"Borderlands is a game that you play a role. Thus making it an Role Playing Game(RPG)."

by that logic every single games in this planet would be an RPG. in CoD I play a role, in Tekken I play a role, in GTA I play a role, in Mario I play a role.. sorry I don't have enough space to list all games ever made on earth.

surely you have enough sense that when people say RPG games, you know what kind of games they mean, just like everyone have enough sense that what they post are opinions and not facts, especially on a top 5 articles where everyone have their own top 5..

and no, if I have to put Borderlands to a genre I wouldn't put it in RPG but shooter, however if I'm asked if Borderlands have RPG elements then yes it is.

also in case you don't understand, the people above protested not because Borderlands isn't an RPG but because the article is about top 5 RPG and they THINK, careful here, think indicates opinion, lmao, there are other games far more deserving to be put on top 5 upcoming ROLE PLAYING GAME genre.

"by that logic every single games in this planet would be an RPG"

Yes all games are RPG's that is a fact based on the meaning of the words.

They aren't rpg's with the features that you feel make an RPG an RPG... Borderlands is an RPG period. And to break it down further. Borderlands is an RPG with Shooter elements not the other way around. The (your definition) "RPG" features of the game do not depend on the shooting elements of the game. In fact the shooting aspect of the game depends on the "RPG" features of the game. Shooting is the gameplay, RPG is its description. It is an RPG where you shoot things. It has everything your definition of RPG's has. Story, Characters, Character Progression, Decision making, Items, etc... all of those FEATURES. key word: Features... key word: Features...... To say an RPG is anything but what it is by definition is redundant. Everything else that is added on to the actual meaning are features... Final Fantasy is an RPG where you have characters that have their own story's but they come together under a common goal and they go through many hardships to overcome those obstacles. The games feature, Leveling, Items, Skills, etc... It's a fantasy world styled RPG. You can ask the dev's they will tell you the same thing... When they describe the game to you they will say something a long the lines of "Final Fantasy is (insert whatever here) styled RPG." You ask an indy developer about their game they will say "(Main Title) (Features) (Genre)" That is how our language works, that is how it is period.

Now to give another example. Since you are arguing against fact... Which I already said "we cannot argue against fact while being right...".

This is how the English language works when describing something.

Look at that sentence. Read it Well. Read the words for what they actually are...

If I were to just say "This is how" You wouldn't be able to read that sentence and understand it for what it really is. Why? Because you don't have the full message. We read and understand from end to start. Not start to end. Now let's flip it around after you have already received the full message.

You see the message like this.

"This": Ok something is about to be said about something.

Followed by "is": now you know the what ever "this" is, is something that is current and on going.

Followed by "how": Now you know that whatever "this is" has an explination.

Followed by "the": Now you know whatever "this" is indeed something.

Followed by "English": Now you know "this" is something pertaining to English.

Followed by "language": Now you know "This" is the English language that is about to be explained with its current and ongoing information.

Followed by "works": Now you know what is going to be explained about "English Language" involves how it operates.

Followed by "When": Now you know whatever is going to be explained about how the English language operates relates to something else.

Followed by "describing": Now you know what is going to be explained about how English language operates relates to qualities of something else.

Followed by "something": Now you know what is going to be explained about how English language operates relates to qualities of whatever something may be.

Followed by ".": Now you know the message is over and that "how the English language works when describing something." is going to be explained.

That is literally how it is supposed to be interpreted. Period... No other way.