Recommend me a roguelike

[EnthalpyFlow]

So, I've been itching for a roguelike lately, but can't decide by myself. I liked things like Dungeons of Dreadmor, Binding of Isaac, Darkest Dungeon, Bionic Dues (played very little of it), Steam Marines, FTL and Teleglitch. Haven't tried much more than that, and certainly not any of the classics. I find very difficult to get into the classic ones in ASCII (sorry, trve roguelikers, new fag here) and I'd love to know your recommendations.

 

[Darth Roxor]

DoomRL

 

[Projas]

FTL

 

[EnthalpyFlow]

DoomRL

Oh, I think I played this like years ago, but I remember good things. Thank you, Projas.

FTL

Sorry, forgot to add that one. That last mothership keeps beating the shit out of me.

 

[Taka-Haradin puolipeikko]

Renowned Explorers.
Neo Scavenger.

 

[EnthalpyFlow]

Renowned Explorers.
Neo Scavenger.

I haven't played Neo Scavenger since I bought it, around 2012, before it was available on steam. Looked interesting, I'll give it a try.
I don't know the other one, I'll take a look, Thanks.

 

[mmap]

Dungeon Crawl or Angband. Both have tiles.

 

[eXalted]

Brogue - Very easy to get into, tight mechanics, very deep without getting complex.

Sil - Modern Angband variant. Slightly more complex than Brogue but still a lot simpler than many other more hardcore roguelikes. The combat is awesome and very tactical. Read the first few pages of the PDF manual.

 

[mmap]

Brogue - Very easy to get into, tight mechanics, very deep without getting complex.

Sil - .Modern Angband variant. Slightly more complex than Brogue but still a lot simpler than many other more hardcore roguelikes. The combat is awesome and very tactical.

I must note that Brogue is only good if you enjoy pressing 's' (for searching traps) all the time; and Sil doesn't have tiles (but otherwise is a good game). Also, Sil is not a variant of Angband, it just uses the engine of NPPAngband.

 

[Keye_]

Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup is pretty fun and fairly accesible.
I'm pretty unexperienced with roguelikes and had a good time.
Also, Neo-scavenger is somewhat like a roguelike I guess? Codex has a review on it if you haven't heard of it yet. (I assume you have)

Edit: just saw that somebody else already recommended Neo-scavenger. I can only further emphasize that recommendation!

 

[Fairfax]

Sorry, forgot to add that one. That last mothership keeps beating the shit out of me.

Which part of the last battle? If it's the first, just focus on taking out the missile weapon for starters. Once that's done, focus on damaging shield and destroying the cloak system. It's smooth sailing afterwards.

 

[Lady_Error]

Considering Neo Scavenger was in 3rd place for GOTY, it's a must if you haven't played it.

 

[V_K]

I find very difficult to get into the classic ones in ASCII (sorry, trve roguelikers, new fag here)

ToME, DCSS, ADoM, UnReal World all have sprites. Graphic packs are available for Angband. Take your pick.

 

[Taka-Haradin puolipeikko]

Caves of Qud and Cataclysm: DDA are also decent roguelikes with tiles.

I'm also looking forward to release of Cogmind. It should come to Steam later in this year.

 

[Latro]

Infra Arcana.

 

[coldcrow]

Poschengband is the best angband variant. Caves of Qud is accessible and unique (also quite good). Cogmind and DCSS are also good.

 

[V_K]

Cogmind

Wow, this one looks seriously awesome.

 

[buffalo bill]

Caves of Qud - great simple visuals, great music, great mechanics, great setting. Gammaworld-like. Can't go wrong, except it's still in early access (but you will die many, many times before getting to the end of finished content anyway)
Neo Scavenger - unique hobo-simulator, realistic-ish turn-based hobo combat and hobo survival mechanics. For anyone who dreams of the hobo life. Several darklands-esque scripted events.
Cataclysm: DDA - deep mechanics, kill zombies

 

[mixer]

Just play ironman Battle Brothers.

 

[Taka-Haradin puolipeikko]

Sorry, forgot to add that one. That last mothership keeps beating the shit out of me.

Which part of the last battle? If it's the first, just focus on taking out the missile weapon for starters. Once that's done, focus on damaging shield and destroying the cloak system. It's smooth sailing afterwards.

Don't take missile weapons into final battle.
Those will be wasted in 2nd phase.
Bombs are much more effective.

 

[EnthalpyFlow]

Sorry, forgot to add that one. That last mothership keeps beating the shit out of me.

Which part of the last battle? If it's the first, just focus on taking out the missile weapon for starters. Once that's done, focus on damaging shield and destroying the cloak system. It's smooth sailing afterwards.

The second phase is always where I fail (the three times I got to the mothership, anyway). Thanks for the advise!


Woah everyone! I didn't expect so many recommendations, thank you kindly, all of you
Cogmind, Caves of Qud and Cataclysm: DDA really caught my eye, I'll definitely chek them out. Consider all of you

 

[LizardWizard]

Tales of Maj'Eyal and Conquest of Elysium 4

 

[Severian Silk]

Stellar Tactics is a kind of roguelike-like.

 

[EnthalpyFlow]

Stellar Tactics is a kind of roguelike-like.

Hmmm, looks pretty interesting, I'll keep an eye on it, thanks Severian!

 

[Emmanuel2]

Elona+ is good too I guess.