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Text based RPG is the common accepted term as far as I know. They're similar enough to be the same genre.
Either way, "visual novel" still isn't a genre.
Last edited by SplashChick; 12-21-2009 at 03:33 AM.
Are we going to start calling the lightgun section of Snatcher a first person shooter now as well?
Where are my stats, leveling up and grinding sections in Snatcher? My copy seems to have been swapped for some sort of Bladerunner inspired adventure game instead. I want this elusive RPG version everyone is talking about. Why did Konami ship me the wrong game back in 1994?
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RPGs and adventure games really aren't all that similar. In an RPG, your character (and other party members, if applicable) gain experience throughout the game (usually through battles) and become more powerful through said gaining of experience. Combat/battles in RPGs are based around your ability to think ahead and correctly choose what to attack or defend with.
Adventure games tend to be more about puzzle solving than anything else, though combat of course can play a part. There are elements of exploration and mystery-solving as well.
And visual novel is a genre.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visual_novel
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Considering the people around here tend to know their stuff and they're scratching their heads over the idea of a "text-based RPG", it most certainly isn't commonly accepted, and I'd venture to guess that whoever you got it from made it up on the spot.
And thousands of Japanese developers would differ with you regarding the existence of visual novels. That Wikipedia page isn't bad, but there are plenty of visual novels without anime and pretty of dating sims that can't be regarded as visual novels. But if that isn't enough proof for you, how about this:
http://www.gamefaqs.com/portable/psp/home/924566.html
There are even "makers" for visual novels like RPG Maker:
http://www.gamefaqs.com/console/snes/home/571453.html
http://www.gamefaqs.com/console/saturn/home/580984.html
Sound novel is just another name for visual novels, which Chunsoft has copyrighted.
If visual novel is a genre, then jRPG isn't a genre either. This just describes the game's format (although format is my preferred term for writing about specific hardware attributes, i.e. vertical or horizontal screen orientation, or system i.e. PC / console).
Mystery / hentai / whatever are also genres descriptive of a game's content.
$0.02
Honestly, wow, calling visual novels not a genre. I mean it's okay to slag off the genre as a whole but I can't see any possible benefit to pretending the genre doesn't exist
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while i had the genesis first, i always wanted a snes. i just prefer the games. the rpgs were vastly better on the snes. i also loved mario world a lot more than all of the sonic games combined. sure the genesis had better figthers, but i guess i cared about the other games more. also i liked the controller more and the whole 'world of nintendo' and nintendo power community. sega just felt like it stood alone.
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btw, i collect rpgs for both consoles, and after reading the last couple pages noticed what this thread evolved to. my .02$ is such:
snes had VASTLY superior rpgs. yes the genesis had some good ones, in fact it had one of my all time favorites: Landstalker. but nevertheless, snes ruled the genre. i never counted, but lets say the 40 releases per console is accurate, i can easily list at least 2-3 times as many snes rpgs as genesis. and thats coming from an rpg enthusiast and collector, i think most people are even worse off, probably 5 snes to 1 genesis.
edit: oh and snatcher isnt an rpg
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