It's incredibly complicated. That's probably less of a big thing now than it was in the 80s or 90s. In the 80s or 90s it was just amazing that a game could be t

It's incredibly complicated. That's probably less of a big thing now than it was in the 80s or 90s. In the 80s or 90s it was just amazing that a game could be that intricate. The sigil-based graphics are part of what make the complexity possible. And - the dev team have coded in all manner of combinations of things, many of which get you killed in plausible/amusing/annoying/complicated ways. There's a culture of players looking at the source code while they play. The source is really antiquated C. If you decide to have a go, I'd recommend printing out a copy of the manual, avoiding the spoilers for the first couple of dozen games at least. Just try to learn your way around the dungeon just from that manual, and experience the complexity and sense of mystery. It's not a particularly 'good' game - grindy. A vogue at the moment in roguelikes is for games with as little complexity as possible. For example, I've spent far more time studying the C code to this game than I have playing it: http://trogrd.tumblr.com/post/61949503427/zoo http://trogrd.tumblr.com/post/61949503427/zoo