Subj : Re: Retro shooters
To   : Arelor
From : bbsing
Date : Fri Mar 25 2022 01:39:25

 Ar> I prefer Brogue to DCSS myself :-) Not that DCSS is too complex. The
I used to love Nethack, and its still good to me. I found Zangband which was also pretty neat. I haven't beat any of them yet. 

I will have to look up Brogue as well. So looks like I've got some games to check out this weekend. Brogue and Hexen. 

I've seen Rouge before but never Brogue. 

 Ar> dungeon branching and such is supposed to be part of the fun since you
 Ar>are supposed to figure out which branches you can
 Ar> visit and which branches will get you annihilated.

DCSS just has a bit different interface that I liked in console mode. Later I saw Nethack 4, but it looks like its been halted for years. They updated their interface, although I think a tweak of settings can get an Nethack 3.4 to look similar to Nethack 4. 

I watch Ninthsettler and Ultraviolent play dcss.  
 Ar> winning strategies for each build. You just train your offensive until
 Ar> you can crush anything you run into then
 Ar> you train defense and then side abilities. Mostly.

I seen Ninthsettler just destroy everything with a few spells in what looks like the later half of the game.

I've tried to pick up their tricks, and looks like the ones ULtraviolent published are not going to work as much, like stair dancing, and running around columns. They updated things so monsters get to hit you when you run from them. 

:) 

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