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McmadnessV3
05/12/2025
03:50 PM
#1
"Has a nice style and a neat concept."
*reads the description*
"Oh...its a rogue like"
*closes page*
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HighSeraph
05/12/2025
03:50 PM
#2
Average Steam experience. Or souls-like
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Dungeater
05/12/2025
03:51 PM
#3
i know that feel. sorry dawg

well, not specifically roguelike. but i see turn-based or survival crafting and i abe simpson the hell out of there

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viewmaster_pi
05/12/2025
03:52 PM
#4
Dungeater posted...
survival crafting
definitely sick of this
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Voidgolem
05/12/2025
03:53 PM
#5
fantastic art, concept, description-

"roguelike deckbuilder"

*closes fridge in disappointment*

why can't I just have my normal citybuilders or mech games or SRPGs
Why not go all in?
McmadnessV3
05/12/2025
04:00 PM
#6
Dungeater posted...
i know that feel. sorry dawg

well, not specifically roguelike. but i see turn-based or survival crafting and i abe simpson the hell out of there

Yup. Pretty sick of survival crafting games too.
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SilvosForever
05/12/2025
04:01 PM
#7
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Kamil
05/12/2025
04:09 PM
#8
I am not into deck builders, so I suppose. I haven't played some really good ones. I could like if I was patient enough to try and learn. Other stuff I just already know I am not going to have any patience for certain genres so I just am not let down.
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refmon
05/12/2025
04:10 PM
#9
I feel like this towards all anime JRPGs
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TuxedoCyan
05/12/2025
04:10 PM
#10
I don't even look at games anymore unless it's pixel art or if it's less than a few GB in size.
Like it or leave it. Hey, where are you going?
bloodyarts
05/12/2025
04:10 PM
#11
McmadnessV3 posted...
"Has a nice style and a neat concept."
*reads the description*
"Oh...its a rogue like"
*closes page*
::raises hand::
UnholyMudcrab
05/12/2025
04:11 PM
#12
I'm so tired of deck builders
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Hayame_Zero
05/12/2025
04:12 PM
#13
I really love roguelikes/deckbuilders, but there's honestly only handful that are actually worth playing. Many of them have boring synergies or feel really cheap.
...I think I'm done here...
DrizztLink
05/12/2025
04:25 PM
#14
It's a Roguelike survival crafting deck builder with Souls-inspired combat and exploration.

Powered by AI.
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Kamil
05/12/2025
04:28 PM
#15
DrizztLink posted...
It's a Roguelike survival crafting deck builder with Souls-inspired combat and exploration.

Powered by AI.


You left out microtransactions!
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Accolon
05/12/2025
04:28 PM
#16
*early access*
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DrizztLink
05/12/2025
04:29 PM
#17
Kamil posted...
You left out microtransactions!
https://youtu.be/tcAU-M82_Rk
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pinky0926
05/12/2025
04:36 PM
#18
Alternatively, when it is described as "souls-like"

Oh really, didnt know that "uses sword and can be tough sometimes" is what that genre is
CE's Resident Scotsman.
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ConfusedTorchic
05/12/2025
04:37 PM
#19
roguelikes are great
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ReturnOfDevsman
05/12/2025
04:41 PM
#20
This is like one in three games, and it's getting really old.
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McmadnessV3
05/12/2025
05:59 PM
#21
ConfusedTorchic posted...
roguelikes are great

They can be. But getting tired of procedurally generated levels or having to do "runs"
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ReturnOfDevsman
05/12/2025
06:09 PM
#22
McmadnessV3 posted...
They can be. But getting tired of procedurally generated levels or having to do "runs"
It's lazy, is what it is.

They can make that seven trillion hour game the Internet thinks they want without having to design a single level.
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action52
05/12/2025
07:10 PM
#23
As someone who has loved roguelikes since the mid 2000s, I can totally see where TC is coming from. Well-designed roguelikes like Hades and Spelunky are some of my favorite games of all time, but since the 2010s a lot of developers have seen it as an easy shortcut to give a lot of hours of gameplay.

But most of them are lazy and shallow.
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Leanaunfurled
05/12/2025
07:13 PM
#24
I also hate stumbling across an article or thread that's like, "Such and such game releases today!" I read it, look at pics/trailer whatever, think it looks cool. Go to Steam page.

Early Access.

