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Personally I prefer roguelikes that have no progression elements (those are strictly reserved for roguelikes). I think Spelunky is one of the best roguelikes that I know. It's not possible to get a "safe" run in Spelunky; no matter how well you're doing you can still die at any point if you make a big mistake. The difficulty stays relatively the same for each run, even though there's heavy randomization. I like the fact that runs in roguelikes are short; one aspect where they could improve is having tight and well designed scoring systems. Spelunky has a scoring system, but trying to go for a very high score results in really tedious play and there's not enough of a risk and reward. If roguelikes had more robust scoring systems, they could be almost as good as arcade games like DoDonPachi, Ketsui and Ikaruga.

1:19 this is why vampire survivors got me and why it became my favorite genre of games.

I wonder, have you played HyperRogue before?

Great video. If you want a roguelike that WILL induce stress and make you think try Noita.

Great video, keep it up!

I played balatro for like 25 hours and concluded that it's a toxic dopamine trap. it gives you nothing, no real satisfaction, only craving for more. no story, nothing to take away from.

I like rogue-likes as timewasters. The only rogue-like (which is actually a rogue-lite) that held my interest more was Hades.

The real gameplay is in the shops

If I layout most nerdest "umm actually" based on wikipidia of my language thus very possible to be wrong: segregation of rogue-like and rogue-"lite" apparently was way before even ungrades that prolong outside of runs was started to added. It says in order to be most genuine rogue-like, game should also be a turn and tile based game. You know, Like game <Rogue> made in 1980. In this stand point, even Binding of Issac is rogue-Lite. And as for myself, I do not agree or understand the need of this segregation in the first place.

lol at the start he goes over the "great titles nominated for goty" and doesnt mentioned the one that won

Watching the video made me feel „lol this is so me”

Feels slightly off to see a rogue like video where the only place I see Isaac is on the balatro cards

Good video! Not all of these are strictly positives, though. Naturally, since there are all sorts of people, you’ve got all sorts of players.

if you make more roguelike videos then I'll watch them

What is the best ios roughlike game that you guys have played?

I love Spelunky 2, perhaps my favorite game ever. But a lot of the things you like about roguelites I often hate about them. I found hades and dead cells particularly miserable. They felt like they were less about skill and more about lucky pickups to get a great build. They also had non stop collectibles, which the Completionist in me wants to hunt down, but the pickups (and massive number of achievements) were extremely unsatisfying to complete. They were checking boxes but often with no sense of accomplishment, and just made the game feel bloated. Then there’s all the artificial difficulty from heat levels or equivalent. Again, a feature I hate. Just make the base game hard enough to stand its own. I got so bored with it so fast. Spelunky 2 has only 32 achievements, but most of them (save a few early basic ones) feel like legit accomplishments. They are hard and very specialized. The game also rewards skill and knowledge exclusively - there’s still a luck component in finding a few good items but the truly essential ones can be forced by executing some very difficult tasks along the way. It was amazing, and I happily played 450 hours, more than any other game ever, and have completed 7-99. That was the most satisfying thing I’ve ever done in gaming. Every single thing about the game (base ending, hard ending, reaching cosmic ocean by doing hard boss with extra stuff along the way, then going all the way through the ocean to 7-99) was genuinely really hard when you start. It took a long time to beat the base ending, but once I got good the base ending was trivial, the hard ending was almost automatic, and even getting to the ocean was something I could do consistently. That means I’m not just getting lucky, I’m getting really good at a game that’s very hard, and the accumulated skill gives me a shot to reach 7-99. It’s amazing. Not to mention the incredible coop! Hades, dead cells, slay the spire, binding of Isaac, etc all have way more achievements, and massive numbers of collectibles, all of which take a long time to collect (even if you know what you’re doing), and most of which don’t add anything to the game. Anyways… I think roguelikes are great, but the ones that people like to glaze to me are the least compelling, and I complain not just to be a hater, but because I really wish these games with inherently fun gameplay would stop with the irritating design decisions like a million collectibles, cosmetics, and so on. Make them harder but cleaner without all the bloat.

