What exactly separates action/action-adventure games from rpgs?

I mean, some of them seem so similar. Like alpha protocol actually seems similar to the espionage in splinter cell?

And I don't know why some sites like ign describe dissidia: Final fantasy as an action rpg.

But what exactly separates these two genres? And in which game is stealth better?

lol help please?

In a RPG you develop one or more characters to become stronger through them gaining experience.Treflis

you kind of do that in some action/action-adventure games too like spiderman: web of shadows, Prototype, Infamous

RPG is basically a game that has a more dynamic interface than the others. Like you have more influence over your character and you can interact with the othercharacters in a more specific manner. More items and weapons. You can fully customize your inventory and sometimes your weapons and equipment as well aspersonal attributes.

RPG is basically an action adventure game that gives the player more of a role in the game and often the game is full of choices that allow the players to dictate the path of the story by the choices theymake. The only difference between an RPG board game and video game is that you can't create your character, for obvious reasons, so you get a limited selection of features to build your character with.

RPGs also give you the ability to go wherever you want. The game doesn't force the player to go to once place or another. Video games limit this though for obvious reasons. Video games have a limited number of locations and the NPC sharacters are limited to what they can do and say because of limited programming. The board games are made up as you go along. There is no limit to where you can go or what could occur.

There are many games out there that claim to be RPGs but they are not. They may have some similarities to an RPG but they aren't RPGs.

[QUOTE="Treflis"]In a RPG you develop one or more characters to become stronger through them gaining experience.Uryu52134

you kind of do that in some action/action-adventure games too like spiderman: web of shadows, Prototype, Infamous

And don't forget, Zelda: Ocarina of Time is considered an RPG...

RPG is basically a game that has a more dynamic interface than the others. Like you have more influence over your character and the you can interact with the characters in a more specific manner. More items and weapons. You can fully customize your inventory and sometimes your weapons and equipment as well personal attributes.

RPG is basically an action adventure game that gives the player more of a role in the game and often the game is full of choices that allow the players to dictate the path of the story by the choices make. The only difference between an RPG board game and video game is that you can't create your character, for obvious reasons, so you get a limited selection of features to build your character with.

MagnumPI

thanks :D

Wait, but an rpg has like a worse combat system than action/action-adventure games right? I mean you don't see rpg's with people running on walls and jumping on buildings like infamous or just cause. And as for the stealth, what do you think of it in rpgs? Alpha protocol seemed pretty crappy, but for a person like me that's really interested in stealth, I should choose mgs or splinter cell games over rpgs eh? It seems like stealth in rpgs is just another option that's not mandatory.

And finally, the question that I've been wanting to ask for so long lol, I personally like stealth games, stealth + speed games (like assassin's creed 2, saboteur), and speed games (infamous, just cause 2, spiderman basically games where you have a lot of speed in running, climbing, and combat)

So do you think I shouldn't be looking at rpg's? It's just that rpg's like dissidia, do you think dissidia fits what I'm looking for in speed?

[QUOTE="MagnumPI"]

RPG is basically a game that has a more dynamic interface than the others. Like you have more influence over your character and the you can interact with the characters in a more specific manner. More items and weapons. You can fully customize your inventory and sometimes your weapons and equipment as well personal attributes.

RPG is basically an action adventure game that gives the player more of a role in the game and often the game is full of choices that allow the players to dictate the path of the story by the choices make. The only difference between an RPG board game and video game is that you can't create your character, for obvious reasons, so you get a limited selection of features to build your character with.

Uryu52134

thanks :D

Wait, but an rpg has like a worse combat system than action/action-adventure games right? I mean you don't see rpg's with people running on walls and jumping on buildings like infamous or just cause. And as for the stealth, what do you think of it in rpgs? Alpha protocol seemed pretty crappy, but for a person like me that's really interested in stealth, I should choose mgs or splinter cell games over rpgs eh? It seems like stealth in rpgs is just another option that's not mandatory.

And finally, the question that I've been wanting to ask for so long lol, I personally like stealth games, stealth + speed games (like assassin's creed 2, saboteur), and speed games (infamous, just cause 2, spiderman basically games where you have a lot of speed in running, climbing, and combat)

So do you think I shouldn't be looking at rpg's? It's just that rpg's like dissidia, do you think dissidia fits what I'm looking for in speed?

Sounds like you just like plain action games. What you're looking defeats the purpose of RPG.

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[QUOTE="MagnumPI"]

RPG is basically a game that has a more dynamic interface than the others. Like you have more influence over your character and the you can interact with the characters in a more specific manner. More items and weapons. You can fully customize your inventory and sometimes your weapons and equipment as well personal attributes.

RPG is basically an action adventure game that gives the player more of a role in the game and often the game is full of choices that allow the players to dictate the path of the story by the choices make. The only difference between an RPG board game and video game is that you can't create your character, for obvious reasons, so you get a limited selection of features to build your character with.

MagnumPI

thanks :D

Wait, but an rpg has like a worse combat system than action/action-adventure games right? I mean you don't see rpg's with people running on walls and jumping on buildings like infamous or just cause. And as for the stealth, what do you think of it in rpgs? Alpha protocol seemed pretty crappy, but for a person like me that's really interested in stealth, I should choose mgs or splinter cell games over rpgs eh? It seems like stealth in rpgs is just another option that's not mandatory.

And finally, the question that I've been wanting to ask for so long lol, I personally like stealth games, stealth + speed games (like assassin's creed 2, saboteur), and speed games (infamous, just cause 2, spiderman basically games where you have a lot of speed in running, climbing, and combat)

So do you think I shouldn't be looking at rpg's? It's just that rpg's like dissidia, do you think dissidia fits what I'm looking for in speed?

Sounds like you just like plain action games. What you're looking defeats the purpose of RPG.

thanks. and action-adventure games too right? I was confused, like games like dissidia, don't you think that fits my speed aspects even though it's considered an action rpg? As for alpha protocol, isn't it stealth game?

And I might as well put all the rest of my questions in one post so I don't have to pester you again :P

Are there any other fighting games similar to dissidia with 3d movement? And do you think dissidia fits what I'm looking for the speed stuff.

And finally, as for the shooters, I don't need to look at tactical shooter games right? In the "other shooter" section, games like WET seem to fit pretty damn well with what I"m looking for don't you think?

There is a blur between Action adventure and a action RPG. Each person as their own ideal and some will fight anyone that say something different. Where is what I think.

Action RPG is about attack large group of enemies to get XP to increase power.

In a action adventure any increase in power is base on gather item or weapons.

Action/adventure: PEW PEW PEW

RPG: Lvl UP!

lol please help?