Blue n Gold Eel said:Allgorhythm said:Blue n Gold Eel said:This is not an RPG.The developer says it is:
http://en.dreadlocks.cz/games/dex/?age-verified=774f090172I don't care what the dev says. Did you watch the vid? the game is dabbling in all sorts of genres, but it looks like a side scrolling beat'em up to me. Just because it may use small elements from RPG's doesn't make it an RPG.
Because if it did we would have to call GTA a driving game because you can drive cars in it, or Borderlands an RPG instead of a FPS just because you can upgrade your stuff.
If you believe it to be an RPG then more power to you, but for me RPG's are games like Final Fantasy or WRPG's like the Witcher 3, and those games are nothing like this game.This is a Kickstarter project that I supported. Accordingly, I received updates that esplained why
Dex is an RPG. Essentially, you choose a role--a fundamentall feature of any
role playing game. As you progress, you earn experience that can be used to evolve and level up the role that you are trying to refine.
There are at least six different roles/vocations/specializatiions you can select and develop. I have played numerous scrolling beat 'em ups and quite a few scrolling RPGs.
Dex has much more in common with 2D side-scrolling RPGs like
Ys III,
Princess Crown,
Blue Breaker, etc. than with 2D side-scrolling beat 'em ups like
Streets of Rage,
Double Dragon,
Final Fight, etc.
The bottom line is
Dex is a retro 2D scrolling RPG with modern, polished production values.