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Isn't "stone soup" a synonym for "everything but the kitchen sink?" Part of what gives Nethack its enduring charm is, for lack of a better work, ambiance. DCSS
by flatline 11y ago
Isn't "stone soup" a synonym for "everything but the kitchen sink?" Part of what gives Nethack its enduring charm is, for lack of a better work, ambiance. DCSS is fun but it is sort of a disjointed mess of stuff that doesn't always fit together very well.
- agentgt 11y agoHardly with current DCSS. They devs have ripped out so many things. There are very few "cheating" or "gimmicky" things left. They have taken out teleport evoke and teleport control along with numerous buffs. Unlike NetHack There are also very few tropes or comic relief. IMO only brogue is the true rogue that is isn't disjointed. If you do want a whole bunch of crap .... errr content than ADOM is having a great revival on STEAM.
- lfowles 11y agoIt's a "sneaky collaboration effort". The original tale is that travellers couldn't get any food from the nearby village, so they started a pot boiling with a stone in it. They then asked the villagers for little bits to flavor it up and after a while they had a hearty soup and just took the stone out. How recently have you played DCSS? I find the devs have been pretty aggressive about cutting out the un-fun elements. Example: Not long ago (.16?) Trog worshipers could sacrifice corpses for his favor, but since that was practically always the Correct Decision, it was cut out and you received favor for just killing enemies.
- flatline 11y agoIt's been a couple years...will have to pick it back up again, the dev team was always very active.