RPGs Don't Let You Earn Experience by Eating Doritos

A role-playing game is where the player controls a protagonist or several adventuring party members. Phil Kohler: Most JRPGs don't allow you to have any agency over the story. He says Wizards are an RPG because there are no side quests, aside from mapping out the dungeon. "It kind of ceased to be a genre and is more like an element or an inspiration for game design," he says.