14th January 2003, 4:29 PM
No, Zelda isn't an RPG... but its far closer to being an RPG than it is an adventure game! It doesn't have a whole lot in common with adventure games... Tomb Raider has more, which is why action-adventure is a good label for it. Zelda, with more RPG influence than adventure, definitely belongs in a combonation of all 3 genres (action-adventure-rpg).
Adventure means text and/or graphical adventure games. That is what it is, console or PC... the genre does exist on both systems, so it is the real definition of the genre.
I find it really annoying how often game sites call all KINDS of games adventure games which are not even close to being adventure games... Zelda, Metroid, etc aren't adventure games. Simple as that.
"point and click"? "PC adventure games"? Thats not a good description, given how a lot of them don't require pointing or clicking... (see: Grim Fandango for PC or Monkey Island 4, or Shadows of , both for PC and PS2. All are best with gamepads.) Or how about Full Throttle, Monkey Island 3, or Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis? All three have sizable action parts, yet are definitely adventure games... your seeming dislike/disdain for the genre doesn't change the fact that it is a genre and doesn't include games that are totally different from what the genre is... like any genre...
PC RPGs are the best kind. Console ones can be fun too, but PC ones are better... I'd choose Baldur's Gate II over any console RPG anyday (I mention that one because I recently started... I know, starting a game that could be as long as 200 hours right after I get like 8 other new games is kind of dumb, but its fun...)
Adventure means text and/or graphical adventure games. That is what it is, console or PC... the genre does exist on both systems, so it is the real definition of the genre.
I find it really annoying how often game sites call all KINDS of games adventure games which are not even close to being adventure games... Zelda, Metroid, etc aren't adventure games. Simple as that.
"point and click"? "PC adventure games"? Thats not a good description, given how a lot of them don't require pointing or clicking... (see: Grim Fandango for PC or Monkey Island 4, or Shadows of , both for PC and PS2. All are best with gamepads.) Or how about Full Throttle, Monkey Island 3, or Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis? All three have sizable action parts, yet are definitely adventure games... your seeming dislike/disdain for the genre doesn't change the fact that it is a genre and doesn't include games that are totally different from what the genre is... like any genre...
PC RPGs are the best kind. Console ones can be fun too, but PC ones are better... I'd choose Baldur's Gate II over any console RPG anyday (I mention that one because I recently started... I know, starting a game that could be as long as 200 hours right after I get like 8 other new games is kind of dumb, but its fun...)