Rogue's Tale is a single player turn-based dungeon crawling game. The game takes place in a place called Frostmourn Keep and its underlying dungeons located in the World's End Mountains. The goal is to overthrow the current king of the Frostmourn Keep and become the new king. A demo version and game guide can be found on the homepage. Key features: - Classless character building where you can choose to be the kind of rogue you want. - Seemingly unfair, untimely and unforgiving deaths which are also permanent. - Ways to counter these deaths by learning the game mechanics. - Random dungeons and encounters. - 24 talents to build your character with. - 30 spells to build your character even further. - 30 heritages that make your next character stronger. - 30 challenges to complete once you get the hang of the game.
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Yes, rated a 10. Now, before you act like "GRASPEE SAYS", and start throwing a fit about it being a difficult game at the start... DUH... it's a Roguelike!!!
Please don't get me wrong, there are times when you start a new game, where your heart sinks because you just KNOW that the snake (who is 3 squares away) AND the Archer standing next to it, is going to make a quick end to your game... only to be ecstatic that you barely squeaked by. There will be times, while walking down a corridor, you spot some baddy off in the distance. You turn quickly to try and find a narrow section or bottle-neck, in order to reduce the chance of his friend getting into the fray with you. Trouble is, while scurrying away, bottle-neck in sight, you failed a check for traps and fell into a spiked pit.
Roguelikes are meant to be difficult. They aren't meant to be a breeze, especially at the early levels. Certainly, this can differ from game to game, developer to developer... but, by and large, the difficulty of staying alive in a Roguelike, is what makes it FUN.
Now, if fighting to stay alive, isn't your thing, might I suggest something a little less stressful? Say, maybe... Havest Moon? That is unless tending to garden work or feeding livestock isn't your thing. Well, I take that back. I guess there is always Minecraft. You could just turn off the Mobs and build yourself a Soft-Serve-Yogurt-Stand, and feed the Sheep.
Explaination of 10 out of 10:
Graphics: I like the simple stuff.
Sound: Nice, creepy at times when something moans in the distance.
Game Play: Mama always said, "Life is like a good Roguelike... sometimes you just get the stuffins kicked out of you. Now, get up and quit being such a sissy!"
Overall: I would recommend it to anyone that would like a good challenge, and doesn't mind fighting for the chance to see the next whatever is just down the corridor. But, if you have the attention span of a Grapefruit, you may want to look elsewhere.
Have a blessed day,
-kmkenpo