🚀 go-pugleaf

UnTamed wrote:
> 
> On Tue, 21 Apr 1998 20:37:33 +0000, Xay Voong
> <REMOVEk...@pacbell.net> wrote:
> 
> >
> >
> >MJ wrote:
> >
> >> > > HEXplore and Diablo both BLOW. If Diablo is an RPG then I'm fucking
> >> > >Santa Claus, which I ain't.
> >> > >You want a real RPG wait for EverQuest or Ultima9 baby!
> >> > If you read the writeup about Diablo II in CGW then you'd have seen
> >> > the quote, "We thought about making a RPG, but decided to make Diablo
> >> > instead."
> >> >
> >> > Cynic
> >>
> >> The Genre is defined by the way the game plays or is, not by what the
> >> producers call it. I could write a childrens book and call it a
> >> psychilogical thriller but it would still just be a picture book
> >>
> >
> > very good point.  i mean people still call Rogue-like games RPG, even
> >though
> >it has no role-playing involved, just exploring and fighting.  Diablo seems
> >like
> >a modern Rogue to me, albeit enhanced graphically and interface-wise,
> >realtime
> >and multiplayer and all.
> >
> 
> Well, why does 90% of people call it an RPG?  

Because it has many RPG elements. It may have little to no depth and
emphasize action but the RPG elements such as character development,
stats, equipment, towns, NPC Interaction, etc. are there.