If you haven’t played a ‘roguelike’ before, it’s basically what happens when you take a twitchy hack-and-slash game like Diablo and make it boring, confusing, and frustrating.
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Roguelike
//ˈɹoʊɡlaɪk//
Synonyms for "roguelike"
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1 entries- 肉鴿 /肉鸽 noun (type of role-playing game named after the 1980 computer game Rogue)
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1 entries- roguelike noun (type of role-playing game named after the 1980 computer game Rogue)
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And I'm tempted to say that as long as it's got to do with fighting, single or in very small groups, with characters from different classes, different races, different stats, who learn along the way, it's roguelike enough for me. This may also include a lot of adventures, I know.
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I just played the remake of Sword of Fargoal to victory. I had to cheat like crazy (backing up saves) but it was fun. Granted, it's roguelike, at best, but it's a ton of fun: […]
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It's not that there's some sort of a competition, and your game needs to meet some rules to qualify. If it's good, everyone will play it despite the fact it's roguelike or not.
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