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To the person who moved TheElderScrolls to
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To the person who moved TheElderScrolls to \\\"Standard RPG\\\", I get your point about wiki consistency. That \\\'\\\'is\\\'\\\' where I put it originally, but then some genre confusion set in while I was rearranging stuff, and I saw that series listed in the wiki\\\'s genre page for WideOpenSandbox.
In any case, Wikipedia lists it as an ActionRPG, something I (technically) didn\\\'t originally have a folder for. I had a folder for \\\'\\\'Adventure\\\'\\\' [=RPG=], but then we got \\\'\\\'VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaBreathOfTheWild\\\'\\\', and I took some time to figure out how to sort that game, seeing how Zelda games are not [=RPGs=] (it even says in GannonBanned (no pun intended) not to call them such, and the difference between adventure games and [=RPGs=] was also described at one point in \\\'\\\'{{Nintendo Power}}\\\'s\\\'\\\' \\\'\\\'Epic Center\\\'\\\' back in 1995).
As I write this, though, \\\'\\\'VideoGame/TheElderScrolls\\\'\\\' is in fact a wide-open sandbox game. It even says on the page for ActionRPG:
\\\'\\\'By the strictest definition, an ARPG is an RPG where combat success depends equally on player skill and PlayerCharacter {{skill|ScoresAndPerks}}. But the loose and more commonly accepted definition of ARPG (at least, of the contemporary ones) basically boils down to \\\"the fights in this RPG occur in real time and you can play it with a [[UsefulNotes/GeneralGamingGamepads controller]]\\\". It\\\'s no surprise, then, that games as different as \\\'\\\'VideoGame/TheWitcher2\\\'\\\' (a choice-driven narrative game), \\\'\\\'VideoGame/TheElderScrollsVSkyrim\\\'\\\' (a WideOpenSandbox), \\\'\\\'VideoGame/DiabloIII\\\'\\\', \\\'\\\'VideoGame/DarkSoulsI\\\'\\\', and \\\'\\\'VideoGame/FinalFantasyXV\\\'\\\' all get labeled \\\"action RPG\\\", despite being barely comparable in terms of gameplay. This is, perhaps, indicative of how meaningless the label is, where it\\\'s becoming more and more synonymous with simply \\\"RPG\\\".\\\'\\\'
In other words, this is a common misconception to begin with that winds that series together with [=ARPGs=] proper, and also, it explicitly \\\'\\\'is\\\'\\\' a [=WOS=].
In any case, Wikipedia lists it as an ActionRPG, something I (technically) didn\\\'t originally have a folder for. I had a folder for \\\'\\\'Adventure\\\'\\\' [=RPG=], but then we got \\\'\\\'VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaBreathOfTheWild\\\'\\\', and I took some time to figure out how to sort that game, seeing how Zelda games are not [=RPGs=] (it even says in GannonBanned (no pun intended) not to call them such, and the difference between adventure games and [=RPGs=] was also described at one point in \\\'\\\'{{Nintendo Power}}\\\'s\\\'\\\' \\\'\\\'Epic Center\\\'\\\' back in 1995).
As I write this, though, \\\'\\\'VideoGame/TheElderScrolls\\\'\\\' is in fact a wide-open sandbox game. It even says on the page for ActionRPG:
\\\'\\\'By the strictest definition, an ARPG is an RPG where combat success depends equally on player skill and PlayerCharacter {{skill|ScoresAndPerks}}. But the loose and more commonly accepted definition of ARPG (at least, of the contemporary ones) basically boils down to \\\"the fights in this RPG occur in real time and you can play it with a [[UsefulNotes/GeneralGamingGamepads controller]]\\\". It\\\'s no surprise, then, that games as different as \\\'\\\'VideoGame/TheWitcher2\\\'\\\' (a choice-driven narrative game), \\\'\\\'VideoGame/TheElderScrollsVSkyrim\\\'\\\' (a WideOpenSandbox), \\\'\\\'VideoGame/DiabloIII\\\'\\\', \\\'\\\'VideoGame/DarkSoulsI\\\'\\\', and \\\'\\\'VideoGame/FinalFantasyXV\\\'\\\' all get labeled \\\"action RPG\\\", despite being barely comparable in terms of gameplay. This is, perhaps, indicative of how meaningless the label is, where it\\\'s becoming more and more synonymous with simply \\\"RPG\\\".\\\'\\\'
In other words, this is a common misconception to begin with that winds that series together with [=ARPGs=] proper, and also, it explicitly \\\'\\\'is\\\'\\\' a [=WOS=].
