Mister Negative
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I've got a little more than 300 hours in Isaac across both games, most of it with the music muted. But that's mostly because Isaac is my go-to podcast game.
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I've got a little more than 300 hours in Isaac across both games, most of it with the music muted. But that's mostly because Isaac is my go-to podcast game.
LurkerPrime
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It's easy to fall into a hole with Rogue Legacy for a while. Simple, easy fun, though the random nature of the levels really sucks all the fun out of it after a while. At least in my case.
That said, how can you hate the art style?
Do you mean at GB? Isaac sold millions of copies on PC. Not sure about Spelunky, but it did really well, too.
Sleeping Lesson
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I couldn't get into Spelunky, although I understand its popularity far more than Rogue Legacy.
The ability stacking, period. There are soooo many items, and soooo many combinations thereof, and they have the craziest and often unintentional results. By the time you get near the bottom levels you are just some ridiculous amalgam of support items and tear modifications and it's different every time.
Same!
MassiveNights
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Rogue Legacy had the best upgrades and most accessible/least cryptic progression so that's probably why it caught on.
Rogue Legacy is really good.
Rogue Legacy is really good.
santeesioux
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You obviously didn't grow up with any Native American uncles, lol.
ratcliffja
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It's easy to fall into a hole with Rogue Legacy for a while. Simple, easy fun, though the random nature of the levels really sucks all the fun out of it after a while. At least in my case.
That said, how can you hate the art style?
I'm talking about Binding of Isaac. Rogue Legacy has a nice art style, which is one of the main reasons I was interested in it. Plus I'm a sucker for Metroidvanias.
Salty Catfish
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Watching this makes me want to play more Downwell SO BAD. That game is addictive as hell.
I liked Rogue Legacy overall but the upgrade system was too incremental for my taste. "Congrats on upgrade #1 of 75 for your crit chance!"
And I, too, have poured hundreds of hours into BoI. 188 across both versions.
I liked Rogue Legacy overall but the upgrade system was too incremental for my taste. "Congrats on upgrade #1 of 75 for your crit chance!"
And I, too, have poured hundreds of hours into BoI. 188 across both versions.
LurkerPrime
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One Way Heroics is the One True Roguelikelike after FTL.
Believe.
...Oh. Welp.
I never could get into BoI either. Art style and the lack of tooltips really killed it for me.
Believe.
...Oh. Welp.
I never could get into BoI either. Art style and the lack of tooltips really killed it for me.
Sleeping Lesson
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Totally how I saw it too. You never felt more powerful because upgrades were so incremental.
Maybe I just sucked.
MassiveNights
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The thing about the Rogue Legacy upgrades though is that they were consistent, so it was less baffling.
I love BoI as well though.
I never really liked Spelunky that much.
I love BoI as well though.
I never really liked Spelunky that much.
yeah my main problem with it.
it wasn't a true roguelike either but like man i didn't care, i've got plenty of 'true roguelikes' or roughlites or whatever they're called now
hahaha
Mister Negative
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The appeal of Isaac is definitely in the item combos, especially in Afterbirth. There's just something so satisfying about being OP in that game.
LurkerPrime
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Rogue Legacy has sttyyyylllee that neither Spelunky nor BoI could touch.
That's one way to complete video games, I guess. But then, where's the fun in playing them?
It's like Risk of Rain, with them stacking, right? RoR is amazing--gets absolutely insane at the end.
That's one way to complete video games, I guess. But then, where's the fun in playing them?
It's like Risk of Rain, with them stacking, right? RoR is amazing--gets absolutely insane at the end.
Sleeping Lesson
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I haven't touched Afterbirth yet. It's crazy how much content they've put out for all the versions of BoI.
CoolBatteryCharge
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I really liked Rogue Legacy, but would have loved it more if it were just an action platformer with great dev made levels.
Having more than 20 minutes of content.
This is worse than the Doom/Aliens thing. That game looks so cheap...
Salty Catfish
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Fuck yeah, love that game. I haven't revisited since they added artifacts but I just loved everything about that game's style and cryptic approach to lore and story, especially how they work the concept of the upgrades and mutations into the ending text (with your dude essentially leaving the planet as an unrecognizable monster).
MassiveNights
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I'm getting super tense at this run now
LurkerPrime
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I've never beaten RoR. That end boss is a true threat and I can only ever get their with the Enforcer's turtle power... which is too low in mobility to survive with what I had.
Spelunky looks like... I dunno. It's just sorta there. And BoI literally tries to look like shit, and succeeds.
Meanwhile RL has that run animation. (Yes it's the basis for everything good about the art style.)
Spelunky looks like... I dunno. It's just sorta there. And BoI literally tries to look like shit, and succeeds.
Meanwhile RL has that run animation. (Yes it's the basis for everything good about the art style.)
The item combinations in Afterbirth are hilarious. I'm unhappy with a lot of the general design trend for the expansion and the patches, but it's worth it and I ended up playing it more than Rebirth (I thought Wrath of the Lamb was better than Rebirth personally).
stump sock
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man, Mary just casually destroying this fucking game. I can barely get to world 3
you're kidding me. it's oh-kay.
TheMrPliskin
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Beat it once with the first character and haven't been able to beat it since.
Salty Catfish
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Holy shit, Mary is making me feel ashamed of my Downwell deeds. She is wrecking this game.
Floaty makes it significantly easier to keep the combo up. I play with the normal style because floaty felt just a bit too slow but my first try with that mode was the furthest I'd gotten by like three levels at that point. I still didn't make it nearly this far though.
There are a few too many items that are just objectively bad now, especially for new players. It used to be easier to recommend just picking up everything and trying it out but with the amount of items that can fuck up your day in the current game I bet it'd be frustrating as hell to just start out.
Same here, I made it to 4 once, the game is hard af
Sleeping Lesson
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Rogue Legacy has style in the way a hundred other pixel art games do. Which is to say it's passable but generic.
Mister Negative
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yeah mary kish!
stump sock
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jesus that almost gave me a heart attack
Zeouterlimits
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#TeamKish
MassiveNights
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Mary nailed that shit first try, fuck.
AwakenedCloud
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Another endurance run in the books!
Salty Catfish
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Fucking hell, Kish.
TharpDaddy
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Does this UPF now count as an Endurance Run?
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