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Originally Posted by Aegis Battletech is a fantastic game, but as you mentioned, it's not so much an RPG. It's more akin to an action/FPS or RTS game in electronic form. Though, the tabletop game was phenominal. |
Actually, the two Crescent Hawk games were very much RPGs. Westwood Studios did a great job of representing the tabletop game in both of them.
The MechWarrior series definitely wouldn't be considered part of the RPG genre, though the original game could almost be considered RPG-lite. You controlled a series of pilots that gained skills and built an arsenal of 'mechs by completing mercenary missions. It was completely non-linear, though there was a timeline you had to follow. If you didn't follow the right steps toward the end of the game's timeline, you would never get to battle the game's final enemy and instead keep going on side missions for eternity.
Of course, MechWarrior 2 through 4 dropped most of the elements that could be construed as RPG-lite and were 100% action titles. The latest installment, Mercenaries, brought back a little of what made the original game different, though not enough to stray from the action genre. They're all great games, though, and I can't wait until FASA decides to develop another.
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Originally Posted by Aegis PErsonally, I felt that console RPG's were underrepresented, as many who get into RPGs do so through games produced by Square (I still refuse to acknowledge Enix in a personal environment) |
I changed the poll to "Which CRPG series..." to better explain the lack of console titles. I think I'll post a similar poll that's console-specific next.