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To the person who moved TheElderScrolls to
to:
To the person who moved TheElderScrolls to \"Standard RPG\", I get your point about wiki consistency. That \'\'is\'\' where I put it originally, but then some genre confusion set in while I was rearranging stuff, and I saw that series listed in the wiki\'s genre page for WideOpenSandbox.
In any case, Wikipedia lists it as an ActionRPG, something I (technically) didn\'t originally have a folder for. I had a folder for \'\'Adventure\'\' [=RPG=], but then we got TheLegendOfZeldaBreathOfTheWild, and I took some time to figure out how to sort that game, seeing how Zelda games are not [=RPGs=] (it even says in GannonBanned (no pun intended) not to call them such, and the difference between adventure games and [=RPGs=] was also described at one point in \'\'{{Nintendo Power}}\'s\'\' \'\'Epic Center\'\' back in 1995).
As I write this, though, \'\'TheElderScrolls\'\' is in fact a wide-open sandbox game. It even says on the page for ActionRPG:
\'\'By the strictest definition, an ARPG is an RPG where combat success depends equally on player skill and PlayerCharacter {{skill|ScoresAndPerks}}. But the loose and more commonly accepted definition of ARPG (at least, of the contemporary ones) basically boils down to \"the fights in this RPG occur in real time and you can play it with a [[UsefulNotes/GeneralGamingGamepads controller]]\". It\'s no surprise, then, that games as different as \'\'VideoGame/TheWitcher2\'\' (a choice-driven narrative game), \'\'VideoGame/TheElderScrollsVSkyrim\'\' (a WideOpenSandbox), \'\'VideoGame/DiabloIII\'\', \'\'VideoGame/DarkSoulsI\'\', and \'\'VideoGame/FinalFantasyXV\'\' all get labeled \"action RPG\", despite being barely comparable in terms of gameplay. This is, perhaps, indicative of how meaningless the label is, where it\'s becoming more and more synonymous with simply \"RPG\".\'\'
In other words, this is a common misconception to begin with that winds that series together with [=ARPGs=] proper, and also, it explicitly \'\'is\'\' a [=WOS=].
In any case, Wikipedia lists it as an ActionRPG, something I (technically) didn\'t originally have a folder for. I had a folder for \'\'Adventure\'\' [=RPG=], but then we got TheLegendOfZeldaBreathOfTheWild, and I took some time to figure out how to sort that game, seeing how Zelda games are not [=RPGs=] (it even says in GannonBanned (no pun intended) not to call them such, and the difference between adventure games and [=RPGs=] was also described at one point in \'\'{{Nintendo Power}}\'s\'\' \'\'Epic Center\'\' back in 1995).
As I write this, though, \'\'TheElderScrolls\'\' is in fact a wide-open sandbox game. It even says on the page for ActionRPG:
\'\'By the strictest definition, an ARPG is an RPG where combat success depends equally on player skill and PlayerCharacter {{skill|ScoresAndPerks}}. But the loose and more commonly accepted definition of ARPG (at least, of the contemporary ones) basically boils down to \"the fights in this RPG occur in real time and you can play it with a [[UsefulNotes/GeneralGamingGamepads controller]]\". It\'s no surprise, then, that games as different as \'\'VideoGame/TheWitcher2\'\' (a choice-driven narrative game), \'\'VideoGame/TheElderScrollsVSkyrim\'\' (a WideOpenSandbox), \'\'VideoGame/DiabloIII\'\', \'\'VideoGame/DarkSoulsI\'\', and \'\'VideoGame/FinalFantasyXV\'\' all get labeled \"action RPG\", despite being barely comparable in terms of gameplay. This is, perhaps, indicative of how meaningless the label is, where it\'s becoming more and more synonymous with simply \"RPG\".\'\'
In other words, this is a common misconception to begin with that winds that series together with [=ARPGs=] proper, and also, it explicitly \'\'is\'\' a [=WOS=].
