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Chris Nestaamo

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The best non-traditional roguelikes?
« on: December 08, 2007, 05:44:27 AM »
I've gotten a bit tired of the traditional Tolkien-esque fantasy, so what are some good roguelikes of other genres? Not excluding fantasy in general, but at least having a really unique setting.

I have pretty much nothing to contribute, sadly. It seems like all the ones I've seen have been either shareware, defunct, or just plain bad (in my opinion).

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Re: The best non-traditional roguelikes?
« Reply #1 on: December 08, 2007, 06:53:20 AM »
Gearhead is a pretty good sci-fi roguelike.
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Re: The best non-traditional roguelikes?
« Reply #2 on: December 08, 2007, 12:25:25 PM »
ToME! Oh, wait... ;D

Take a look at WarpRogue, it's in development but it's pretty nice. Also, IVAN is different in quite some aspects, and is one of the best roguelikes, in my opinion. I can also vouch for GearHead!
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Re: The best non-traditional roguelikes?
« Reply #3 on: December 08, 2007, 08:01:26 PM »
Huh, WarpRogue? I'd tried it before, and despite it being set in the WH40k universe, it didn't really catch my attention all that much. I'll try Gearhead again, though.

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Re: The best non-traditional roguelikes?
« Reply #4 on: December 08, 2007, 08:54:52 PM »
i loved asciisector ;D

check it out @ asciisector.net
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Re: The best non-traditional roguelikes?
« Reply #5 on: December 09, 2007, 03:39:15 AM »
You may want to check out the roguelikes at slashie.net, they are pretty non-traditional

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Re: The best non-traditional roguelikes?
« Reply #6 on: December 12, 2007, 12:28:45 PM »
i like DoomRL myself

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Re: The best non-traditional roguelikes?
« Reply #7 on: December 15, 2007, 08:17:02 PM »
great thos 2 links are really great...thats what iam looking for :) and doomrl is my favourite  ;D