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Rephikul Unregistered user |
well i havent checked back this forum for ages, so there's many thing i dont know. But i've recently got a rogue (for windows only it seems) called elona which i found, really good. The developers themselves and based on my experience, admit that it's loosely based on ADOM and many other roguelike games (it has a puppy quest!!). It's very friendly toward normal player as many hard-core elements of roguelike was removed such as permadeath (still there if you choose not to res yourself) with added hilarities and anime-like graphics (loli pet!!) There's many things to say about this game so i suggest just download/play it as you see fit. http://homepage3.nifty.com/rfish/index_e.html Control : just z x c, ? and numpad (with numlock off) for beginning. You can use the numpad and tab key to scroll things, too. Please do note that if you have an internet connection, it'd try to connect to the online server for online elements (I wont spoil this) everytime you start up the game. If you reload the game alot, this might slow things down. I hope everyone have fun :) |
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Rephikul Unregistered user |
I'm NOT a spammer xD |
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Ancient_pink_dragon Registered user So I was talking to a dark elf Last page view: 5709 days, 3 hours, 27 minutes and 27 seconds ago. |
Ouch! WHITE BACKGROUND! You hear a horrible squeak! I'll try it. Although from first glance it looks vury weeaboo. Besides I like my Rouge likes without any pictures or atleast just in ascii, this includes the websites. You attack the Ancient pink dragon with all of your force, but do not mange to harm it! The Ancient Pink Dragon breaths a deathray, poision, fire, acid, ice, lightning, water, corruption, missle, petrefication, and stun breath at you. All of your equipment is torn apart! You die... ####################################### ..-------------------------------D%$[(% ####################################### Robojesus_gintfrg St99 Le99 Wi99 Dx99 To99 Ch99 A99 Ma99 Pe99 L++ Dv/Pv 1500/1500 H -5843(18857) P 99999 (99999) Exp50/48320283474958492 ID:48374 Spd:5833 Blessed Invisible Bloated |
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Darren Grey Registered user Last page view: 4240 days, 11 hours, 10 minutes and 1 second ago. |
It is essentially a console RPG style of roguelike. For some reason I find this distasteful (even though I play Japanese RPGs a lot), but I can understand its appeal. Waldenbrook, the dwarven shopkeeper, mumbles: "I'd offer 9 gold pieces for yer dwarven child corpse." |
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Rephikul Unregistered user |
It's a weeaboo roguelike, made known to me via 4chan, as a matter of fact. The game does indeed sells for its lack of forced perma death and bundled visual presentation. I like it for a relatively deep game balance. For example: Throwing Weapon + Grenade: Deal less damage then a rock, but that's if it doesnt explode, which is like, all the time? The only AOE throwing weapon. Cause confusion on the area it hit if it explode. + Panty: The best, and rarest of all. These things deal mind damage which in turn cause confusion. Too bad these guys arent aoe. + Rock: Your first throwing weapon aside from potions, and the most widely seen. While they are inferior then other kind of throwing weapon, the simple fact that there's so many of them around guarantee you'd find yourself carrying skill-boosting rocks the most. + Shuriken: Also less damage then a rock, but has much better armor piercing %, and cause bleeding. |
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Darren Grey Registered user Last page view: 4240 days, 11 hours, 10 minutes and 1 second ago. |
You can throw panties? Oh for Christ's sake, it really is a weeaboo game... Waldenbrook, the dwarven shopkeeper, mumbles: "I'd offer 9 gold pieces for yer dwarven child corpse." |
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Rephikul Unregistered user |
http://elona.wikia.com/wiki/The_Shena%27s_Panty |
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maddog Unregistered user |
No Perma-death? Count me out. Only reason why roguelikes have appeal to make them stand out from other games is that you have to face consequences of your actions. |
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Rephikul Unregistered user |
That's correct, although "common" ppl now prefer to continue their characters. Whenever you are killed you have an option to continue with some penalty (item loss, stat loss, gold loss) or really drop dead. From my experience, once you have your basic knowledge of the game it's really hard to die.You have companions, and they'd happily play meatshield for you when you are running to the stair or waiting for the Return/Escape spell to work. On the other hand, being allowed to "Continue: mean there's lots of reckless playstyle going on. Elona has an online chat function which also display wishes and death messages. I see people die from performance quests all the time, sometimes just to come back and die from the SAME quest!! Performance: You skill at using music instruments. Be aware that higher level npcs are really picky and may throw rocks at you if your performance is not good enough. |