Below is gameplay footage of a new PS3 RPG game from From Software, titled 3D Dot Game Heroes. Notice anything familiar about it.
Let's see. Ignoring the typical RPG top-down isometric view and sword/shield weapons, we're seeing heart-based health and green magic meter, arrows and hookshot items, and bombs used to blow open entrances to caves, complete with the reveal chime and everything.
It's out in Japan this coming November but there's no word of a western release.
It might be time for Zelda creator Eiji Aonuma to up-end some desks.
The item system (ie, the hookshot & bomb functions) are very Zelda-esque, but it just doesn't have the same overall style as Zelda. Also, didn't people say all this about Dark Cloud on the PS2?
Except Zelda isn't an RPG. Who the hell writes this stuff?
It's a game where you play the role of Link. Ipso facto: RPG
Yeah man, you tell him! Zelda is just as much an RPG as the likes of Mario (a game where you play the role of Mario), Sonic (a game where you play the role of Sonic), Metroid (a game where you play the role of Samus Aran), et all!
Looks like some people disagree, but this to me looks like an HD version of a Link to the Past. Only thing that was missing was the infuriating music.
Yeah, that was the first thing I thought - Link to the Past or Link's Awakening. That shot of the beach or whatever it is looks like it could be a direct lift.
Looks like some people disagree, but this to me looks like an HD version of a Link to the Past. Only thing that was missing was the infuriating music.
Saw the trailer a couple of weeks ago and thought of A Link To The Past myself - it just looked way too similar. Even the music itself is similar in tone and style to the classic as well. I'm surprised Nintendo hasn't tried to sue them.
Except Zelda isn't an RPG. Who the hell writes this stuff?
It's a game where you play the role of Link. Ipso facto: RPG
Yeah man, you tell him! Zelda is just as much an RPG as the likes of Mario (a game where you play the role of Mario), Sonic (a game where you play the role of Sonic), Metroid (a game where you play the role of Samus Aran), et all!
Exactly. When you think about it the term RPG is a bit ambiguous and not particularly representative of the genre it's meant to represent.
Well, when Zelda 1 came out it was coined as an action-adventure, and that's what it still is. Rpg's are called rpg's because of their similarities to table-top rpg's, meaning the level-up system, stats, hit/damage percentages etc. Even Castlevania: SOTN is more of an rpg than Zelda, although that's called an action-rpg.
You may have always viewed Zelda an as rpg, but it simply isn't. Except for Zelda 2.
There are some Zelda similarities there but why are we labelling that as a bad thing? Surely it's nice to have a few old school style games.
I'm quite excited by this actually, it's like a pretty nifty adventure game. I'll totally get it if it is released outside of Japan, for the right price of course.
Rpg's are called rpg's because of their similarities to table-top rpg's, meaning the level-up system, stats, hit/damage percentages etc. Even Castlevania: SOTN is more of an rpg than Zelda, although that's called an action-rpg.
Not all table top RPGs have level up systems, but it's the character progression that usually makes an rpg. That said, computer based rpgs and table top ones are quite a different beast, and while some very clearly fit the mould, others are quite ambiguous. For example, why is something like Dead Space not an rpg? You play as one character, who's power progresses throughout the game (in terms of gun power ups), getting picks up along the way too.
Likewise Zelda has similar power progression - acquire health upgrades (hearts), more magical abilities, etc etc.
I guess the real question is, just what IS a computer rpg?
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