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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Dark Jezter" data-source="post: 2787715" data-attributes="member: 1015">And yet the term Real Time Combat was used in relation to RPGs and strategy games by computer gaming magazines throughout the 1980s.<img src="http://www.ebaumsworld.com/forumfun/misc15.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " data-size="" style="" />The reason they're not considered RPGs is because the core gameplay is not derived from PnP Roleplaying games.Oh, and you can tell me what I would have thought Jade Empire was?  Please.I can say with complete confidence that I would have labeled Jade Empire an RPG had I played it without knowing what it was beforehand.  Just as I would label Civilization a strategy game, Half-Life a first person shooter, and Madden NFL 2006 a sports game.Yes, Link can gain more heart containers to improve his health, and he can get more powerful swords to improve his attack damage.  This does not make it an RPG.  The core gameplay mechanics are not derived from PnP RPGs.  It's an action (or adventure, if you'd prefer) game that borrows certain elements from the RPG genre.Interesting theory.  Can you back that up in any way?Because 15 years ago, the technology to make G did not exist.At any rate, I'm tired of arguing what and what is not an RPG.  So I'm gonna bow out now.</blockquote>