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Experience the commercial port of the game that spawned a thousand 'Rogue-likes'. Venture into the Dungeons of Doom in search of the legendary Amulet of Yendor, and hopefully escape with your life! Randomly generated dungeons await you, full of nasty monsters, insidious traps, and glittering loot.
Rogue is a traditional roguelike, perma death and procedural generation game
developed by Epyx and Inc.
and published by Pixel Games UK.
Released on October 22nd 2020 is available only on Windows.
It has received 444 reviews of which 421 were positive and 23 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.8 out of 10. 😎
The game is currently priced at 2.99€ on Steam.
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- OS *: Windows 7
- Processor: x86
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I don't seem to be able to leave a comment on it so I'm gunna address the person with the wild username and negative vote in the reviews here and say this is my first time playing Rogue but this version's been great, and that they didn't add the QOL updates that user wanted simply because it's stated in the description on the store page, this is released as a very specific port of Rogue, and almost all those options already exist in this version of the game. Hitting F1 or ? Brings up a list of all the possible commands in the game, and hitting S (not s, gotta be a capital S) to save your game and return to it later (when you leave the game this way, launch it from your steam library and you'll be asked if you want to start a new run or continue your previous one. Which, from what I can find online, actually is easier than the original way). Beyond that though I don't blame anyone who doesn't enjoy it, it's a very different game from those that we have today and could be frustrating if you took it too seriously, but as long as you're okay with the game not being fair and are willing to laugh it off when the dungeon's just out to kill you it's a fun way to unwind and kill some time. Just make sure to give yourself a silly name and treat each run like a goofy story, it gives your personal leaderboard a more fun view when you remember how poor little Bobby Hill ran out of food, blacked out every 3 steps for two floors then got beat to death by an Emu.
This can be a fun game to play while trying to go for a high score or see how far you can go into the dungeon. But actually trying to beat it is going to crush your spirit, snort it, and sneeze it back onto you. Its cheap so I cant say that experiencing an admittedly fun piece of gaming history isn't worth it. Just keep in mind actually trying to beat it is very luck based.
I host a podcast on roguelike games (https://grogpod.zone) and we've reviewed about 100 of them over 4 years. I used to think the 1980s version of Rogue was a terrible game only for the mentally deranged. But after doing research on games from the 70s that led to Rogue's creation, I've really come to respect and admire the design of it for its time. Yeah it's random, the ASCII symbols leave much to be desired in the modern era, and the keybinds sometimes don't make a lot of sense, but Rogue has a lot of historical charm to it. I'd chalk this game up to something like playing DOS Quake or DOOM using only the keyboard. It's simply from a different era and broke the ground for a lot of modern games to do "Rogue but..." in their own unique way. Instead of jumping right into this, bouncing off, and hating the game forever, I think there's a better progression system to slowly appreciate what makes Rogue great for its time. Start with something like one of the Shiren the Wanderer games, then go to Shattered Pixel Dungeon, then Brogue. Play some Colossal Cave Adventure or Super Star Trek, then play 1980's Rogue. I think you'd have a much better appreciation for how far ahead of its time it was for 1980. Plus it's like $2.
Rogue... bro, where tf do you even start with this one? This thing is basically gaming archaeology. Half the genres on Steam owe this game money. It's brutal, confusing, ugly, and about as welcoming as a brick to the face, as comfortable as a n64 controller. The graphics are letters, the controls are from another century, and the game has zero interest in explaining itself. You drink a mystery potion and either become a f*cking god or die like an morron. and well, that is Rogue. But that's exactly why it's so so good. Every floor feels dangerous, more than the last. Every item matters (if you manage to use them). Every run becomes a story. Not because the game wrote one for you, but because you accidentally created one by making terrible decisions that lead you to a very painful, tragic, agonic death where you get gangbang*d by letters. You can feel the age on it, sure. But you can also feel how much of gaming (literally minecraft) came from this weird little dungeon crawler. Most pioneers end up being important but not very fun to revisit. Rogue somehow manages to be both, if you have the patience required, don't expect candy for the eye graphics or atmosphery music. 9/10, play it.
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Rogue is currently priced at 2.99€ on Steam.
No, Rogue is currently not on sale. You can purchase it for 2.99€ on Steam.
Yes, Rogue received 421 positive votes out of a total of 444 achieving a rating of 8.77.
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Rogue was developed by Epyx and Inc. and published by Pixel Games UK.
Yes, Rogue is playable and fully supported on Windows.
No, Rogue is not playable on MacOS.
No, Rogue is not playable on Linux.
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No, Rogue does not support VR.
Rogue is a single-player game.
No, Rogue does not currently offer any DLC.
No, Rogue does not support mods via Steam Workshop.
No, Rogue does not support Steam Remote Play.
Yes, Rogue is enabled for Steam Family Sharing. This means you can share the game with authorized users from your Steam Library, allowing them to play it on their own accounts. For more details on how the feature works, you can read the original Steam Family Sharing announcement or visit the Steam Family Sharing user guide and FAQ page.
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Developer
Epyx, Inc.
Publisher
Pixel Games UK
Release
22 Oct 2020
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