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Title: Hey ^_^
Post by: TidusBlade on September 22, 2007, 07:54:48 PM
Hey everyone ^_^ Im new here :P I just recently (actually 2 or 3 days ago xD) got into roguelike games, and I was interested in joining a roguelike forums =] Hope I like it here ^^
Title: Re: Hey ^_^
Post by: Robson on September 22, 2007, 08:57:08 PM
Welcome TidusBlade :)

Which roguelikes have you tried?
Title: Re: Hey ^_^
Post by: Anvilfolk on September 22, 2007, 10:10:01 PM
Welcome to the rest of your life.

*cackle*
Title: Re: Hey ^_^
Post by: TidusBlade on September 23, 2007, 10:11:16 AM
Which roguelikes have you tried?
Havent actually played much in 3 days :P Im still trying to get the Amulet of Yendor in Rogue xD I played abit of Nethack and Dungeon Crawl once...
Quote from: Icey
Welcome to the rest of your life.
Sounds better than a life of WoW IMO :P
BTW Any suggestions on a few rougelikes i should play ^_^ ?
Title: Re: Hey ^_^
Post by: Anvilfolk on September 23, 2007, 10:19:46 AM
Take a look at this topic (http://www.roguetemple.com/forums/index.php?topic=45.0)! That's the voice of the players! And yes, I find those are the two best roguelikes out there :)

However, those are only the biggies! There are tons of fun ones, which are smaller and less complex, or just starting but at least as complex as the most known ones!

You can try Incursion, AliensRL, The Hive, and IVAN. I ---love--- IVAN, but all the other ones are really, nice too!

It's a world out there! Well, several ones :P

Each of them better than WOW! *flee*
Title: Re: Hey ^_^
Post by: Ex on September 23, 2007, 10:24:19 AM
Welcome to the rest of your life.

Quoted for truth.
Title: Re: Hey ^_^
Post by: TidusBlade on September 23, 2007, 10:25:04 AM
Thanx  ;) Im sure theyll keep me busy for long  ;D
I know it's a stupid question but how many rouglikes are there  :o ?
Title: Re: Hey ^_^
Post by: Ex on September 23, 2007, 11:06:39 AM
Lots.
Title: Re: Hey ^_^
Post by: TidusBlade on September 23, 2007, 11:26:30 AM
Lots.
Sounds good enough for me  :D
Title: Re: Hey ^_^
Post by: Gamer_2k4 on September 24, 2007, 02:54:03 PM
Lots.
Sounds good enough for me  :D

Yep, there are a lot.  The big five are ADOM, Nethack, Angband, Crawl, and...another one.  Moria? Omega? Who knows.

Angband has a lot of variants too; probably the biggest and best is ToME.  Incursion is another new roguelike; very complex, very difficult.

Plus you have all of your up and coming developers making roguelikes.

Here's a pretty comprehensive list of every roguelike:
http://roguebasin.roguelikedevelopment.org/index.php?title=List_of_roguelikes_by_name
Title: Re: Hey ^_^
Post by: Lummox JR on September 24, 2007, 03:09:44 PM
Looks like we have a similar background in games, Tidus. I've played Rogue and Nethack quite a bit but never won either game, and I've played a little Crawl too. I've tried ADOM but I never get very far into it; sometime I need to give it a more serious look.
Title: Re: Hey ^_^
Post by: TidusBlade on September 25, 2007, 12:48:18 PM
Quote from: Gamer_2k4
Yep, there are a lot.  The big five are ADOM, Nethack, Angband, Crawl, and...another one.  Moria? Omega? Who knows.
Angband has a lot of variants too; probably the biggest and best is ToME.  Incursion is another new roguelike; very complex, very difficult.
Thanx Gamer  :D Ill keep an eye out for those. I prefer either simple to learn and hard to beat type of games and the the really hard to learn (complex games) and also hard to beat :D
and thanx for the nice list  ;)
Quote from: Lummox JR
Looks like we have a similar background in games, Tidus. I've played Rogue and Nethack quite a bit but never won either game, and I've played a little Crawl too. I've tried ADOM but I never get very far into it; sometime I need to give it a more serious look.
Cool  ;D I have yet to beat Rogue, then probably move onto ToME or crawl types.
Title: Re: Hey ^_^
Post by: Slash on September 25, 2007, 01:38:30 PM
You will NOT beat Rogue :)

Better change that goal else you wont end up trying any other rouguelike! ;)
Title: Re: Hey ^_^
Post by: TidusBlade on September 25, 2007, 01:40:53 PM
Thanx for the tip  :P But im pretty determined  ;D Now I wonder, how many people actually beat it  :-\
Title: Re: Hey ^_^
Post by: Slash on October 03, 2007, 02:21:42 AM
Glenn Wichman, one of the creators, has never made it. I once took the amulet via a LOT of savescumming, but couldnt take it back to the surface. You just need a LOT of luck. Dont be fooled to think a character with lucky equipment will do it well, dont think you are on the way just because you got a 2 handed sword and 3 sets of plate mail on level 1. it just doesnt matter
Title: Re: Hey ^_^
Post by: TidusBlade on October 03, 2007, 02:51:54 AM
True but as you go up do the monsters change back to the original ones found there, like you climb up to lvl 8 so you wont be seeing dragon at all or is it diffrent  :P Guessing it's harder than what i think.
Title: Re: Hey ^_^
Post by: Slash on October 03, 2007, 03:58:53 AM
I dont remember, but given how evil the game is, I doubt it :)
Title: Re: Hey ^_^
Post by: AgingMinotaur on October 06, 2007, 12:08:38 AM
There are some nice rogue anecdotes, maybe even some tales of victory, at  http://www.wichman.org/roguestories.html
Title: Re: Hey ^_^
Post by: Slash on October 06, 2007, 06:57:35 PM
Wow, thanks for the link! This is definitively interesting for all the Rogueophiles out there :P