13th January 2003, 10:41 PM
I'll take that Squaresoft comment as a joke... it looks like one.
Why RPG? Well, Zelda isn't an action-adventure... its more than that. The gameplay style is VERY different from most games that you think of as Action-Adventure (namely 3d Tomb Raider-type action-adventure games, mostly), so its got to have more to it than that... and it has RPG influence. Quests (Link does FedEx quests just like any good RPG hero), story, gameplay style (you don't exactly 'level up', but sorta do when you get more hearts and items as you complete dungeons)... its more than just a Action-Adventure, and RPG is really the only genre that would fit (and, IMO, it does... even if Zelda has little in common with standard RPGs. RPG isn't a static genre after all... it includes everything from Final Fantasy to Diablo...)
Why RPG? Well, Zelda isn't an action-adventure... its more than that. The gameplay style is VERY different from most games that you think of as Action-Adventure (namely 3d Tomb Raider-type action-adventure games, mostly), so its got to have more to it than that... and it has RPG influence. Quests (Link does FedEx quests just like any good RPG hero), story, gameplay style (you don't exactly 'level up', but sorta do when you get more hearts and items as you complete dungeons)... its more than just a Action-Adventure, and RPG is really the only genre that would fit (and, IMO, it does... even if Zelda has little in common with standard RPGs. RPG isn't a static genre after all... it includes everything from Final Fantasy to Diablo...)