Da sich Entwickler gern von Spielen "inspirieren lassen", die erfolgreich sind, orientieren sich Rollenspiele in den letzten Jahren häufiger an Shootern und MMOs,
Dazu passend aus einer
Newsmeldung von RPGWatch folgendes Zitat :
We have data that shows there are a lot of people that enjoy playing RPGs although they won’t necessarily call them RPGs. They’ll play Fallout, Assassin’s Creed and even Call Of Duty, which have these progression elements – you’re putting points into things – but they don’t necessarily associate that as an RPG. So we think that if we expand that out we’ll attract a much bigger audience.”
