roguelike

  • 12 Hours With 2021’s Latest Big Viking Game

    12 Hours With 2021’s Latest Big Viking Game

    I wanted to like Tribes of Midgard. It has great style, with wonderful visuals that feel ripped out of an ancient painting. The combat is fun and responsive. But it also incorporates some of the worst parts of roguelikes and survival games and quickly becomes repetitive, with little payoff or progression.


  • I Guess I Actually Like Roguelikes Now

    I Guess I Actually Like Roguelikes Now

    Roguelike is a dirty gaming word to me: I can’t think of a genre of game that appeals to me less than one in which you do the same things over and over again in slightly tweaked variations until you somehow find the magical combination of paths, abilities, or spells to win the game. But,…


  • Rogue Legacy 2 Is Definitely More Rogue Legacy So Far

    Rogue Legacy 2 Is Definitely More Rogue Legacy So Far

    Rogue Legacy 2, now available in early access on Steam, leans heavily on the first two nouns in its title. It’s a roguelike in which the player guides generations of adventurers through a grand castle in search of fame and fortune, leaving behind a legacy for the next family member to take up the cause.…