You can't be evil, how is this an RPG?

[Maxius]

The more I read about this game (because I can't actually play it due to ♥♥♥♥ performance) the more I regret buying it, how is this an RPG seriously?

[M]

Originally posted by 💜 Jonni:

Being an outright EVIL student in a game like this is far too big of an undertaking. They'd have to write two completely different stories otherwise "being evil" would just come down to ♥♥♥♥♥♥ dialogue choices and minor story impacts that change nothing. You can be an ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ but that's about it, same as with something like Mass Effect. It has nothing to do with whether the game is an RPG or not. It is.

you ARE evil ingame. later ingame, you picklock doors and steal things right below of the house owners nose, you hunt innocent animals to extinction. you kill all enemies, partly absolutely brutal, where a non-lethal force could also have done the job. you lie, kill, in one mission, you even torture...

what else do you need to know? Im starting to believe slowly, that some members here dont know the meaning behind "being evil"?

[Taran Tatsuuchi]

There are countless rpg games without evil options.

[Heru Ra Ha]

0/10

[Quibbly]

you can be, just select the rude options/comments to the NPC

[Luwae]

You just sounds to me as a frustrated child who needs to cool off on people. It's not how you can get better, so you should really reflect on yourself and ask yourself why.

[Humble]

Well, if you want to do pure evil, it's petty much game over as you are off to Azkaban or worse they take away your magic/nerfed your magic and make you muggle like human without magic. So in hogwarts world, you are not allowed to be pure evil or you would be hunted down and destroyed like monster as deserve it, similar to this real life, beside evil is not fun, cruel is not fun, why would anyone want to do cruel evil, it's dumb!

It's best to avoid doing evil as best your ability, it's not fun to do evil, it's stupid, It's far better to do righteous than do evil as you can.

[yacks]

Originally posted by Maxius:

The more I read about this game (because I can't actually play it due to ♥♥♥♥ performance) the more I regret buying it, how is this an RPG seriously?

I do not see the word evil in Role, Playing or Game. Do you? One could argue it makes a game a better RPG if they develop two different paths to go down, but it's not required to be an RPG.

[Brezelbäcker]

Originally posted by elpadre:

you literally dont know the definition of a RPG game my dude.

RPG is not the same as choosing an evil or good path or whatever. thats just a way to do a RPG (see fable), also see final fantasy for example, where you dont have ANY of these choices.

a game makes it an RPG when you can pick stats / skills. basic character progression is already a RPG

A RPG is a role playing game, a game where you play a chosen role, the character you want. Stats, skill trees and level progression are typical RPG elements, but they do not define the genre. Hogwarts Legacy is indeed not a RPG, it is an Action-Adventure game with RPG elements, much like God of War or Jedi: Fallen Order.

[dr.rosenrosen]

games have actually done a much better job of giving people a chance to play evil than other forms of entertainment like books or movies which are still almost always aligned with the current political version of "good" for the hero.

even in this game you can be kind of snippy and greedy. perhaps that isn't renegade sheppard but even renegade sheppard was kind of a wuss version of "evil" when compared to some games that let you do things like nuke cities or kill a bunch of nice npcs.

[HFM]

Originally posted by Lets Go Brandon! FJB:

Its not an rpg. It has some rpg elements, but its just an action adventure game

Came here to say this... It's an action adventure game with RPG elements...

[Dondu]

not evil, better, my character is better...

[Soft Lockpick]

Few games with the genre label RPG actually involve roleplaying, choice and consequence. In modern gaming it just seems to mean some leveling systems exist.

[InstableMonster]

You can choose between learning or not a curse that kills people. That in itself can make you good or evil. But i guess OP is one of those that needs a little meter to tell him that what hes doing is evil otherwise he doesnt know.

[Where'sMySupersuit!!]

That moment when you forget the rpg genre isn't only about dialogue choices and can be used to describe game design elements/systems.

[Soft Lockpick]

Originally posted by Where'sMySupersuit!!:

That moment when you forget the rpg genre isn't only about dialogue choices and can be used to describe game design elements/systems.

It's fair to say that the genre is way way way too broad. Because a genre that could mean so many things is nearly useless as a descriptor.

It won't change what the genre means but it's true.