"Action roguelike" is an oxymoron

[jofadda]

The term random death looper(or RDL) works better, these games arent roguelikes. Period. Were I to know that spelunky and its ilk would be butchering what a roguelike is, then wearing its "face" around like some twisted Ed Gein style mask I would have taken up this argument far far sooner.

[Slash]

There is no authoritative way to define what is and what is not a roguelike. This classification is based on my interpretation which stems from my informal research on the history of the roguelike term.

[jofadda]

There is no authoritative way to define what is and what is not a roguelike. This classification is based on my interpretation which stems from my informal research on the history of the roguelike term.

These forums have become a pisstake of what a roguelike forum is.

[Slash]

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