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Sup /v/, I'm in the mood for a roguelike. Got 10 bucks on steam to spare and currently browsing.
Got my eyes on The Dungeoning and Rogue's Tale. Anyone played it?
Otherwise give me your recommendations. I'm not pro or anything at those games, but I enjoyed things like SotS: The Pit and Doom RL.
>>272900998
>paying for roguelikes
paying for a roguelike? are you stupid?
The best roguelikes are free, most are open source at that. Play something like NetHack, ADOM, ToME (I prefer the 2.3.5 version that still had Middle-Earth setting), UnReal World or something.
>>272900998
Dungeon crawl stone soup is an awesome rougelike, cataclysm dark days ahead is also good
>>272900998
Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup, Brogue, Cadinal Quest... Stuff like that. Free roguelikes.
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>>272901180
Listen to all these, OP. NetHack, ADOM, Angband, ToME are all much better than anything you will pay for on Steam.
ADOM and Angband are my favorites (ADOM especially).
>>272901387
>>272901401
I would second DC:SS, and add IVAN to the list
I've been enjoying Delver quite a bit lately, it's not great yet, but it has been getting regular updates and the atmosphere is top notch. I hope first person roguelikes become much bigger.
>>272900998
Why, I am playing one as we speak, anon!
You don't need to pay for roguelikes. The best ones are for free and have titles.
Try these:
Angband (you don't have to win and it has an easy early game to enjoy yourself)
Unnethack
Dungeon Crawl: Stone Soup
AliensRL
BerserkRL
Cataclysm DDA and Dorf Fort Adventure mode. Is OP's pic a UI for some other roguelike or is it its own thing?
>>272901625
IVAN is the best roguelike there is or ever will be. Period. Too hard for most plebs though, and doesn't have as much content like more accessible roguelikes like Crawl.
>>272901535, here
>>272901387
>>272901401
>>272901625
DC:SS and IVAN are also good (though I haven't gone very far in IVAN)
>>272901535
How rare it is to find another person who enjoys Angband!
Binding of Isaac: Rebirth is pretty good. Also FTL
>roguelike
>steam
ha
>>272901849
ADOM is the best roguelike there is or ever will be.
>>272901535
ToME4 technically is in Steam (although it's practically just a way to donate and, like I said, I prefer the 2.3.5 version).
>>272902041
pic related
>>272901387
>this fucking shit
>>272901983
>>272901535
Angband!
Been on /v/ for years, and everyone talks shit about it whenever I mention it, or dont even know what I am talking about.
I've played it for so many years now. I was a kid when I started out. I still havent gotten very close to beating it. I always get impatient and do something stupid. I love that game.
OP here, DCSS it is then. Thanks for the input.
>>272901832
It's a random ass pic from some iOS roguelike/tactics game named Mysterious Castle I grabbed off of google.
>>272902021
>dithmenos bladehands
wat
>>272901849
Agreed, I like a few roguelikes but IVAN is by far the one I've had the most fun with
Is there a roguelike that's less focused on gameplay mechanics and more focused on story and decisionmaking?
Tales of Maj'Eyal (available on steam, but also free on the devs website) is arguably one of the best, if not the best, roguelikes out there. It is also probably the cheapest roguelike. It's only a few bucks. Considering that it has around 50 hours of game content just for one play through I'd say that you aren't going to get a better deal as far as roguelikes go.
>>272901983
How rare is it to find fans of true roguelikes on /v/ in general.
Angband is great - large, expansive dungeons, interesting bosses, kind of a "play at your own pace" feel (but certainly not grindy).
>>272902253
be careful, FUN is a buzzword with that game
they just keep deleting stuff from it because of the min/max autist coderbase
>>272902258the run did not end well but it was fun
>>272902326
Roguelike-like by Telltale fucking when?
>>272902360
TOME lacks true randomization, though. It's a good entry-level game, but seeing same shit gets boring.
>>272902360
I prefer when it was called Tales of Middle Earth and only had ascii graphics.
>>272902326
ADOM has a great story, lets you make decisions with what quests to take - and great gameplay mechanics
>>272902326
>>272902507
you don't even know what a roguelike is
DCSS used to be my favorite roguelike, but the dev is a retard who is hell bent on removing features and streamlining the fuck out of it these days. Go for TOME instead.
>>272902326
>i want less gameplay in my games
what would even be the point?
>>272902218
Angband pasta: http://pastebin.com/j8SSFvCT
>>272902218I haven't come close to beating it, either
>>272902448
It's cool, I played dorf fort quite a bit.
>play Nethack
>drink from fountain
>get a wish
How am I suppose to know what to wish for?
>>272902578
I said roguelike-like though. I'd honestly be interested in seeing something like procedurally generated story and puzzles that you could permanently fail.
ADOM is also the edgiest roguelikejust kidding
>>272900998
>roguelike
>10 bucks
You're playing the wrong ones if you have to pay for them
>>272902740
There is one being made in python that you might be interested.
