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Topic	What makes a JRPG?
RetuenOfDevsman 04/18/24 9:15:41 AM #47:	kongsifu posted... I once had someone try to convince me Metal Gear Solid was an rpg game. This was before MGS 5 was ever a thing. To be fair, that was quite possibly a Kojima facepalm moment. In MGS2, Campbell keeps telling Raiden to do stuff, saying "that's your role." Finally Raiden asks him why he keeps saying that, and Campbell responds "Why not? This IS a type of role-playing game." Breaking the fourth wall and getting nerd terminology wrong... that's as Kojima as it gets. --- There's a difference between canon and not-stupid. <cite>RetuenOfDevsman posted [p:979975257] in What makes... [t:80748713]...</cite> <quote>kongsifu posted... </cite><quote>I once had someone try to convince me Metal Gear Solid was an rpg game. This was before MGS 5 was ever a thing.</quote>To be fair, that was quite possibly a Kojima facepalm moment. In MGS2, Campbell keeps telling Raiden to do stuff, saying "that's your role." Finally Raiden asks him why he keeps saying that, and Campbell responds "Why not? This IS a type of role-playing game."Breaking the fourth wall and getting nerd terminology wrong... that's as Kojima as it gets. --- There's a difference between canon and not-stupid.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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