What kind of game is Zelda?

[tibar21]

without a doubt its an action adventure game.

[Doodle]

I would say it's an Action/Adventure. It might have some RPG elements in it, but not enough.
Zelda II was more of an RPG. You had to get experience points. Then when you got enough, you would choose to upgrade your health, attack, or magic.

I hated those experience points. >:(

[RaceDrv709]

Whatever PsycoYoshi said. Where is it written that RPGs are ONLY turn based? The line between action/adventure and RPGs is blurred.

[tibar21]

The type of game Legend of Zelda is is so obvious that this thread is pretty much pointless.

[Mutilator7]

Everyone agrees, in an RPG you have levels and classes, in zelda its action-adventure with some puzzle, like in the dungeons

[ThePowerOfOne]

The type of game Legend of Zelda is is so obvious that this thread is pretty much pointless.

Agreed.

[Nayrman]

Under the current "classification" system that rating places use (most namely the ESRB), Zelda is technically classified as an "Adventure/RPG".

I hardly see any RPG in this game besides the "name your character" part.
I'd say it's an Adventure/Action/Puzzle game in all.

And no, it doesn't require a turn-based battle system to be an RPG. *If you want to be really technical any game with a character is an RPG*.

[Kaz]

It's only an RPG in the sense that it fits a couple modern RPG standards and is, of course, a game where you play another's role. But when it comes to the modern version of the genre as a whole, no, it's not an RPG.

Action/Adventure it is.

[extraz]

It can't possibly be an RPG for a few reasons


1. I absolutely hate RPGs and I love Zelda (the game, not the princess you sickos) so if If Zelda was an RPG the world would explode.

2. There isn't any annoying stats, turn by turn fighting, HP or MP (excluding Zelda II), or endless item configurations, and there also are no annoying party members.

[Kaz]

2. There isn't any annoying stats, turn by turn fighting, HP or MP (excluding Zelda II), or endless item configurations, and there also are no annoying party members.

None of those are technically required for a game to be an RPG. Especially not turn-by-turn fighting.

And in a way, Zelda games do feature a variation of HP and MP, just with the generic catch-alls "health" and "magic."

[Sgt.Chilly]

If we are gonna get technical. I'd have to say Action RPG.

[Rayquarian]

People, get it through your skulls. RPG doesn't refer to Final Fanasy turn based battles... RPG stands for "role-playing game".

You play the role of a character, and play as them, as if they were a second you. It doesn't necessarily mean turn-based battles...

In this case, you play the role as Link, and improve and upgrade him as you progress (if you choose to do so).

RPG games are actually games that borrow from the pen-and-paper RPG's, such as Dungeons and Dragons; in Zelda's case, it doesn't borrow enough from the pen-and-paper games to be considered an RPG.

[Shujinco2]

People, get it through your skulls. RPG doesn't refer to Final Fanasy turn based battles... RPG stands for "role-playing game".

You play the role of a character, and play as them, as if they were a second you. It doesn't necessarily mean turn-based battles...

In this case, you play the role as Link, and improve and upgrade him as you progress (if you choose to do so).

RPG games are actually games that borrow from the pen-and-paper RPG's, such as Dungeons and Dragons; in Zelda's case, it doesn't borrow enough from the pen-and-paper games to be considered an RPG.

Agreed.

Everyone agrees, in an RPG you have levels and classes, in zelda its action-adventure with some puzzle, like in the dungeons

Earthbound doesn't have classes? If so, then what is Ness' class?

[jnfs2014]

60% Action/Adventure.

25% RPG-type.

15% Puzzle-type.

[Kierou]

Action-adventure with some residual characteristics of an RPG.

This.