Hiya!
In the last week I have played a lot of rogue likes and other dungeon crawlies and the like.
Now I will share my knowledge and feelings about those games.
Dungeons of Dredmor
Rogue like with very nifty graphics and querky humor. ( Dwarven plastic armor )
Had lots of fun with this one, also got the realm of the diggle gods expansion.
-You can be a male or a female character and pick 7 skills from a table full of skills.
Few funny skills are there too like pirate, emomancy and werediggle ( diggles are these anoying penguin like creatures one of them dead in the pic ).
Skills include many crafting skills along with the normal fighting and spell caster skills.
-You adventure the dungeon through various levels collecting items, quest, curses and the what not's from other rogue likes. Even found the cooking pot helm from the monkey island games.
There are even doom levels in the game, meaning that the textures match the ones in Doom.
-There are minor side quests collecting and other random stuff to do but you main quest is to kill lord dredmore, have fun trying =D
Overal: Great fun in few hour sessions, humor gets old fast but it doesnt matter. Awesome graphics compared to others fo the same kind. Sound are good some are a bit anoying because you hear them constantly but thats a minor issue. Lots of fun to be had I recomend for everyone, it doenst even cost that much on steam so go get it!
Doom Roguelike
Freeware Game !
This roguelike takes its style form doom
-Action is vary fast based and involves mainly shooting. The game feels pretty much exactly like doom you can take pretty much as much hits and even the sound and the music are the same. Yes you read right it has music and sounds! You wont get killed as often as in other roguelikes so that might be a plus for some.
-In the beginning you can choose from 3 different character classes and pick on skill to start with. You will get more or level them up as you go on.
-Levels are dark corridory doomlike mazes that hide enemies in every corner. Sometimes you find blood arena survival ground that pit you against waves of enemies. After defeating a wave you get nice rewards.
Overal: Great free game to be playd when you have few minutes of time and dont want to think too much.
Dark Souls
For PS3 Xbox 360 ONLY! Thou huge dark sousl anouncement is coming soon many think it's the long awaited PC version
Played solo this game is one of the hardest games I have played since nintendo 8-bit times.
A grim fantasy dungeon crawly set in the world of the cursed undead, and you are one of the dead.
Previous games: Demon Souls, Kings Field 1-4
-As RPG element go this game offers more then any other RPG in a loooong time. Im letting this image explaing:
-You start the game by making a character sex, face,hair, etc. starting items and the starting class.
So far I have played with a cleric and a thief. You can develope your character freely in anyway this just gives you the base.
-After the tutorial area the game features HUGE open world to explore. Thou some pplaces at start are so hard you just keep dying, thou running and grapping some ground loot is recomended.
-In this game your currency and experience are the same thing SOULS. If you die your souls are dropped if you die before you get to them they are lost. Spent souls cant be lost, meaning you cant go down levels. Other important thing is humanity that is also lost on death. It can convert you back to human with many benefits.
-Combat happens in real time action that requires a lot of skill, precision and timing. Much like assassins creed and other action games.
-Playing this game offline or online changes everything. Bosses are alot easier with a friend by your side but you are prone the be invaded by other players in time to time. Reward for winning the pvp ( invasion ) are great lots of souls and humanity. In invasion the opponent players appear in red but few moments they appear you will get a short warning of an incoming enemy. Just to be clear invasion is not a game mode other players can invade you game at anytime and attack you when you are human.
Overal: Ill let metacritic speak for me... Dark Souls Metacritic
Score 89
thanks for informative post! If you play RPGs as you say, you could write more posts about them. :) I, for one, would check it out.
Hi and thanks for commenting.
I mainly play RPG:s. Everykind of RPG from hack&slash to ascii rogue likes. ( thou I do play other games too )
Check my earlier blogs for more info on Dungeon crawlers =)