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Creative Director and Co-Founder of Gas Giant Games

These days, what isn't an ARPG? Seems like every game that has action and even a tiny sliver of a customization system is referred to as an ARPG. This got me thinking: by today's standard, my Subaru Outback might be an ARPG. -It has action? Check! -It can be somewhat configured? Check! (auto-start stop not withstanding) -You can live the fantasy of a 4x4 off-roader even though you really aren't? Check! -Is it really a Git Gude game where success is 95% inputs but f**kit, let's call it an ARPG? Check! Yep. Totally an ARPG. What else is an ARPG?

Phil Shenk

Co-Founder at Moon Beast Productions

3mo

Without progression, it’s no ARPG

Akshay Bharadhwaj

Game Designer & Developer | Gameplay, Systems and Mechanics, Economies | Programmer C/C++, C#, Lua

3mo

A Starbucks coffee cup. I can give it any name, it lives in an open world. Customized skins, I can choose the class and add trait points to create a "sub-class"

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Mobile phone. While also playing ARPGs

Matt Fizell, CFP®

Personal Finance Guide for those with Fluctuating Incomes

3mo

Might as well add Souls-like and Metroidvania to that list. Jargon is strong in your field lol

Austin Widmyer

FX Artist at Blizzard Entertainment

3mo

This is kind of why I feel like a better term for games like Diablo, path of exile, torchlight, etc. would simply be “Diablo-like” since they all play somewhat similarly. A game like Skyrim could absolutely also be called an ARPG, but I think most people would agree that it is not similar to those games at all.

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Theron James

ex-Riot Games, High Performance Coach, Indie Game Developer

3mo

The more game designers blend genres, the less genres, at least the old one's, hold their original meaning. RPG elements seem to show up everywhere. I found some in my coffee maker this morning. Mastering the perfect brew is definitely a high-skill, high-reward situation. 😂

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Robert Wynne

Co-Founder & COO, Unannounced Studio; Product Director, Project GREAT WALL | China <-> US Gaming

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I was just discussing with Ash and Designer last week that it’s become a meaningless label 😅

Malik Bashtawi

"Owner and CEO MB Services "provide staff from Ksa and North Africa & Africa & Asia & Europe . //// Managing Partner " Third Theory " is a character-driven animation studio creating 3D & 2D animation.

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😀

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Viviana Baldarelli

🌈 The Human Recruiter 🤝 🎮 Technical and Creative 🎨 Game Development 🎮 Talent Specialist

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life itself is ARPG, but with Roguelike elements like permadeath

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