Bro. Play Isaac

Man, I hope you haven't played Post Void yet, I think you'll LOVE it

Great content dude. Can't help but agree with everything that you said here. My favorite genre on the whole, but sometimes I really yearn for a narrative and mechanical conclusion, so off to more standard single player games I go. But I always return to my favorite roguelike/lite of the season. (Currently tinyrogues)

Rougelikes are my favourite genre of game I have so many Rouge likes on steam

Recommend more mobile ones please. Some of them looked cool in your B roll but you didn’t mention the name.

this was an absolute amazing video, i'm shocked you don't have more likes or subs yet, you're going places with content like this man, you're goated

This video deserves more views.

i don't like rogue likes, i'm good. i used to have the world record speed run for have a nice death.. i had enough of rogulikes for one lifetime i play Celeste now.. lol not like it's any easier tho. i play modded

I have literally 3000 hours in The Binding of Isaac. It shows that Roguelikes are the best games of all time.

Rogue Likes Is basically better version of Souls Like. Souls like give you insane pain and boredom(it's not fun just dodging to hit boss once and then continue on dodging) But Rogue likes on the other hand give you perfect difficulty curve(usually, it depends on each game but average Rogue like>>>average souls like)

Quality video👍

Those are all roguelites. ADOM. ToME. Qud. Those are REAL roguelikes.

I like pineapples

0:30 what game is this? with all those relic? 1:15 also this one

cool video dude. u need more views !!

Roguelike is the pinnacle of game design, although it became so diversified that everyone has a different idea of what it should be. I was curious about Balatro after hearing that it was inspired by another game which to me was the purest roguelike possible, soon enough I realized that Balatro is almost the perfect example of how a roguelike should be. Also I'm very excited for StS2! And also Civ7 but it doesn't fit the roguelike definition well.

Its funny how certain factors can be such big positives for one person but simultaneously such turnoffs for others. For me, the "dopamine hit" type addictive gameplay makes me feel like im wasting my time, being "mindless fun" also just makes it feel a bit pointless, and being replayable also means a ton of doing the same thing over and over, which I'm not a fan of. But at the same time it seems to be a very popular genre so I guess I'm in the minority in this. Its nice to see other views on the matter regardless

The subtle shade of not listing Astro Bot among "incredible games nominated for goty" :D

I really dont know why this video is just short of 500 views. I watched thought "this was a great video" and then stumbled upon the 34 likes. This is so well made!

I don't like roguelikes. Balatro is different, because it has 0 downtime.

Pacif drive is one of my favorites rouge lites . It was also nominated this year . But sadly it did not won. But still it is a nice game to check out.

Amazing video, I used play only factory/managing games like factorio or cities skyline for years and recently with the game awards i found balatro and i instantly felt in love, making me want to play more roguelikes, the main problem for me is that i find the cartoony 3d ugly and its hard to find roguelikes with the polished pixelart style that balatro has

I have a kid on the way so im progressively losing more free time as the months go on. games like balatro, vampire survivors, and enter the gungeon keep me going. Rogue likes are probably a top 5 genre for me

I'm just sad you didn't mention the binding of isaac AkA the GOAT of rogue-likes

I've got introduced to the genre after buying my steamdeck. I basically live at work now, so PC gaming is no longer an option and it's so nice to wake your deck from sleep, zone out for 10-30 mins of your free time and put it back to sleep again. Really recommend the genre to anyone who have little to no free time

Dude, this couldn't have come at a better time. Been feeling like this lately and all these strats are spot on. Amazing video! Keep em coming like this and you're gonna take off man. Subbed!

cool stuff

Kinda went through that phase in my twenties. Now my wife and I can’t wait to get home from work, put on the coffee and play our games.

Great video man, looking forward to your next vids!

Awesome vid man, absolutely spot on.