Comment on "System Shock and Deus Ex, they were RPGs. People called them RPGs": Gloomwood's publisher isn't too keen on using the term immersive sim despite it being one

BigPotato@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

You’re immersed in this world. You’re building your character. Yeah, that’s called an RPG, brother. That’s a roleplaying game.

Yeah, but the real difference is “does stacking boxes allow me to complete objectives in a completely obtuse but somehow there are voice lines referencing the manner of solving this?”

If no, sure, it’s an RPG. Imsims cater to the hardcore, box-stacking crowd.

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