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Roguelike recommendations? (beehaw.org)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Getting into DCSS a lot recently. Still just running Minotaur Berserker with the furthest I've made it being the 10th floor aha.

Regardless, really enjoying it and wondering if others have any other recommendations. I tried ToME4 and just felt overwhelmed and wasn't enjoying myself too much.

Have my eyes of Caves of Qud as well. Love the more "literary" aspect to it (even though I know it's often nonsense), and the atmosphere/setting. Seems to be highly regarded overall though. Wondering if I should buy it and play alongside DCSS.

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I think they're looking for a roguelike and not a roguelite, but those are great roguelites!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

What is the difference? I'm not familiar.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

There seems to be some disagreement over the term, but I have always liked the explanation that "true" Roguelikes are "like Rogue", in that they have randomly-generated maps, permadeath, and nothing saved between runs; meanwhile Roguelites feature a "meta-progression" system that allows the player some kind of persistent progress that carries over between runs, and maybe other QOL features.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I did a small write-up off my understanding here, but that's coming from someone that's only dabbled in both and I may have missed some stuff.