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Off-topic (Locked) / Shadow of the Eternals Kickstarter

« on: May 08, 2013, 11:17:19 AM »

So, who played Eternal Darkness for the Gamecube?

A new company, Precursor Games, is attempting to create a spiritual successor in the same mood, Shadow of the Eternals, through crowd-funding. If you like Infra Arcana (or Lovecraft stuff in general) you should check this out.

Homepage: http://www.precursorgames.com/shadowoftheeternals/

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Classic Roguelikes / What roguelike do you consider to have the "best" graphics?

« on: April 30, 2013, 12:16:52 PM »

I've been thinking about this for a couple of days now.

It strikes me that most of us who play roguelikes really don't care about graphics at all, many of us even prefer ASCII, however I'm wondering what roguelikes people consider to have the best visuals, and by that I mean in the traditional "good" graphics sense AND/OR in the sense of what roguelikes have graphics that best fit their theme.

Personally, I think Infra Arcana has the best near-ASCII graphics I've seen in a roguelike, its simple, elegant and fits the dark theme of the game. What do you guys think?

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Other Announcements / Dungeon Crawl - Removing Mountain Dwarves

« on: November 01, 2011, 12:59:22 PM »

I recently read that the DC devs are planning to remove mountain dwarfs...

 I've read their reasons and they really seem to be missing some of the point. First off, I understand that race balance is a big deal, and I guess that MD's are not particularly different from Minotaurs and Orcs but I feel like a rework is in order before axing such an iconic race. Secondly, this seems to have become a very emotional issue for many dungeon crawlers -me included, I played a lot of dwarves when I first started and had a blast doing so, it just seems too hasty taking them out all of a sudden. This topic  needs discussing, what do you guys think?

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Other Announcements / Do you listen to music when playing Roguelikes?

« on: April 15, 2010, 10:51:01 AM »

What kind of music do you listen to when playing roguelikes (if any)?

Personally I listen to dark ambient as it gets across the hopelessness and futility of most of my characters short lives (i.e. Crawl and ADOM).