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I know it’s pedantic, but that’s a rogueLIKE. A roguelite has permanent upgrades
I know it’s pedantic, but that’s a rogueLIKE. A roguelite has permanent upgrades
Also worth mentioning that Ross Lake Hotel was recently sold and I heard the new owner was going to be converting it back into a single house. I wouldn’t be surprised if the new owner decided that was going to be harder than he thought. The timing of it all is very suspect
I was impressed by how good Larian made BG3 in spite of using tabletop mechanics, but the Divinity games still had much better game play. I hope they start a new IP and add more of the roleplay options that made BG3 great, but with their own mechanics (hopefully without a charisma stat)
These kind of initiatives are actually pretty great. Like most english language media, video games are pretty American dominated. Funding to games with unique perspectives could lead to some really interesting projects. I played a really interesting game called Black Book a while back. It was a fascinating look into Finno-Ugric culture in pre-revolution Russia (and a pretty good game, too). I’d love to see more titles like that
“There goes the Courier. He really cleaned up this town.” Keep doing God’s work
Damn! I was playing so much Starcraft I didn’t realize how much was going on that year. So many classics for every genre
CRPG isn’t necessarily based on tabletop. It’s moreso the isometric, point and click style
Kings quest didn’t have character progression or choices to be made (at least in the ones I played). That’s pretty core to qualify as an rpg