misk@sopuli.xyz to Games@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 6 days agoWe need to decide on a genre name for Vampire Survivors-like games before a really terrible one stickswww.pcgamer.comexternal-linkmessage-square57fedilinkarrow-up1135arrow-down14cross-posted to: pcgaming@lemmy.ca
arrow-up1131arrow-down1external-linkWe need to decide on a genre name for Vampire Survivors-like games before a really terrible one stickswww.pcgamer.commisk@sopuli.xyz to Games@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 6 days agomessage-square57fedilinkcross-posted to: pcgaming@lemmy.ca
minus-squareDragonTypeWyvern@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·6 days agoI don’t know why people keep calling it rogue like. Rogue-likes have a lot more randomness than an easily manipulated item drop system. I don’t know that a random map is a necessity but it certainly needs something along those lines.
minus-squareCileTheSane@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·5 days agoThey call it a rogue-like because there is meta-progression even though you “start over” each run.
I don’t know why people keep calling it rogue like. Rogue-likes have a lot more randomness than an easily manipulated item drop system. I don’t know that a random map is a necessity but it certainly needs something along those lines.
They call it a rogue-like because there is meta-progression even though you “start over” each run.