I mean, RPG describes a lot of games. Baldurs gate and Diablo are both RPGs but are pretty far from each other. Even Team Fortress could be classified as a RPG

I mean, RPG describes a lot of games. Baldurs gate and Diablo are both RPGs but are pretty far from each other. Even Team Fortress could be classified as a RPG with the most pedantic reading. That's why we have additional classifiers. Diablo is an A(ction)RPG, Baldurs gate is tagged as D&D and Classic on Steam, and TF2 is a multiplayer FPS (without the RPG tag because most people are not pedantic af). As far as Roguelikes go, I subscribe to the belief that they pretty much have to be permadeath, tile based, procedural generation for levels and items. Most games don't fit the bill, but so what, it's good enough as a general guideline. Recently we also got the "Roguelite" term to describe Roguelikes that are not very Roguelike-y :) Bottom line, why are people so up in arms about a tag that doesn't even mean that much?