As a DnD RPG.
I am 100% positive the vast, VAST majority of it's audience are not familiar with CRPGs as a genre in the slightest. It's viewed in the same category of 'RPG' like the newest Mass Effect, Fallout, God of War etc that are very linear experiences and as such are wow'd by seeing 'consequence' of their choices have reactivity. This can easily be seen in the absolute glut of comparisons to Starfield. I can't imagine comparing Pillars of Eternity, Disco Elysium, Wrath of the Righteous or even Wasteland 3 to Starfield, even if they just came out a week before. It is simply a different genre of game. It would be like comparing Path of Exile to Starfield because they are both 'RPGs.'
For it to be known as a good CRPG, people have to know what a CRPG even is.