Is more roguelike than you might think, but I dont know the name
>>272900998
go get FTL
>>272902530
You can still play it that way, too, if you want, but I prefer the current iteration. It feels so sexy to be a Necromancer in this game.
>>272902527
True, but the amount of different dungeons you can tackle at a given time still gives you more choice and variation than pretty much every other roguelike. Most of them don't even have branching dungeons, let alone more than just the one dungeon you keep exploring deeper and deeper.
TOME does have some nice dungeon variety that I haven't seen before like the sandworm dungeon where you have to follow the giant sandworms who make the tunnels and try to keep up with them before the tunnels cave in behind you.
>>272902635
>buying flasks of oil
They drop a lot in early levels, but thats really nitpicking, its not like its expensive.
I always die because I forget I dont actually have to fight anyone. I always think 'yeah I can do this', when really I should have been just phasing away.
>>272902314
Actual fun or the Dwarf Fortress version of fun?
>>272902898
>FTL
>roguelike
>>272902326
there's a whole genre dedicated to what you want
http://lmgtfy.com/?q=interactive+fiction
>>272902729
Wish for something stupid like a loaf of bread, because I know I am going to fail anyway
elona+
>>272902768
>MY NAME IS NOT IMPORTANT
>>272902898
Sorry m8, this ebin trolle has already been posted >>272902010
>>272902595
I hear you man. They're probably going to replace human with a race that can wield 8 pairs of boots on its head and nothing else next.
>>272902923
I dont know, I like it more when it was randomized. Sure, Tales of Middle Earth was imbalanced as fuck and broken as hell but attempting Lost Soul runs was hilarious.
>starting on level 99
>lots of epic level items everywhere
>monsters one shot you
Never made it out of the Halls of Mandos. But if I ever did I would be pimped out for the real game.
>>272902360
It was enjoyable the first time (I beat it on my second character) but with too much deterministic "content" and too little emergent gameplay, I'm not too keen on doing it again. Plus, it has a number of annoyances like an UI that's somewhere in between WoW and typical roguelikes but not as good as either.
>>272902948
IVAN is fun but complete bullshit, the only reason you don't get frustrated at the hideous levels of bullshit being thrown at you is because they're usually incredibly amusing.
>>272903051
Unfortunately, Not Important the Dark Elven Chaos Knight died a premature death in Darkforge.
>>272903168
>I dont know, I like it more when it was randomized.
Nothing wrong with that. I really like TOME for the character customization that it offers and I really like the dungeons, but it's not the only roguelike I'll subscribe to for the rest of my life. I like to play more randomized roguelikes as well. I think TOME is a good babbys first roguelike, though, without being super easy.
>>272902441
>too grind
Then man up and dive.
>too long
Then man up and dive.
My only ascension went like this. Once I got reasonable resistances and was max stated (which I got by normally descending in the dungeon) I pretty much dived from DL 65 to DL99.
The Morgoth bossfight is unlike everything I have ever encountered as well.
Ctrl + F dungeons of dredmor
0 results
I am disappoint
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Infinite_monkey_theorem
I hope next gen roguelikes avoid it.
>>272903683
Shit game
>>272900998
Dungeon Crawl for a real roguelike
and Rogue legacy for fake action roguelike.
>>272903757
Kill yourself
>>272903683
Get out
>AliensRL
>DoomRl
>MetroidRL
>ZeldaRL
>CastlevaniaRL
>Berserk!
>Infra Arcana
>Decker
>DiabloRL
>Drakefire Chasm
>Gruesome
>Hokuto No Rogue
>Liberal Crime Squad
>MegamanRL
>Magicko
>One Way Heroics
>Rogue Survivor
>The Night the Rogue Maiden Went Down
Try these out and see how you like them, OP.
All free, all quality.
>>272902010
Any roguelike that actually has a nice art direction?
>>272903715
What do you mean?
>>272902360
>Tales of Maj'Eyal is arguably one of the best, if not the best, roguelikes out there
>>272902360
>It is also probably the cheapest roguelike
Disregarding all of the other shit I disagree with, most roguelikes are free. TOME kind of is and kind of isn't, making it more expensive than most.
>>272904076
IVAN
>>272903789
it is a shit game
you still in diapers?
>>272903945
You.
I like you.
>>272904076
That don't use ASCII but don't look like shit at the same time?
>>272903043
The translation's so fucking bad, if you're interested in learning you're better off translating the game yourself word-by-word
>>272903945
>DoomRL
that game was pretty fun
enemy view angles were a bit easy to abuse though
Any of you beat Rogue? I can never get past floor 15 or so. At one point there are way too many bullshit pitfall traps.
>Finally smacking Trolls left and right
>Pitfall
>Spawn in the middle of a Treasure Room
>>272903945
>diabloRL
I've gotta check that out now
>>272904076
Brogue.
Screenshots don't do much justice but it has animated flames and lightning effects, simple yet effective tiles and besides that is a really straightforward RL.
