Video Games Is Zelda an RPG?

Poll time kids, who thinks Zelda is or is not an RPG? Explain.

 

no way! you can identify rpg games cause they have this sucky battles by turns

 

Personally I wouldn't call that battle system "sucky" but to each their own. That's one of the points I made about it not being an RPG, but without the suck.

 

Basically it is a rollplaying game

you play the roll as a boy that gets ship recked or saves his sister


And outher things

just because it dosent have the same battle system as FF? dosent mean that it isnt a rollplaying game

Like Kingdom Hearts

see what i mean

 

actually, it's an adventure kind of game

i like rpgs, but i hate the battle system, thats all.

but please do not refer to zelda as a rpg

 

to tell u the truth i think its an action/adventure rpg

 

It is an action RPG

 

I see you are all lacking any kind of reasoning as to why you think its an RPG.... you don't level up, it's all real time combat, you don't learn new skills really(you get them all from items).... would you consider Metal Gear Solid an RPG? Same thing really. It's a pure action/adventure game boys and girls. Please, give me reasons, I want to see what you guys have to say.

 

zelda is not an rpg

Zelda is not an rpg that i know. i mean you can tell just by noticing the battle system. in an rpg you usually have more than one player right, also you have a set position all the time but zelda has free movement and there is only one character. also you do not have the ability to level up and all rpgs have that. so all those reasons right there prove that zelda is not an rpg.

 

Well, it's not a pure RPG I think, but I think it's an adventure/RPG hybrid, along the same lines as, say System Shock 2 is a FPS/RPG hybrid. Not all RPGs have turn-based battle systems, look at Chrono Cross, Baldur's Gate, Diablo(if you'd call that an RPG that is), and many others. It is true that you don't go up levels, per se, but you do collect hearts which increase your life, which is kind of similar. And who says leveling up is key to RPGs anyway? You collect items and weapons neccesary to the story, which is RPGish. There are puzzles, and you spend some time going around talking to people. I think it is impossible to deny that there are not at least RPG elements in the Zelda games.
As uh... "persuasive" as these other arguments are, mine is better.

 

Of couse its an rpg cause you have to travel arounfd and save plus you guys are talking about the wourst zealda game the best one is clearly the very first one for NES i a have it and i have memorized the whole gme so if you have it ad neeed help ask me

 

This genre is hard to describe, basically RPGs are games which has characters who can gain experience through battles and have level ups (E.g Diablo II and Final Fantasy [Turn based RPG] are classic examples). Games like Deus Ex although more categorically a 'shoot-em-up does have upgrades and improvements in armaments and weaponary, this too is RPG. Zelda seems to have none of these so technically it isn't one, but does does have a mind-driven story and you get to travel which shadow link 8 has already said.

That too is true.

 

true it does no have any of those but in most rpgs you have to save

 

I most certainly consider Zelda to be an RPG. It might not have turn based battles and leveling up, per se. But it does have a cohesive story line, which, in my book makes it an RPG. The play style though, is definitely adventure style.

 

Re: Which Zelda Do ya mean??

Wind Waker IS an Adventure game. Like the other Zeldagames. With a little RPG. But it's more of an adventure game than an Action game!!!!!!!!

 

Zelda is Nintendo's franchise RPG. This game has had so many evolutions in its long history that it just keeps the fans wanting more.

I just seen a special in G4TV all about Zelda. This RPG (their words exactly) is making them killer dollars $$$$

Vic

 

They'll milk it till you've got a little miniture cow.

 

Come on you gotta be kidding.
the first one was better than the second.
But Link to the Past, Ocarina of time, Mask of Majora and the one on the gameboy(the name eludes me) were better in every single respect.

I always considerd Zelda games to be adventure games simple becasue they didn't carry much of the hallmarks of regular RPG(ie the ones you play with you buddies no VG ones)
RPG are mostly about your roleplaying ability and to a lesser extent the skills of the character(idealy). Not your own skills. Videogame RPG, although roleplaying ability isn't a factor your characters attributes are.