I just began my journey into roguelikes, and boy, that’s a hardcore drug. I need to share my experience with you guys.
So months ago I went with with Caves of Qud, but it was overwhelming. I saw that It has a lot of potential, and i would really “love to love it”, but it didn’t click. I had to drop it but kept an eyes on it. Then, not so far ago, I went to this subreddit, and read recommendation for beginners. Brogue seemed to be the one to pick because of accessibility, but depth of the gameplay.
And that was the right choice. I’m in love with this game.
The interface is so neat and beautiful. There is nothing superfluous, every thing has its purpose. I love the simplicity.
At the beginning, nothing too fancy. I killed some kobolds, and some rats. But then the first spar…
I just began my journey into roguelikes, and boy, that’s a hardcore drug. I need to share my experience with you guys.
So months ago I went with with Caves of Qud, but it was overwhelming. I saw that It has a lot of potential, and i would really “love to love it”, but it didn’t click. I had to drop it but kept an eyes on it. Then, not so far ago, I went to this subreddit, and read recommendation for beginners. Brogue seemed to be the one to pick because of accessibility, but depth of the gameplay.
And that was the right choice. I’m in love with this game.
The interface is so neat and beautiful. There is nothing superfluous, every thing has its purpose. I love the simplicity.
At the beginning, nothing too fancy. I killed some kobolds, and some rats. But then the first sparkle : the monkeys. What ? They stole items ? and then run away. Little sh*** ! And also goblins, waiting at doors to trap you. I began to understand what was happening in this game.
My first death : depth 4, I encountered a frog. Ok, the fight was not so hard but i began hallucinating. Then in the next room a Kobold ? no an Ogre ? no a vampire ?? and it was doing some weird stuff (pontificating??). Then attacked me with spectral blade, and it was spamming, spamming and spamming them until i died (I then learn it had to be a goblin shaman)
An example of thing that drove me so found of the game : In one of my next run, I saw a monkey again, but after having chugged a detection potion. And he stole me a magical item. I was so thrilled to discover that a little blue dot appeared to the screen on the monkey. I whispered in front of my screen “I seeeeee you little monkey” , “and i will find you” ... The dot ended up to stay put, and i found that little bstrd sleeping. I will not elaborate more on the fate of this monkey...
After a few hours, all the letters of the monsters began to have their own personality.
All setups are unique, and you have to get yourself out of dire situation with combination of your tools. It makes me feel the same way I did when I learned chess for the first time. I’m so thrilled.