Swamp Slogger
Posts: 168
Joined: Sunday, 27th February 2011, 16:54
New to Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup
I just started playing this game about a week ago and now I'm hopelessly addicted. I've only dabbled in roguelikes in the past, though I was never quite able to get into the games due to the oftentimes cryptic interface and design choices/limitations. I found this game much more noob-friendly and I have a few questions and suggestions that I'd like to pass along:
1. Do monsters respawn in earlier levels? Would revisting these levels promote grinding, or would there not be enough sustenance to survive doing this?
2. How can I view the highscores? Only upon death?
3. Is it possible to delete saved characters?
4. How often is the game updated? How can I find the latest, official version of the game?
I think what would really take this game to the next level would be a cleaner, more user friendly interface. While this game is leagues above other roguelikes in this aspect, I still think there's plenty of room for improvement. How about along with the tabs for your inventory, spell management, etc, introduce tabs for your character sheet, skill sheet, and piety status? By the way, I'm not sure what that monster tab is good for. Also, I think there are a few races that could be excised without being missed much, namely the minotaur, ogre and mummy, though to be fair I haven't put in much time with the game yet. And how about a tab that keeps a running total of the monster types you've killed?
Excellent game, one of the most engrossing and addictive I've ever played.