RPG Genre Debate

Discussions center on defining RPGs, distinguishing them from adventure games, roguelikes, roguelites, tabletop RPGs, and CRPGs, with references to classics like Baldur's Gate, Nethack, and Dungeon Master.

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Bombthecat β€’ Feb 28, 2022 β€’ View on HN

Like any rpg, but not for character creation, but for whatever?

ac29 β€’ Jul 16, 2025 β€’ View on HN

I think they are talking about roguelikes/roguelites

andy_ppp β€’ Jan 25, 2024 β€’ View on HN

FantasyGPT trained on all RPGs could be very interesting

nytesky β€’ May 21, 2024 β€’ View on HN

What did she mean RPG vs Adventure games?

k__ β€’ Apr 10, 2018 β€’ View on HN

The RPG of my time, haha.You should look into Legend of Grimrock if you want something more up to date :)

Narishma β€’ Apr 28, 2024 β€’ View on HN

It's neither, more like Dungeon Master or Eye of the Beholder.

pistacchio β€’ Dec 11, 2011 β€’ View on HN

did i just miss the roguelike part?

p2detar β€’ Dec 5, 2025 β€’ View on HN

It’s not. It’s about an older RPG.https://mastodon.gamedev.place/@grumpygamer/1156577401223472...

throwanem β€’ May 12, 2023 β€’ View on HN

Good grief, it's like something out of a role-playing game.

Jarolis β€’ Dec 16, 2020 β€’ View on HN

It's an RPG, not a tactical sim shooter. What's with this criticism?