First person roguelikes?

[luj1]

Never played any but seems like an interesting subgenre. Any fans here?

Which is better for a 1st person roguelike, realtime or turn based?

Party based or a single character?

What are some elements not exploited enough?

What do YOU want to see in such a game?

How important is level design?

Is diablo-like itemization the only way to do items?

Discuss.

 

[Jokzore]

Look up Tower of Guns and Ziggurat. They're shooters though so i expect a fair amount of people here to hate them.

I think turn based would be interesting, mainly because I'm shit at real time.

Single character definitely, how would party based first person rogue like even work? I feel like it would be an absolute clusterfuck without being able to zoom out.

Level design i'd argue is not only unimportant in a rogue-like but almost impossible, you have to make it ...*shudders*... procedurally generated to keep it interesting and a challenge, otherwise whats the point if you know everything about a level before going in?!

Is diablo-like itemization the only way to do items?

Its definitely the easiest, theres plenty of already existing rogue-likes that do a far better job though.

edit: even diablo is trying to escape its itemization formula with all the new legendary and set items they keep adding to the game.

 

[Alkarl]

Barony isn't too terrible. It's a bit on the easy side though. It's also multiplayer, but I haven't messed around with that too much as of yet. Itemization is more like what you'd expect from games like ADOM and NetHack etc. Reminds me a little of Ultima Underworld, which is alright in my book.

Edit: It's real-time.