They seem so popular, dozens of games coming out, and reviews often positive.

But

When I see “Roguelike” I imagine a game that’s too small to be a real game, so they made it so you can never win and just have to keep trying and you’ll get a decent number of hours out of it. With just enough progression each time that you start to believe it’s possible you’ll get somewhere meaningful.

When I see “Souls-like” I think of a game where the difficulty is only there to give people with too much time on their hands a sense of superiority.

I have roughly a thousand games in my various libraries and I have never played a game in either of these genres.

I feel fine being so unreasonable about this.

  • FandangaloEnglish
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    2 days ago

    You’re free to like / dislike whatever. As another gamer with thousands of hours, but specifically both these genres, I would say this:

    1. Dark Souls as a metaphor for overcoming depression is one of the most emotionally fulfilling experiences I’ve had in my life, and this is specifically DS1. It’s a unique game, with a unique PoV, and really incredible pacing & world design for its release date.
    2. I enjoy the “rogue” genre because as a gamer, it requires me to understand the game rules / mechanics and then overcome them. This genre is also very wide, so there’s games that only focus on game knowledge (auto battles or strategy, e.g. Into the Breach) or game’s that also require technical input on top of that knowledge (Binding of Isaac). Some of the best that I’ve played do a great job of making you feel smart for “breaking” the game, but that ability to break it is part of the game itself.

    It’s your life, so play & enjoy what you play & enjoy. However, you’re speaking from a place of ignorance (you’ve stated you’ve never played them) & making a judgement (claims of low content, unnecessary difficulty). Doesn’t make a lot of sense of me, but whatever, unpopular opinion I guess. 🤷 GL;HF

    • essellOPEnglish
      31·
      2 days ago

      It’s your life, so play & enjoy what you play & enjoy. However, you’re speaking from a place of ignorance (you’ve stated you’ve never played them) & making a judgement (claims of low content, unnecessary difficulty).

      Absolutely, one of those times it’s absolutely fine to be unreasonable, I’m not hurting anyone. And it’s not like I’m lacking for games I do want to play.