09-24-2003, 07:43 PM
I'm not a fan of the real time action RPGs, as they aren't anything like the original RPGs (AD&D and the current incarnation of table top, Rifts). In these games, you're presented with a situation, and you're supposed to say what you do (cast magic, run away, talk etc). Turn-based RPGs like the Final fantasy series maintained the same semblence of RPGdom by having stats and the same Turn-Based combat reminiscent of AD&D, however, making the world just like Tomb raider, but with magic and experience doesn't sound like an RPG to me...Rather an action game with experience and magic.