Black_Stride
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So The Witcher is an SRPG.Well... It barely has any RPG mechanics and you are stuck being the witcher Geralt who already has a set personality and abilities.
Also IIRC there weren't much build options aside from developing more your sword skills, magic or alchemy, all three being focused on one thing: combat.
So in the end the player agency when it comes to roleplaying comes only to chosing one dialog option over another, so... For me, imho, it's either not an RPG or maybe just a very shallow one when it comes to actual roleplaying.
Shallow RPG.
So still an RPG just a subgenre of RPG.
Just like Starfield is a Shooter RPG.
Just like FFXIV is a JRPG Japanese RPG.
So all still RPGs just subgenres of RPGs.
So if we are making a thread about which RPG we think will sell/review better its fair to compare FFXIV and Starfield as they are both RPGs different subgenres but both RPGs nonetheless.