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Great write up. But isn't everything the author complains about the reason why those games are called "roguelite" instead of "roguelike"?
by keyle 6y ago
Great write up. But isn't everything the author complains about the reason why those games are called "roguelite" instead of "roguelike"?
- jamesgeck0 6y agoThe author is writing about this because nobody outside the old school roguelike community uses the terms consistently.
- stryan 6y agoI was confused about that too; roguelite seems to have caught on pretty well these days, especially in the PC Gaming community.
- jere 6y agoNo. Most gamers now have a different definition of roguelike vs roguelite. They consider action games to fall into both categories and the distinguishing factor is only that "roguelikes" have no metaprogression. This is totally different than the understanding among the traditional roguelike community (and the author) in which a roguelite is not a turn/grid based game, but a roguelike is. Unfortunately, these words are now rather meaningless unless you know who you're speaking to.