The series is not meant for complete DCSS strangers (although anyone with roguelike experience would probably do okay) but is more aimed at those who have played a little and would like some advice on how to play a caster if they have normally been playing melee. I have been making a beginner caster guide for Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup (DCSS) in 2020 with v. There is only one game I like better than DCSS, and that is chess. DCSS is just better overall, relying not upon immediate reflexes but upon strategy, puzzle-solving. I bought the reboot of the video game DOOM several years ago, played it a few times and lost interest, disgusted by the ugly/horrific graphics, unpleasant sounds and demanding hand/eye coordination. The artwork has vastly improved over time, as well, particularly recently.Īll in all, DCSS is more fun for me than the modern video games. The best and most thoughtful changes have been ADDITIONS, new content such as the Laboratory, the Salt Land, and other new regions to explore complete with new monsters. I like that the devs, doubtless themselves hardcore players, have edited the game and removed parts that are boring ("grinding"), annoying or unbalanced. Pressing O will always auto-explore, a useful command. It is necessary for a novice to learn all of the shortcuts, but once this has been done, the shortcuts have not and do not change in my experience, the devs leave them alone. I like that keyboard commands simplify the interface, that a mouse is not required. I like that I can get up from the game at any time, I am not chained there. I prefer DCSS to other games, which require hand/eye coordination, assault the senses with unpleasant noises or visual effects, demand great processing power and cannot be paused.
By culture, I refer to the addition of quotes from historical passages, legends added to descriptions of magical items, and the names of the items, spells, and monsters. It is really far superior now as opposed to the early versions. The devs have added culture, esoteric knowledge, wit, sensibility, balance, and diversity to the game. Nevertheless, I really appreciate the changes overall. That may be-devs doing what they feel like, undirected, independent, like a herd of cats, as opposed to traditional game development with its top-down hierarchy, instructions "from above". > Things that get changed tend to be "Whatever sparks dev interest enough for someone I think he relates them to Diablo occasionally too.> DCSS is developed by a loose coalition of volunteer developers. Just look through the archives for one that explains the genre. There are a few good summary articles in the Play column at GameSetWatch. There are a few posts in there about getting started most people think Stone Soup is a good one to dive into, with reasonable mechanics, interface, and graphical tiles.
In general those games look down on that as winning by attrition, though as you’ve discovered in D2 it’s still very difficult.Īs I joke about all the time, roguelike threads usually devolve into chatter about what everyone is playing, complete with indecipherable jargon. Unfortunately I haven’t seen any roguelikes where there’s the progression you describe in D2 hardcore mode, although it’s funny that you mention it that way because I’ve been thinking about that for the RL I’ve been tossing around in my head for a few years to make some day. I’m not even sure what a roguelike is, exactly. I went into the roguelikes thread once, and I had no idea what people were even talking about, so I backed away slowly and never went back. I’ve never tried one, so I’d be interested in hearing your thoughts on one. I’m not usually a glutton for punishment, but hardcore just makes the whole game so much more interesting to me because it seems to be designed and balanced for that type of play.Īnyway, if you have roguelikes to play, you’ve got roguelikes to play. I answered the question about Hardcore, earlier in this thread.
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