Depends what you define as "RPG".
A lot of people here seem to define it as pnp where you play your character doing whatever you want. By that definion the only virtual RPG is Dwarf Fortress adventure mode.(If you have not tried, try it. It's by far the best "rpg" out there)
Elders scrolls, fallout, baldurs gate, Ultima, none of these are RPG by that standard.(You still play the guy destined to do X)
Now if you include these games as RPG this game is a RPG for sure. Because then RPG is not playing a character with a destiny, but how you reach your destiny. And in this game you have plenty of ways to do so: Stealthing , hacking, meleeing, shooting, etc.
With that said this is not a RPG game. Is a Open world RPG. Meaning the focus is not in your story, is in the world and how you interact with it.(Otherwise the world is just a hub for mission, and Mario 64 with the castle is a open world game)
Now... that's something we can discuss. The game managed to make an interesting world. A shame you don't have ways to interact with it aside from missions.
A lot of people here seem to define it as pnp where you play your character doing whatever you want. By that definion the only virtual RPG is Dwarf Fortress adventure mode.(If you have not tried, try it. It's by far the best "rpg" out there)
Elders scrolls, fallout, baldurs gate, Ultima, none of these are RPG by that standard.(You still play the guy destined to do X)
Now if you include these games as RPG this game is a RPG for sure. Because then RPG is not playing a character with a destiny, but how you reach your destiny. And in this game you have plenty of ways to do so: Stealthing , hacking, meleeing, shooting, etc.
With that said this is not a RPG game. Is a Open world RPG. Meaning the focus is not in your story, is in the world and how you interact with it.(Otherwise the world is just a hub for mission, and Mario 64 with the castle is a open world game)
Now... that's something we can discuss. The game managed to make an interesting world. A shame you don't have ways to interact with it aside from missions.
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