I was away for several months, but as I can see the discussion "this is not an RPG vs this is an RPG" is still alive and kicking XD
a simple thing, let's change in the homepage "RPG Database" with "Game Database"
and as I said months ago, renew a little the genre system
'cause, after all, Nobunagas games have far less RPG elements than Dissidia !
Maybe better have a more flexible genre system
Our system is too strict.
Maybe better have "Strategy game with RPG elements" for a nobunaga or sangokushi games, "Board game with RPG elements" for games like Dicenics, and why not "Fighting game with RPG elements" for Dissidia
Obviously the staff members will decide if a game should appear or not in the database.
Personally I can accept Nobunagas and friends or even Dissidia but NOT Soul Reaver and similar games, but if 9 staff members out of 10 decide "we add it" it's fine for me, but we should add that "with some RPG elements".
So, as I suggested in the past, in the "sorties" forms why not add a "+" like in compo/develop selection also in genre selection?
and use:
ACTION
ADVENTURE
BOARD
CLASSIC
COMPILATION
DUNGEON
FIGHTING
FPS
HENTAI
MMO
PUZZLE
RPG
STRATEGY
TACTICAL
TURN-BASED
TEXT
WITH RPG ELEMENTS
so we may have a maximum 3 part customization
CLASSIC - TURN-BASED - RPG
CLASSIC - ACTION - RPG
HENTAI - DUNGEON - RPG
STRATEGY - WITH RPG ELEMENTS
FIGHTING - WITH RPG ELEMENTS
TEXT - ADVENTURE - WITH RPG ELEMENTS
and so on
just a IMHO suggestion, obviously 😉