gonna post about Sil here

damn this game looks really cool

so right off the bat one major thing i see that’s different from other *bands is that there’s no starting town? are there any towns or shops at all?

Nope, no towns or shops. The forges let you create items,effectively for the cost of xp, so it’s not really necessary.

that’s an interesting dynamic, it means there’s literally no use for junk or even for items you don’t absolutely need for your build, plus you can’t go buy food, which would encourage you to stay light and keep moving

Yeah. There’s actually a mechanic I didn’t mention called minimum depth, basically every so many turns (not sure exactly whether it’s turn count or xp) the minimum depth lowers by a level, so if you take an up staircase it will spit you out at the same depth and force you to descend to progress. There’s also still the food clock but honestly I’ve never seen it as being as much of a problem.

The original Sil does have junk but sil-q removed them entirely.

damn that’s pretty cool

I’m going to pretend this is a roguelike thread instead of a game-specific one.

My favourite roguelike is Shiren the Wanderer. I just play the DS game but the original is on SNES, so you can also play it on your TV.

On the computer, I play Brogue casually with some regularity. I like a bunch of others, but rarely play them. UnReal World, Desktop Dungeons, 868-HACK, and Tales of Maje-eyal. I’d say I’m skilled at 868-HACK.

Lately I’ve been playing a cheap 3DS eShop game called Adventure Labyrinth Story, a sequel to a shop simulation/RPG. It has kind of gross anime 2D sprite art and character portraits. It seems really generous with letting you keep your shield&weapon after dying. Something interesting is you can combine and upgrade items, like adding Sleep Guard or ¹⁄₂ Hunger to the 3 slots which Weapons, Shields, and Rings have. It seems like it even has a story, updating when I progress further and get back to town.

shiren owns

have you ever played izuna or izuna 2

From: Applebaps at 2019-11-04 17:43:11
shiren owns

have you ever played izuna or izuna 2

I own them both, but haven’t started them. I’m intimidated by them. Some day though, for sure.

izuna 1 in particular is super easy to get into fwiw. super simple straight up dungeon crawler
2 is basically the same game, but just adds a partner mechanic and more dungeons and towns

they’re very similar to shiren, mechanically, with the biggest New Thing being equipment customization through “sticking” talismans with various effects to equipment. you’ve even got a persistent character level that boosts your HP and stays between runs even if you lose everything, so eventually you’ll be able to brute force your way through

This has been super interesting to read so far; looking forward to more.