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buddah86
05/12/2025
07:17 PM
#25
Roguelike deck builder. No thanks
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Joelypoely
05/12/2025
07:25 PM
#26
I love roguelikes now, though I (mostly) only play turn-based ones. Here are some of the best ones I'd recommend:

Across the Obelisk
Astronarch
Balatro
Cat God Ranch
Dicey Dungeons
Endgame of Devil
The Last Flame
Peglin
PokeRogue
Slay the Spire
Slice & Dice
Heineken14
05/12/2025
07:27 PM
#27
Kamil posted...
You left out microtransactions!

I figured that was just a mod to the fact every game now days has micro transactions so don't need to mention it.
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JoeDangIt
05/12/2025
07:36 PM
#28
Give me some examples, I like rouge likes but I haven't seen any that look interesting in a while
Mad-Dogg
05/12/2025
07:40 PM
#29
I feel this way about those pvpve (player vs enemy vs player or whatever the fuck this genre is normally called) games.

I remember hearing about this new robin hood game coming out. "Robin hood? Hmm, sounds cool. Is it a game centered around heisting a wonder" (the game called hood: outlaws and legends).

Payday as a series pretty much sucks ass these days (with the console versions always sucking regardless) and heisting only exists as a small part of grand theft auto 5+having to deal with too many morons in grand theft auto online. Pulling off heists as a game concept is just ripe for new game attempts since there is barely any competition.

"Nah, lets make this robin hood game a online pvpve game with sweet battle passes because this is a type of game that is definitely not a part of a oversaturated video game market and players will totally leave the microtransaction and/or battle pass game they are playing now to check this game out!"

*The little population it has dies within a week.*
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DrizztLink
05/12/2025
07:43 PM
#30
Heineken14 posted...
I figured that was just a mod to the fact every game now days has micro transactions so don't need to mention it.
Nah, genuine oversight.

Like how I just now realized I was supposed to include "extraction shooter" in there somewhere.
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NoxObscuras
05/12/2025
07:49 PM
#31
I used to feel that way, but once I tried a rogue like that clicked for me, I started really enjoying the genre.

The one that did it for me was Gunfire Reborn because I was looking for something to scratch that looter shooter itch. Then I also played Whisker Squadron, Hades, Vampire Survivors, Cult of the Lamb... I'm loving it lol
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Mad-Dogg
05/12/2025
07:50 PM
#32
Another favorite of mine......action rpgs that have a very appealing art style and character designs. Very pretty cel-shaded like art style. Nice sounding music. Its like this game was made for me....

.....its a online only games as a service gacha game. All the most interesting abilities, equipment and characters is saved for the gacha rolls part of the game.

Yeah, the hoyoverse genshin impact, honkai star rail and zenless zone zero games alongside games like wuthering waves piss me the fuck off since they are the type of games I would have loved to bought and been playing had they just been regular single player/no MP or internet required game releases. These games are huge successes and so these games tailor made to get that whale money is going to keep happening over and over again.

I still remember the night when I was browsing the store and seen zenless zone zero as one of the new releases. God the disappointment I felt when I read the game's description and found out the genshin impact/honkai star rail guys made it. Downloaded the demo and genuinely liked the gameplay and art style too, =/
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Philip027
05/12/2025
07:53 PM
#34
I have that sort of experience a lot nowadays, but most typically with "Souls-likes". I pretty much interpret that sort of adjective as "you actually won't enjoy this no matter how intriguing it looks in setting/concept" because that was pretty much exactly how it went with Elden Ring.
McmadnessV3
05/12/2025
08:26 PM
#35
NoxObscuras posted...
I used to feel that way, but once I tried a rogue like that clicked for me, I started really enjoying the genre.

The one that did it for me was Gunfire Reborn because I was looking for something to scratch that looter shooter itch. Then I also played Whisker Squadron, Hades, Vampire Survivors, Cult of the Lamb... I'm loving it lol

I want to reiterate I do not dislike rogue likes. There are plenty I like, its just that there are many cool or neat concepts I see that would benefit from NOT being a rogue like.
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Kanaya413
05/12/2025
08:34 PM
#36
Pokmon rogue seemed so cool then I actually played it and it was awful
tri-sapphire
05/12/2025
11:55 PM
#37
ReturnOfDevsman posted...
It's lazy, is what it is.

They can make that seven trillion hour game the Internet thinks they want without having to design a single level.

I mean, I take some issue with Supergiant using alpha players to hone the gameplay over the course of a year, but you can't argue with results.

And you cannot deny the insane effort they put into Hades and Hades II.
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_Valigarmanda_
05/13/2025
12:16 AM
#38
"Oh, a new turn-based RPG with a really cool art style? I'm all about that!"

"It has action prompts during the battles."


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