Roguelikes (been playing Sorcery Saga: Curse of the Great Curry God)

[InvertMouse]

Danganronpa 2 comes out today in Australia, so I was going to finish Sorcery Saga last night. It would have been an awesome transition. After raiding the final dungeon for around 3 hours, I died on floor 37 and lost everything.

 

 

Nah (;u;)~ It sucks, but I will probably retry after I am done with Danganronpa 2.

 

Anyway, that was the first roguelike game that I have spent a significant amount of hours in. Their punishing nature makes every choice you make seem extra important. That is always good in my books. Now I am interested in trying out some more. Anyone got some titles to recommend? Being on a visual novel forum, games with anime aesthetics are obviously a bonus (>//w//<). I heard about the Izuna series on the DS. Anyone played that?

 

Feel free to share any general thoughts on roguelikes as well. Thanks .

[Stray Cat]

I've typically avoided this type of game since I don't enjoy grinding for the sake of grinding. 

 

I've played both of the Izuna games and enjoyed them quite a bit.  Though I wouldn't classify them as ridiculous you will die many, many times.   I would recommend them. 

 

There's also Pokemon Mystery Dungeon if you like that. 

[nohman]

Are you looking purely for roguelikes or are roguelike-likes fine?

[InvertMouse]

That's cool Stray Cat ~

 

Roguelike-likes are cool with me nohman .

[Heizei_koukousei]

There's also Pokemon Mystery Dungeon if you like that. 

Mmm those 99 floor dungeons that make you restart at level 1 (for Jirachi and Celebi)

If you like grinding, Mystery Dungeon is your game

[nohman]

For Roguelike-likes, I'll skip over the obvious things like BOI and Rogue Legacy that you're most likely already familiar with.  You're probably familiar with this other stuff too, but:

 

Our Darker Purpose

Crypt of the NecroDancer

Sunless Sea

Legend of Dungeon

Magicite

 

...to name a few that I personally think are pretty rad.

 

All are pretty fun to play, but for some reason I always prefer watching people play them on youtube more. It's probably cause I suck at this kind of game. 

[InvertMouse]

Thanks for all the suggestions folks !

[arakura]

This makes we want to play a game. Darn you Invert!

[mattroks101]

Cataclysm DDA is my favorite roguelike of all time. Next to Dwarf Fortress. I highly recommend both of them.

[InvertMouse]

This makes we want to play a game. Darn you Invert!

 

Then play away !

[zhurai]

Cataclysm DDA is my favorite roguelike of all time. Next to Dwarf Fortress. I highly recommend both of them.