Just One More Run…The Roguelike Thread

#219

This one is beating on me. I can’t get past depth 3.

One of my bigger complaints is the sometimes overwhelming status adds. I can’t stand going in to some of the boss fights and having them dump 80 stacks of leech on me at the start and then piling on poison. I don’t know how to counter stuff like that and when I get a card with cleanse it takes away 1-2 out of a stack of dozens.

Maybe I’m doing something wrong but I’m definitely finding this harder than others like StS, Dawncaster, Monster Train, etc.

#220

Was everyone else’s Dawncaster progress completely reset with the latest update?

#221

Hmmm, yes. It looks like you can unlock everything agin on the Rewards screen

#222

Yep!

I unlocked most of the gameplay aspect of a few characters.

This game really is peak STS-like for me

#223

I only seem to have 100 credits, or whatever they’re called. I’ll fiddle around.

#224

I picked up a Roguelike Humble Bundle a few weeks ago and have not really got to it yet, not to mention I picked up like 4 or 5 games in the Steam Sale that I have not tried yet - well because of a new job and a new Path of Exile season that I got a late start on because of new job.

So all that said -

I fired up Tainted Grail tonight and I have a question, is this game worth spending time on? It came in the Humble Bundle. But I have to say, being asked to actually walk around a deck building roguelike? Can’t I just have a tree? Do I really have to walk around and light candles? I know the answer is no, so what I want to know is - is it worth it? This game?

I think this is one of the things I love about Slay the Spire type trees. - There is no downtime of getting from one place to another. Even in MMOs, I don’t mind mindless fetch quests, I mind having to actually waste 10 minutes walking to get to them.

EDIT: And I literally just fell asleep in Chrono Ark’s tutorial battle.

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#225

Thanks for that mini-review. I added Tainted Grail to my Steam wishlist cause I saw you were playing it and the description looked interesting; it’s off the wishlist for good now.

Somewhat unrelated: what’d you think of Dice Legacy, another game I saw in your Steam activity? Been on my wishlist forever and the “mixed” reviews have scared me off so far.

#226

Playing a “cute” (?) little roguelike called Metal Unit on my switch for the past weeks. It was on a deep discount a while back. It has most of what I crave so it is perfect; PIXEL GRAPHICS, Sci-Fi setting, a plot, light Metroidvania elements, some light grinding for stats/gear and a difficulty curve made for braindead molluscs (I rarely search for challenges in my games aside from tactical round-based SRPGs).

I am intrigued by Hades Endgame but not for the higher challenges offered but for the morsels of character development of the excellent cast. It hurts me mentally to play it in white-knuckle-modus because my desire to experience more worldbuilding/lore/plot/character development clashes with its “big boys don’t cry” difficulty challenges “post-game”.

I still play Rogue Legacy 2 because it is a grinders dream and a good podcast game but that is also a different mindset for me…I gave up on RL2 plot early on. Too much mustache-twirling and navel-gazing. That is I game I really only play for its gameplay-loop.

It feels a bit crazy if I were asked to rank my overall TOP 10 Roguelikes and have a small Korean mid-tier game on top and a Supergiant game barely scraping by on the bottom…

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#227

Dice Legacy is interesting, because it is more like a worker placement, dice drafting puzzle game.

I actually need to give it a little more time.

But my initial feeling is that it is hard - and it is hard because there are probably very specific optimized strategies, and trying to deviate from those is a mistake. I don’t think you have a lot of options if you want to be successful. Which makes it more of a puzzle game to solve than a roguelike.

And since I really just wanted draft dicing - I end up just going back to Circadian Dice when I need a dice drafting fix.

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#228

Not that there isn’t a good selection of these roguelike games in iOS, but I really wish so many more of them came to mobile. STS and Monster Train show that a port is possible.

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#229

I recently finished Breach Wanderers, meaning I’ve maxed every character, bought every pack of cards, and have beaten every depth. There were a couple quests that were beyond my abilities or patience but feel like I got my money’s worth (free, with a $3 resource booster). It was a good game with some good cards and a few interesting characters. It doesn’t reach the heights of some of my favorites but I think it is definitely worth a look if anyone needs a fairly standard roguelike deck builder. One neat twist is the ability to customize decks beforehand and select your possible reward pool. Give it a look.

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#230

This Achievement took a lot of work.

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#231

Yeah it did lol. Now try for the 5 times one lmao

#232

Dawncaster continues to remain relevant - another expansion released?

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#233

Wow. I’ll have to check it out. I think it is a great game but they lost me a little when they changed the progression up. I lost a ton of progress and what they compensated me with came nowhere close to putting me back where I was.

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#234

Yeah, same the progression reset was just annoying.

#235

A new roguelike just popped up on iOS called Ax Rogulike. I know nothing about it but the premise looks interesting - you build a deck of RPG-like skills that can combo with each other. Presentation is what I might call amateur, but that isn’t an insurmountable issue if the game is good…which it may or may not be; I have no idea. I’ll put it on my wishlist for some impulse buy on a future trip or something but I wanted to highlight its existence here at least.

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#236

Remember how good Dream Quest is/was?

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#237

Getting the cat achievement is looking like it will be tougher. The iPhone is literally heating up from this.

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edit: I actually got it not long after:

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#238

Has anyone played Gwent: Rogue Mage? On paper it sounds good, and it certainly looks pretty. Reviews are mixed but I think one reason for that is the people that expected Gwent but got a roguelike.