>>272904076
brogue
>>272904551
It is interesting but very barebones.
>>272903945
one way heroics isn't free, it's also more of a roguelite than roguelike
>>272904076
DoomRL
>>272904519
I haven't beaten Rogue, but I got through NetHack once
>>272904636
Brogue does have a good art style.
>>272901180
>eating fluo green pistachios that look anything but natural
>>272904519
i always gave up after being murdered on floor 6-7
i'm pretty bad at video games
dungeons of dredmor
>>272904401
I like you too anon.
Also, here's more that I forgot to mention.
>ASCII Sector
>Caves of Qud
>Cogmind
>Chessrogue
>DDRogue
>Incursion
>Inversion of Control
>Rogue Assassin
>Savescummer
>Starcraft Rogue Mercs
>Stellar Edge
>Triangle Wizard
>Hydra Slayer
>Pyromancer
>Xenocide
>You Only Live Once
>>272904664
Shit, you're right. I forgot that one was paid.
>>272903043
I thought I was the only one that played this.
The game is so fucking big and feature rich that everyone should play it. Only problem some people might have is that it's grindy.
stonesoup. cataclysm
>>272904619
I read a bit about brogue before. What's the goal of the game? Is it true you should avoid fighting too much? I think that sounds kinda cool, different from other roguelikes where you should kill everything you can.
>>272900998
wat gaem?
Binding of isaac rebirth
Spelunky
FTL
Magicite
Don't Starve
Risk of Rain
>>272904919
>the actual babby's first roguelike
>>272905138
0/10
>>272904931
Elona truly is JRPG condensed into roguelike form.
I spent sixteen hours in the original grinding performer so that I wouldn't die because someone thought I sounded like shit. Thank god Elona+ made it easier to grind it.
>>272900998
Caves of Qud
Incursion
>>272903945
>The Night the Rogue Maiden Went Down
Do you have download link for it? I can't find it anywhere.
>>272905138
>inb4 autists get mad and start saying they're not "real" roguelikes
>>272905309
Well they aren't. FTL is still a fun game.
Haven't tried the others.
>>272901387
>Dungeon crawl stone soup is an awesome rougelike
Not since the SJW devs got to it
>>272904985
Mysterious Castles, its IOS
>>272904985
>>272904985
http://www.mysteriouscastle.com/
>>272904985
An iOS game called Mysterious Castle, looks to be $4.99 on the app store and hasn't been updated in over a year.
>>272900998
>Got 10 bucks
Irrellevant since all the good roguelikes are freeware.
I see Angband mentioned, if you guys like that game get Sil. It's pretty cool and has a nice skill system.
IVAN is fucking hilarious, beating that one was a lot of fun. The last dungeon is such a madhouse
DC:SS is cool but the latest updates have kind of changed the game radically
Cataclysm DDA is a game with a lot of content but no goal other than survival and not enough challenge. There isn't anything to do in the endgame besides steamroll everything with a super strong character.
DoomRL is RIP AND TEAR and feels very similar to playing a normal Doom game. The perks are awesome and it's definitely worth a play
Haven't played TOME much but it has a really cool class system and lots of fun gear.
>>272903043
Doesn't /jp/ like this game because you can have loli companions and feed them drugged milk or something?
>>272904519
Actually Rogue
>>272901387
>>272901401
>>272901535
>>272901625
>>272901768
>>272901849
>>272902041
>>272902146
>>272902218
>>272902314
>>272902360
>>272902552
>>272902530
>>272902635
>>272902729
>>272902768
>>272903783
>>272904347
>>272904619
>>272904636
>>272905568
Actual roguelikes
>>272902010
>>272902507
>>272902898
>>272903683
>>272905138
Not roguelikes
>>272901659
>>272903945
>>272904926
Not sure
dont play cata dda, original cata creator himself called it's shit and started making cataclysm 2
>>272905496
Looks fun, too bad it's for i
OS.
>>272905474
>>272905516
also for windows, there's a demo on indiedb
but yeah, it's not free
>>272905496
>>272905474
>>272905516
thanks /v/
>>272905652
>Not roguelikes
Look out guys the Roguelike police is here
>>272905691
I haven't played it in a while I hear DDA has some weird SJW drama going on, is that true?
>>272904961
Same as most RL really, just reach the last floor and escape.
And yes, in Brogue there's no xp or rewards for killing monsters. There's no xp at all, actually. You only get stronger by drinking certain potions or upgrading your equipment. So yeah, while exploration is important, killing monsters is not, and you could pretty much sneak past every one of them.
>>272905454
What kind of SJW stuff have they put in the game?
>>272905774
>I don't know what the Berlin Interpretation is
>Tfw you will never be autistic enough to enjoy roguelikes
I did 60mg of adderall and just barely managed to beat DoomRL on easy. How anyone manages to ascend in nethack or DCSS is truly beyond my comprehension.
>>272905774
He's right though.
