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[-] kakes@sh.itjust.works 16 points 1 month ago

Sorry to go on a well-trodden tangent, but it really is unfortunate how diluted the term "roguelike" has become.

[-] JohnEdwa@sopuli.xyz 11 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Roguelike is almost never really used properly, as it should be a turn based, procedurally generated dungeon crawler with permadeath and no permanent upgrade system that makes the game slowly easier.
There's maybe like three games from the last decade that actually fit the definition.

Which is why it mostly changed to be Roguelite which pretty much just means "there's 'permadeath' but you gain exp/money to unlock buffs and you repeat until you manage to finish a run". It's used to very quickly explain the main gameplay/progression loop of any genre of game it's attached to.
Kinda like how we use FPS because calling them all doomclones makes no sense - we just didn't pick a better name this time.

[-] Wilzax@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Roguelike just means Arcade-like nowadays. The mechanic of using currency or experience to boost the next run is only sometimes present

[-] kakes@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 month ago

That's the weird thing is that what people call a "roguelike" now is just what pretty much every game was back in the day.

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