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Addressing the RPG fantasy bias

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Addressing the RPG fantasy bias

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I saw this while scrolling thru Steam
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The bias towards labeling anything with a fantasy theme as 'RPG' is really annoying. Take any game that borders on being an RPG but clearly isn't(e.g., nu-XCOM) and make it a fantasy game(Dorkest Dungeon, Battle Brothers, and so on), and suddenly it's an RPG with zero changes.

This really steams my beans.
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Oyster Sauce wrote: ↑ December 15th, 2025, 03:43
lucky-SVLLa wrote: ↑ December 15th, 2025, 03:11
:fishing: Cyberpunk 2077 and Avowed are even less RPG-focused than The Witcher 3—and not even close.

Well, at least I’d like to think that Cyberpunk 2077 and Avowed can proudly say we’ve bested Bloodlines 2 :old2:
2077 has more meaningful skill allocation, upgrades, and C&C
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rusty_shackleford wrote: ↑ December 15th, 2025, 03:45
Oyster Sauce wrote: ↑ December 15th, 2025, 03:43
lucky-SVLLa wrote: ↑ December 15th, 2025, 03:11
:fishing: Cyberpunk 2077 and Avowed are even less RPG-focused than The Witcher 3—and not even close.

Well, at least I’d like to think that Cyberpunk 2077 and Avowed can proudly say we’ve bested Bloodlines 2 :old2:
2077 has more meaningful skill allocation, upgrades, and C&C
:mad:
You're the one who said Geralt is only ever a sword guy with minor support magics
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Age of Mythology was an RPG
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Oyster Sauce wrote: ↑ December 15th, 2025, 03:46
You're the one who said Geralt is only ever a sword guy with minor support magics
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rusty_shackleford wrote: ↑ December 15th, 2025, 03:47
Oyster Sauce wrote: ↑ December 15th, 2025, 03:46
You're the one who said Geralt is only ever a sword guy with minor support magics
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