RPG CODEX - Top Roguelikes - Nomination Thread

[Sigourn]

Nomination thread for the "Roguelikes" category.

Rules:

- Always check the OP to see if the game you want to nominate has been already nominated. No need to nominate the same game twice: if it has been nominated, it will be polled.
- Please use brains when nominating games for this category. Don't nominate a game that clearly doesn't belong. That said, it is possible to nominate the same game for different polls.
- You can nominate as many games you deem worthy of being considered "the best" as you want.
- You can only nominate games you have PLAYED. Please, no one wants to see you post a huge list of games you have yet to play.
- Nomination format is FULL NAME OF THE GAME, with additional notes in case you consider it necessary: for example, if you want to specify a certain version of the game. This is particularly important in the case of Roguelikes.

A final word: please nominate games based on how good they are (fun or well made, I leave that up to you), not how important they are.

Nominations will stop counting starting Friday, May 19, at 01:00 AM (GMT).

NOMINATED GAMES:

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To be polled:

- Ancient Domains of Mystery (ADOM)
- Brogue
- Castle of the Winds
- Cataclysm: Dark Days Ahead (CDDA)
- Caves of Qud
- Cogmind
- Crypt of the Necrodancer
- Demon
- DRL (formerly DoomRL)
- Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup
- Dungeon Hack
- Dungeons of Dredmore
- Dwarf Fortress
- Elona
- Fatal Labyrinth
- Frozen Depths
- FTL: Faster Than Light
- GearHead
- Incursion
- Infra Arcana
- Linley's Dungeon Crawl
- Mission Thunderbolt
- NEO Scavenger
- NetHack
- Omega
- Poschengband
- POWDER
- PRIME
- Rogue (Epyx, 1985, by A.I. Design)
- Sil
- Tales of Maj'Eyal (ToME)
- The Ground Gives Way
- Tower of Darkness
- Ultima Ratio Regum
- UnReal World
- Zangband

 

[ManjuShri]

Nethack.

 

[MRY]

ADOM's probably my favorite, jackals notwithstanding. (Apparently that bug has been fixed.)

 

[Country_Gravy]

FTL

 

[Epsilon]

Cataclysm DDA

 

[Visperas]

ToME

 

[buffalo bill]

Caves of Qud

 

[Pablosdog]

Nethack

 

[Morblot]

Dungeon Crawl.

What is it with all these top whatever threads recently?

 

[Rahdulan]

UnReal World

Because everyone needs some survivalist in their roguelike.

 

[CyberWhale]

What is it with all these top whatever threads recently?

This one is at least passable. Actually, making several different genre specific top lists would be pretty cool.
Turn-based, hybrid, hack'n'slash and so on...

 

[octavius]

Castle of the Winds (yeah, I'm a rogue-like casual).

 

[Jimmious]

NEO Scavenger ftw

 

[HeatEXTEND]

Conquest of Elysium 4

Not exactly sure if it qualifies, but I want to say yes.

 

[Taka-Haradin puolipeikko]

Death Road to Canada

 

[The Red Knight]

GearHead

 

[Turtle-Zone 3000]

Infra Arcana

 

[Sigourn]

OP updated.

Dungeon Crawl.

Linley's Dungeon Crawl or Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup?

Conquest of Elysium 4

Not exactly sure if it qualifies, but I want to say yes.

Accepted.

I'm on the fence about these last two, if anyone could chime in:

Pocket Dungeon

Death Road to Canada

 

[Tom Baker's Arse]

Caves of Qud

 

[Konjad]

Does Dwarf Fortress count?

 

[Taka-Haradin puolipeikko]

Accepted.

I'm on the fence about these last two, if anyone could chime in:

Death Road to Canada is made in FTL format (which to be honest I consider to be a separate sub-genre from true rogue likes).
You have a set starting point and known ending point to which you have to prepare for during trip.
Game is a mix between action parts and CYOA events. Your characters stats (of which some are hidden), perks, available items and resources affect both.

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No big deal if you choose not to include it.
I would probably have voted something else.

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Perhaps ADOM or Cataclysm DDA.

 

[Morblot]

OP updated.
Linley's Dungeon Crawl or Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup?

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It's been ages since I last played Linley's, but from what I remember, it's a great game. Stone Soup is more... uh... streamlined, but it's been my choice of roguelike poison for the last few years.

 

[Major Seven]

SanctuaryRPG: Black Edition

 

[Sigourn]

First and only bump I'll make for this thread, considering Roguelikes aren't exactly the pinnacle of popularity.

 

[bataille]

Blinding of iseec.

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Demon -- for those who want to catch them all;
Cogmind -- the nightmare of people with anxiety;
OMEGA -- the master of inventory management;
PRIME -- space marines versus ET;
POWDER -- a game of very few bits (eight);
Ultima Ratio Regum -- the dream roguelike that will never be finished (ever);
Brogue -- the perfect simulation of allies burning in lava;
Sil -- become a dwarven blacksmith (and then restart as an elf);
Frozen Depths -- freezing to death in some caves.

There also was that one roguelike that featured character development by the means of equipment, but I forgot the name. It was updated a few months ago after a two year long hiatus.

 

[Serus]

DoomRL
- as it is widely known or "DRL" - its official name today since the author Kornel Kisielewicz ran into legal problems with ip owner.

...
Ultima Ratio Regnum -- the dream roguelike that will never be finished (ever);
...

In the light of recent Grimoire development - how can you be so sure about this one ?
RLs are rarely considered "finished" anyway, many of them are a constant work in progress that is never finished or even finishable. The question is, is the author as... hard working... as DF's one and can he develop the game to a point where it is really big, deep and fun to play.


Also as much as i like the game FTL is a roguelite/roguelike-like not a roguelike. I know, i know... but if FTL can be on the list then what stops Binding of Isaac and other similar games - and i mean for real this time ?