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Never tried ADOM. How does it compare to nethack?

by mihaifm 11y ago

seren 11y ago
Never played it but from what I read, there is a more open world with different region and dungeon. Apparently there are also different endgame. I have the feeling it feels more like a traditional rpg than a dungeon exploration.
reidrac 11y ago
ADOM is one of the major 2nd gen rogue-likes (including NH and Angband in this group), and they're similar. I played ADOM first, so for me NH required re-training; so I may be biased. ADOM offers a more complex world with different endings, compared with NH that AFAIK focus on the Amulet of Yendor only (I might be wrong on this!).
- Scarblac 11y ago
  Nethack has lots of different unique endings, it's just that that one with offering the Amulet to your God is the only one that counts as a win...
Al-Khwarizmi 11y ago
Instead of happening entirely inside dungeons, ADOM has an overworld, featuring cities, wilderness encounters, and of course many dungeons. It also has more of an overarching story than Nethack (lots of NPC's, quests, moral choices, etc.) and an interesting corruption mechanic, with ChAoS slowly taking over the world and corrupting your character with mutations. I personally prefer it to Nethack as it's more varied, the ASCII UI is better (it also has tiles but I'm and oldschool player and use ASCII), the story is richer (and allowing for lots of roleplay, feeling more like an RPG), and it relies less on spoilers. Although to each their own, of course. For me ADOM is the best maximalistic roguelike, Brogue is the best minimalistic roguelike. By the way, just in case you don't know, you can try it for free. The paid Steam version mainly adds configurability of things like disabling permadeath, disabling hunger and stuff like that, and it is also updated more frequently; but the free version has the full world and the core roguelike experience. There are also servers where you can play the free version in ASCII mode online through ssh and spectate games, check http://ancardia.uk.to/ http://ancardia.uk.to/ (UK) and http://ancardia.us.to http://ancardia.us.to (USA).

Never tried ADOM. How does it compare to nethack?

by mihaifm 11y ago

Never tried ADOM. How does it compare to nethack?

seren 11y ago

Never played it but from what I read, there is a more open world with different region and dungeon. Apparently there are also different endgame. I have the feeling it feels more like a traditional rpg than a dungeon exploration.

reidrac 11y ago

ADOM is one of the major 2nd gen rogue-likes (including NH and Angband in this group), and they're similar. I played ADOM first, so for me NH required re-training; so I may be biased. ADOM offers a more complex world with different endings, compared with NH that AFAIK focus on the Amulet of Yendor only (I might be wrong on this!).

Scarblac 11y ago
Nethack has lots of different unique endings, it's just that that one with offering the Amulet to your God is the only one that counts as a win...

Al-Khwarizmi 11y ago

Instead of happening entirely inside dungeons, ADOM has an overworld, featuring cities, wilderness encounters, and of course many dungeons. It also has more of an overarching story than Nethack (lots of NPC's, quests, moral choices, etc.) and an interesting corruption mechanic, with ChAoS slowly taking over the world and corrupting your character with mutations. I personally prefer it to Nethack as it's more varied, the ASCII UI is better (it also has tiles but I'm and oldschool player and use ASCII), the story is richer (and allowing for lots of roleplay, feeling more like an RPG), and it relies less on spoilers. Although to each their own, of course. For me ADOM is the best maximalistic roguelike, Brogue is the best minimalistic roguelike. By the way, just in case you don't know, you can try it for free. The paid Steam version mainly adds configurability of things like disabling permadeath, disabling hunger and stuff like that, and it is also updated more frequently; but the free version has the full world and the core roguelike experience. There are also servers where you can play the free version in ASCII mode online through ssh and spectate games, check http://ancardia.uk.to/ http://ancardia.uk.to/ (UK) and http://ancardia.us.to http://ancardia.us.to (USA).