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raspyberr ◴[04 Sep 25 12:29 UTC] No.45126502[source]▶
It's funny that this roguelike is advertised as a roguelite and most roguelites are advertised as roguelikes.
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mcv ◴[04 Sep 25 14:34 UTC] No.45127740[source]▶
Yeah, the word "roguelike" seems to have rapidly lost its meaning these past couple of years.
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darkfloo ◴[04 Sep 25 15:24 UTC] No.45128318[source]▶
It was always pretty nebulous, relevant video by DoshDoshington https://youtu.be/FT6XfaHgyh0?si=xayqzhkkmYjB4_UC
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1. dolni ◴[04 Sep 25 18:24 UTC] No.45130515{3}[source]▶
No, it wasn't always nebulous. Roguelike was a well-established genre for decades before it got hijacked and now means nothing.

Like all genres, games within the roguelike genre (or what some people call "traditional roguelikes") have some variance. But if you played two games in the "traditional roguelike" genre, you'd definitely feel the similarities.

These days if you pick two random games on Steam with the "roguelike" tag, you're going to get two experiences which are not even reminiscent of the other.