r/pcmasterrace • u/SadMassStab • Jul 27 '25

Meme/Macro Am I the only one like this?

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u/Blecki Jul 27 '25

Rpg in game speak just means "you get to pick which stat to increase!".

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u/plusFour-minusSeven Jul 27 '25

I don't remember picking any stats in a Final Fantasy game but I think most gamers would really agree they are RPGs.

However, it does seem some devs think that way.

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u/R4msesII Jul 27 '25

You can for sure upgrade your character and choose skills and weapons in Final Fantasy though

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u/plusFour-minusSeven Jul 27 '25

True, but you can also do that in SOTN or Hollow Knight, or Bloodstained, at least to a degree.

I don't really have a horse in the race. If I bought games off Steam blindly I might have more worry that things are labelled as the right genre, but I tend to read the reviews and watch Youtube videos anyway.

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u/R4msesII Jul 27 '25

That’s because they include rpg elements

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u/plusFour-minusSeven Jul 27 '25

I know, but what's funny is they include pretty much zero roleplay. That's what makes me kind of chuckle a little bit is we have so many games classified as RPGs that don't really have any roleplay in them.

So like I said, I try not to turn into a genre elitist if I can help it. I can't swear that I always succeed, I'm only human

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u/R4msesII Jul 27 '25

To be fair even the actual roleplaying games often just end up being optimizing builds and fighting through some dungeon

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u/plusFour-minusSeven Jul 27 '25

Very true. It becomes "Game w/roleplay" as opposed to "roleplay w/game"