then what are they?Adventure games. It's a common modern name for linear, storyline-driven games.
