Here's a definition of an RPG I found which seems fair enough.
"Defining RPGs is very challenging due to the range of hybrid genres that have RPG elements.
Traditional role-playing video games shared five basic elements:
The ability to improve your character over the course of the game by increasing his statistics or levels.
A menu-based combat system with several choices of skills, spells, and active powers...
''Lore through tidbits'' cannot guide you through an orchestrated range of emotions.'
An orchestrated range of emotions sounds like something like Uncharted, which is definitely not an RPG.
The point I'm making is that there is a series of core technical things which makes a game an RPG on a basic level and From games meet all of them. Anything else that people feel is missing is a matter of taste and personal experience.
I'm not sure how much of that is important to a game being a true RPG and how much is just what you personally like, I still think From games very much qualify even if they don't deal in certain clichés.
"Lore through tidbits" is technically accurate but it does the games a disservice. Yes it's delivered uniquely but the lore in their games goes deeper than anything else and shouldn't be underestimated.
What would you say they're missing in particular? I'd say all the ingredients are there, NPCs, sidequests, consequences of actions, level grinding. Fully customisable gear with a lot of depth.
Seems to be taking forever, given how good the first game was and what a solid foundation it's given them, I'm assuming it's not because they've had big problems but rather because they're taking the time to lovingly polish another amazing game.
I doubt it'll flop as bad as that, it looks significantly better. Better gameplay and more personality. Who knows with these things they either seem to capture people's interest or drop like a stone.
Agreed, you do have to pay for quality. If you're not willing to spend then there are inferior products available.
Enjoyed that some cool games and Ragnarok looks great, naturally.
I don't really trust gameplay footage when it looks too good to be true because I know they finesse it, so I can't be bothered watching a cinematic trailer for pretty much anything. Authentic gameplay please or gtfo.
Soul in the name, giant wolf enemy? Hmm. Not feeling a lot of originality with this title and that's not just going off my first sentence.
Agreed.
Why would you scroll past a game you wanted to play to try and find it somewhere else?
That's...not great. Interesting though I doubt many people had given it a second's thought I know I hadn't. I wonder if there's a difference when the consoles are running too.
I got the platinum for the last game so I really should be able to remember, but could you jump in it? Looks like there's a lot more mobility in this one but I'm not sure what specifically has changed.
Looks a lot of fun anyway.
Started off making some reasonable if debatable points, then it revealed itself to be an Xbox ad. Yawn.
Finding that stuff under Stormveil without any help or forewarning whatsoever was pretty wild. I thought it'd just be a minor detour and didn't have much in the way of health by the time I got to the miniboss.
In a way the game peaked at Stormveil. I assumed the following legacy dungeons would be even bigger and more complex but it wasn't the case, more like the opposite.
I don't know how this game operates but I've seen a fair bit of R&M and Morty is neither a fighter or a wizard. More like the opposite of either of those.
Looks great, hopefully it's unique enough not to feel like a poor man's Bloodborne. Subtitles need work.
Double RPG hey, you're inventing a new genre. There's nothing light about From's games in fact the opposite is true they're thematically rich and dark and dripping in more interesting lore than any series of games I've played.
If you think From games only touch lightly on the five classic RPG features that I posted then you don't know what you're talking about. There's nothing light and fluffy about their upgrade systems or their storytellin...