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I played my first NetHack games about 20 years ago and started with the GUI versions, but the game really hooked me when I tried it with the ASCII graphics. The
by pimeys 8y ago
I played my first NetHack games about 20 years ago and started with the GUI versions, but the game really hooked me when I tried it with the ASCII graphics. They are quite good and if you put a bit of time to it, you should be able to ascend in a couple of months.
Aye, good times...
- riffraff 8y ago> you should be able to ascend in a couple of months. I think it took me a couple years to ascend without cheating, I don't know whether to cry or laugh at my former self :) Btw, I think modern nethack playing is quite different from the old times, because of the amount of easy to find information (i.e. wiki,guides etc). Playing without spoilers is more interesting but can become frustrating much faster.
- pimeys 8y agoI thought I was good in Nethack, being ascended a couple of time with a valkyrie and once with a samurai. Then I started in uni where people ascended all the characters quite frequently in the guild room computers. You just need time and imagination.
- avian 8y agoI started with Hack on DOS and later graphic versions of NetHack also never appealed to me. The biggest drawback was recognizing all the different monsters. With ASCII it's quite clear what letters you must fear the most. I played for years and never ascended though.