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Tag Archive: Roguelike
Edd March 25, 2021
Recently I played Fights in Tight Spaces, a card-based game that sees you take on enemies in hand-to-hand combat using abilities you’d picked up along the way. Now, I’m playing something that is almost entirely different, except for the fact…
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Edd April 17, 2020
What is it? Convoy: A Tactical Roguelike is a squad-based, tactical roguelike, where you travel with your crew of combat vehicles across a wasteland to find parts needed to repair your downed spaceship. You control your convoy, searching the map…
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NallyNally April 1, 2020
To begin this one, let me say that indies on Steam are starting to become a generic thing, oddly enough. The deep, airquotes or not, writing to make up for a lack of budget and technical accomplishments. The simple-but-rewarding gameplay…
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Jake 'The Voice' Parr June 2, 2019
The awkwardly-named Void Bastards is a cocktail mix of genres. Add a first-person shooter and stir in some roguelike elements, slip in a crafting mechanic, and top it off with an eye-catching name that looks like it was conjured up…
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Aussie, Bioshock, Blue Manchu, First Person Shooter, gaming, Indie, Preview, Review, Roguelike, System Shock, Void Bastards
Jake 'The Voice' Parr May 15, 2019
Once upon a time, a team of developers at Applava thought that there were not enough rogue-like games that let you play as a li’l duck or bird, so they decided to make one themselves (note: this probably wasn’t what…
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Reviews
Applava, Blazing Beaks, duck, Early Access, Indie, Jake Parr, Jake The Voice, Platypus, Roguelike, Roguelite, Shooter
Edd January 4, 2019
What is it? LinesTrail is a procedurally generated game that sees you exploring a world as a line. It plays a lot like the original Snake game, if Snake was an open world adventure game. Platform(s) Android Pros Cons Calming….
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Lee September 1, 2018
As Paco continues his highland journey of self-discovery, Alan and Lee talk over a good chunk of the tidbits offered up from this year’s Gamescom in Germany (I say a good chunk because we will undoubtedly have missed items due…
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J.A. TAT August 23, 2018
Dungeon crawling, wand-wielding, first-person fun await you in Ziggurat. Any fans to Alternative Indie games, this is the title for you. Using Unity 3D, this game gives us an alternative take on something us gamers have loved without question over…
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Reviews
Alternative, Dungeon Crawler, FPS, Indie, J.A TAT, PC, Playstation 4, PS Now, Roguelike, xbox one, Ziggurat
Edd August 17, 2018
I like the idea of rogue-lite games. Dungeon crawling and grabbing as much loot as possible while trying to stay alive is pretty much what I do in most games I play, so in theory, it should be a match…
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Nathan May 11, 2018
Don’t let the bad name put you off, this Metroid mimic has more teeth than most.
Edd December 12, 2017
What is it? Undervault is a roguelike mobile game that puts you in the shoes of a man trapped in a labyrinth of a house. As you progress up through floors, new levels will be randomly generated to explore. Platform(s)…
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Edd October 21, 2015
What is it? The Swindle is a stealth game where you have to work your way through many different districts, stealing as much as you can, in order to be able to enter Scotland Yard, and attempt to nick the…
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Edd August 11, 2015
Set in a steampunky Victorian London, The Swindle is a game about nicking things. It’s a game currently available on PC and various Playstation consoles, which features many platforming aspects with a whole bunch of interesting stealthy features thrown in…
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Edd August 10, 2015
What is it? Rogue Legacy is a quirky platformer game which sees you play as a knight trying to fight your way through an enormous castle to find riches beyond your wildest dreams. There is a catch though. Every time…
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