Comments on: RogueCommunity Update

By: Slash

Slash — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 22:44:43 +0000

The interview is coming!

By: Adral

Adral — Sun, 06 Jan 2008 11:29:06 +0000

@ Jim: Sometimes complexity isn’t everyone’s cup of tea, and some might prefer a more light-hearted gaming experience. You know, fun isn’t the same to everyone ;)

PS: I voted for Incursion too ;).

By: Jim

Jim — Sun, 06 Jan 2008 01:06:49 +0000

I’d like to throw my vote in for Incursion, but I can’t usually get through a game without it crashing or manifesting some bug which essentially ends the game. I expect it to become my favorite if it ever gets finished. DF is undoubtedly the deepest ASCII experience — arguably the deepest gaming experience — out there right now and it’s only getting more ambitious as time goes on. It deserved to win.

What shocked me was how high DoomRL and Berserk placed. While they’re fun, slick little games the first couple of plays through, they’re so limited in scope that I wonder at their popularity. You get, what, 10 monsters and 5 weapons, then run around shooting and stabbing things until you die. There’s no real story, no real world to inhabit, and most importantly very little depth or nuance to learn and be absorbed by. I’m wondering whether the voters ever played Nethack and ADOM or are simply graphical text fetishists.

By: Corremn

Corremn — Sat, 05 Jan 2008 05:57:09 +0000

I was also too late, this poll should of run much longer…
Anyway no suprises with the results, I would of voted for incursion. And two votes for SJ woohoo :D
Next we should have roguelike developer of the year ;P

By: makkE

makkE — Mon, 31 Dec 2007 13:48:05 +0000

Ooooh too late :( I would have voted for Frozen Depths though :)

By: Joseph Hewitt

Joseph Hewitt — Mon, 31 Dec 2007 13:24:44 +0000

If you add up all of Kornel’s projects he would definitely win as Mr. Roguelike 2007. I’m a bit disappointed with how GearHead placed, but I guess that’s to be expected since GH1 hasn’t had a new release lately and GH2 isn’t yet completable.

By: Adral

Adral — Mon, 31 Dec 2007 09:50:56 +0000

I sure hope he can interview Thomas Biskup! It would most certainly be very interesting to know his opinions on the roguelike genre.

By: Altefcat

Altefcat — Mon, 31 Dec 2007 08:25:24 +0000

Hi Slash, you talked previously about interviewing Thomas Biskup, is it still in your plans ?

By: Andrew Doull

Andrew Doull — Sun, 30 Dec 2007 22:54:06 +0000

You’d better hurry if you want to vote – you’ve got less than 4 hours before the polls close.