Originally Posted by kanisatha
Originally Posted by _Vic_
The 5th edition has its fans and critics, but the common consensus is that 5e is the most-RP focused of the latest editions; for many good reasons.

Sorry I don't see that. But then again, maybe the very definition and understanding of what constitutes RP has been subverted nowadays. I mean, we have people on this forum saying that in an RPG the story and the characters and the lore don't matter and it's the rules and mechanics that are central to the game. When presented with that as the argument for what is an RPG, what's there for me say to that?


That isn’t what I said. I said the core that defined a BG game and differentiated it from many other RPGs was how faithfully it interpreted D&D mechanics.

I didn’t say any of those things don’t matter. Though in the first BG, there are very few choices to make role playing wise, the story is quite straight forward, and there is almost no character development, so I guess by your own definition we have to declare Baldur’s Gate 1 is not an RPG?