RPG and Action RPG

[metagloria]

Practically all tales games and star ocean games are action RPGs

Whaaaaat no no no no no. Don't let the dressing fool you, those games are very much still standard RPGs, just with more movement involved in the combat system.

Action RPGs almost never have transitions from exploration to combat. Enemies just come at you and you have to deal with them in real time as you walk around. Kingdom Hearts is a great non-WRPG example of this. Dirge of Cerberus also shades more toward action RPG than shooter (especially since it's not first-person).

Crisis Core is kind of blurry.