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Is Rockstar US? I considered the red dead series a quite hellacious RPG. Is GTA an RPG?
Rockstar is a US company, but the developers of GTA are Rockstar North in the UK. They used to be their own company developing GTA, when they were bought by Rockstar.
Red Dead is definetly an american game though.
Rockstar is a British company that has a studio in the US but they're not an American company. Rockstar North is their original studio.
Rockstar was British, but it's American now. HQ is in NYC, along with their parent company, Take Two.
I have not played Red Dead but GTA is definitely not an RPG. It's an action adventure and at least from what I've seen from the former I'd expect it to be the same.
Red Dead is just GTA with horses and a way better story. Calling it an RPG is a massive stretch.
What elements that you consider core to the genre is it missing?
Generally, RPGs involve character progression through stats, and RDR really doesn't have that. It's an action adventure game with an emphasis on storytelling.
For an Action RPG, decision making, conversation options, and of course a skill trees are necessary. Basically you need to be able to shape your character to "play a role".