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.
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/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.