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Are any other Roguelikes worth playing or is Crawl the only one?
If it doesn't fit anywhere else, it belongs here. Also, come here if you just need to get hammered.
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dpeg wrote:You also have to realise that Nethack is very old (Crawl is just as old, but kept changing)
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KoboldLord wrote:the result is a relentlessly unfair early game followed by a trivially easy mid- and late-game.
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galehar wrote:I've barely played slash'em, but that's the first time I'm seeing it described like that. I've always heard that it was really hard even for experienced nethackers. Do you talk from experience?
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minmay wrote:DoomRL is better than it sounds. While simple, there's quite a bit of tactical depth. It's also easy to learn and makes its mechanics nice and transparent.
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minmay wrote:DoomRL is better than it sounds. While simple, there's quite a bit of tactical depth. It's also easy to learn and makes its mechanics nice and transparent.
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galehar wrote:minmay wrote:DoomRL is better than it sounds. While simple, there's quite a bit of tactical depth. It's also easy to learn and makes its mechanics nice and transparent.
I had a shot (!) at it and had great fun. Then I read about the upcoming tiles version. So will try again when it's out
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szanth wrote:galehar wrote:minmay wrote:DoomRL is better than it sounds. While simple, there's quite a bit of tactical depth. It's also easy to learn and makes its mechanics nice and transparent.
I had a shot (!) at it and had great fun. Then I read about the upcoming tiles version. So will try again when it's out
Likewise! I didn't even know there -was- a tiles version, but now I'm kinda psyched!
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seth wrote:A while ago I was really into Incursion, though it tends to get bogged down at deeper levels. But the stealth options of that game are unparalleled in other roguelikes, as far as I know (and IIRC).
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galehar wrote:seth wrote:A while ago I was really into Incursion, though it tends to get bogged down at deeper levels. But the stealth options of that game are unparalleled in other roguelikes, as far as I know (and IIRC).
I haven't played it. Can you describe (or link to) the stealth system? What makes it so good?
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