And rogue-like, but maybe we've all accepted that it's a bit broader than "just like Rogue" at this point.
I agree, I was providing a counter to their point rather than lamenting the fact!
I understand it to mean "heavily randomized"
It should be:
permadeath
randomized runs (maps and equipment)
usually grid-based movement
The last seems to be an unpopular definition though.
Also some people would add not having upgrades or unlocks of any kind that persist between runs for a game to be considered a true roguelike, the idea being it's you the player who learns and gets better to eventually be able to beat the game, and not because you failed 50 runs to eventually unlock enough hp and damage upgrades.
Which is why the "correct" term for most of the games is roguelite and not -like.
Yup, that's what I mean by permadeath, you start each run from scratch, though you may unlock access to content (i.e. open a new area, unlock a class, etc) that the next play through can access.
It happened with metroidvanias
And rogue-like, but maybe we've all accepted that it's a bit broader than "just like Rogue" at this point.
I agree, I was providing a counter to their point rather than lamenting the fact!
I understand it to mean "heavily randomized"
It should be:
The last seems to be an unpopular definition though.
Also some people would add not having upgrades or unlocks of any kind that persist between runs for a game to be considered a true roguelike, the idea being it's you the player who learns and gets better to eventually be able to beat the game, and not because you failed 50 runs to eventually unlock enough hp and damage upgrades.
Which is why the "correct" term for most of the games is roguelite and not -like.
Yup, that's what I mean by permadeath, you start each run from scratch, though you may unlock access to content (i.e. open a new area, unlock a class, etc) that the next play through can access.