Maybe it’s because I associate roleplaying with the idea of player choice but I really don’t think it added a ton to the RPG aspect. World depth? Sure but not by much.
Not by itself I agree. I think there’s value in adding functionality that isn’t needed but would still be something you could do in the real world. Half life didn’t need functioning vending machines, but it adds a little layer that feels nice.
Immersion features are also important for roleplaying, it’s just a different kind of roleplaying really.
I feel like you could say that about most games though. I wouldn’t say Cities Skylines is an RPG but you are fulfilling the role of a mayor. Chirper adds to the immersion aspect but I don’t think that’s enough to shift the genre.
Maybe it’s a hot take though. Kind of similarly I wouldn’t call F.E.A.R. a horror game. I’d say it’s an FPS with horror elements.
I guess it’s different for most people. When I’m huddling next to a group of S.T.A.L.K.E.Rs under a bridge in the exclusion zone, listening to their guitar playing as I maintain my crappy rifle and watch the animation of my character slowly eating a can of beans to stave off the hunger I feel like I’m doing way more roleplaying than I ever feel from picking option A, B or C in a multiple-choice dialogue tree.
I haven’t played this yet, is it more like a Deus Ex style of RPG?
I think Cyberpunk 2077 created its own style.
How so? To mean it felt like Grand Theft Auto IV. You go around doing jobs for individuals and get thrown a handful of choices along the way but it still feels very linear.
The way they directed main story quests and dialogs was much different than GTA.
Someone let me know when I can romance Panam as fem V
Or Claire
