The Landslide
[13] Hero
I've been close many times, but the random numbers god has it out for me. Not an easy game, no sir.
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Kvasir
[10] Knight
Nethack is a RL I never took time to get into. Mainly because I have enough on my plate, but what I've heard of straight forward enemies/items and of huge amounts of necessary spoilers play a role too. Been left with a, mostly baseless, impression that the game has very limited effective play styles.
Anyone care to counter these rumors, and tell me what it does better than others in the genre?
Anyone care to counter these rumors, and tell me what it does better than others in the genre?
The Landslide
[13] Hero
Kill you indiscriminately.
andur
[10] Knight
Adom and Dungeon Crawl are my favorites. I like Adom's world / overall game structure, and the corruption system serves to constantly push the game forward instead of encouraging sitting around and scumming for stuff (grr Angband). Both of these are also pretty fair games, there's few instances where you die and not feel like it wasn't because of a mistake on your end. They're also fairly straightforward to figure out entirely on your own.
Dwarf Fortress's adventure mode is fun roguelike-type game too, though its not really a complete game on its own yet.
I used to like Nethack a fair amount, but, once you learn its tricks, its almost impossible to lose at it (barring random wands of death and the such at the beginning of the game).
I'll often be playing some roguelike on my computer (or other turn-based game) while waiting between matches in SC. Helps pass the boredom of waiting for a new opponent and lets one be a lot pickier about what connection speeds one will accept without getting bored. (SC5 is mildly annoying in that it doesn't have as loud/distinguishable of a sound when someone joins your lobby as SC4 did)
Dwarf Fortress's adventure mode is fun roguelike-type game too, though its not really a complete game on its own yet.
I used to like Nethack a fair amount, but, once you learn its tricks, its almost impossible to lose at it (barring random wands of death and the such at the beginning of the game).
I'll often be playing some roguelike on my computer (or other turn-based game) while waiting between matches in SC. Helps pass the boredom of waiting for a new opponent and lets one be a lot pickier about what connection speeds one will accept without getting bored. (SC5 is mildly annoying in that it doesn't have as loud/distinguishable of a sound when someone joins your lobby as SC4 did)
Kvasir
[10] Knight
I tried to emulate you a bit, Andur, but pulling off some decent RL play between SC matches is surprisingly difficult for me, lol.
Anyway, I'd recommend the Roguelike Radio podcast to anyone with interest in these games.
Anyway, I'd recommend the Roguelike Radio podcast to anyone with interest in these games.