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Yeah, the word "roguelike" seems to have rapidly lost its meaning these past couple of years.
Nowadays, roguelike = permadeath + procedural generation, roguelite = roguelike with some elements that carry over the next game. The actual roguelikes that look like Rogue: text based, turn-by-turn dungeon crawlers are often now called "traditional roguelikes". At first glance, it looks like a traditional roguelike, but maybe some elements carry over, putting it in the "roguelite" territory.
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Yeah, the word "roguelike" seems to have rapidly lost its meaning these past couple of years.
I played a *lot* of rogue in the early 80s. I can't remember a single game marketed as a "roguelike" that I've played that reminded me of playing rogue.
It's funny that this roguelike is advertised as a roguelite and most roguelites are advertised as roguelikes.
Yeah, the word "roguelike" seems to have rapidly lost its meaning these past couple of years.
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Yeah, the word "roguelike" seems to have rapidly lost its meaning these past couple of years.
It was always pretty nebulous, relevant video by DoshDoshington https://youtu.be/FT6XfaHgyh0?si=xayqzhkkmYjB4_UC
Like all genres, games within the roguelike genre (or what some people call "traditional roguelikes") have some variance. But if you played two games in the "traditional roguelike" genre, you'd definitely feel the similarities.
These days if you pick two random games on Steam with the "roguelike" tag, you're going to get two experiences which are not even reminiscent of the other.