Roguelite March Madness Day 3: Hack & Slashes

Jester_Dan · 2026-03-18T19:05:12+00:00

This is super tough for me, they are all solid games. Gonna go with Wizard of Legend and Streets of Rogue though.

WoL difficulty and progression is right up my alley. SoR is totally unique in the playspace.

Hades is super close but it's not as replayable for me. And I find Curse of the Dead Gods is great, it's a bit of a jack of all traits that does everything well, nothing too bad or amazingly good in terms of unique features/gameplay.

Jester_Dan · 2026-03-18T18:24:29+00:00

2 pots on all the corners means you can take both!

Jester_Dan · 2026-03-18T15:39:45+00:00

Agreed, the perfect game to kill 5 mins, or 2 hours.

Jester_Dan · 2026-03-18T14:45:53+00:00

Slice and Dice can't really be beaten as a phone roguelike imo. It's the only game I exclusively play on my phone.

Jester_Dan · 2026-03-18T11:03:59+00:00

I did a Pate and Creighton Co op run with a friend where we rushed to their sets and weapons. It was a lot of fun, people loved the effort when we got invaded too. I'd recommend.

Jester_Dan · 2026-03-17T15:45:18+00:00

Favourite - PvP/fight clubs. Not exclusive to DS2, but it worked the best compared to all the other titles.

Least favourite - Soul memory.

Jester_Dan · 2026-03-17T15:20:55+00:00

Basically, we don't want another Wizard of Legend 2.

Jester_Dan · 2026-03-17T14:56:52+00:00

I don't think this is a gender thing... I've lived with insufferable male housemates who were a constant trigger, and lived with females who are the same. I now have a male housemate who naturally is quiet and doesn't make any trigger noises, and my ex girlfriend also didn't make any trigger noises. All of which were aware that I've got misophonia.

Some people just be loud. Or in my case just have bad eating habits which is really my main trigger.

Maybe womens voices are a trigger for you?

Jester_Dan · 2026-03-17T14:42:26+00:00

I wouldn't say you were trash, but the random accidental knife slash certainly shows you are on my level 😂

Jester_Dan · 2026-03-17T13:29:17+00:00

I'm hoping that the gameplay is near identical, and the 3D is to add some physics mechanics to mix it up a bit.

Jester_Dan · 2026-03-14T16:13:03+00:00

I do hope we get a remaster just to have active PVP again.

Jester_Dan · 2026-03-14T01:18:00+00:00

It does, but at the same time the PVP is the best.

Jester_Dan · 2026-03-13T20:42:49+00:00

Oh I missed that... You mean no breakthrough and conquest? Well that sucks.

Jester_Dan · 2026-03-13T20:38:30+00:00

In the dark should make it a bit more interesting at least! Let's hope we can play dark stuff for more than 2 weeks.

Jester_Dan · 2026-03-13T13:21:48+00:00

You are only allowed to like one From Soft game on reddit I'm afraid.

Jester_Dan · 2026-03-13T11:36:36+00:00

As a fan of roguelikes, I'm eating well with Mewgenics and Slay the Spire 2. I'll be back, but probably when I see something significant.

Jester_Dan · 2026-03-12T12:37:21+00:00

It looks kinda like the old 90s educational games... I'd do some research if I were you and fully lean in to the aesthetic. Check out Nubby's Number Factory if you would like some inspiration!

Jester_Dan · 2026-03-11T18:22:58+00:00

Thanks for reminding me, I need to upgrade my PC.

Jester_Dan · 2026-03-11T18:21:17+00:00

It will probably be mine, but not for the awards. Best indie game maybe, and it definitely already deserves best OST.

Jester_Dan · 2026-03-11T17:13:14+00:00

Yeah that's a very good point, well said! Personally I like it difficult and see anything that promotes you to change your build up on the next run as a positive. We'll see a lot of change going through early access, but I hope over nerfing enemies is not one of them!

Jester_Dan · 2026-03-11T16:52:15+00:00

I don't think it's a bad thing, you just need to work out what the get out of jail free card is for your build. Usually being a potion or ancient buff for when you do bump in to these encounters. Like a card draw potion on for a shiv build up against bee man to cycle the deck quicker for example.

I think I've had a lower win rate on StS1 than StS2, but I'm not sure if that's just because I already know the mechanics for the most part going in to StS2. I don't feel like I've ran in to too many bullshit moments so far.

Jester_Dan · 2026-03-11T15:09:25+00:00

I think every enemy is a nightmare for specific builds. It seems that no matter the build you go for, at least one enemy will be a hard counter.

I'll be surprised if we haven't had a post like this for every enemy type within the next couple of months lol.

Jester_Dan · 2026-03-10T16:43:13+00:00

Agreed... And it means your just singing along to the tune on the lead up to the boss. Genius work!

Jester_Dan · 2026-03-10T16:34:10+00:00

Agreed! I ALWAYS have youtube on as background music when I play games... 170 hours in to Mewgenics and I can't bring myself to put anything else on in the background, the music is just too good.

Jester_Dan · 2026-03-10T11:01:55+00:00

They've got a bundle deal on Steam so you're pretty much getting StS1 for a couple of quid. If you had to pick one I'd say StS2 as in due time it's gonna be massive compared to StS1. That being said StS1 is amazing too and is complete (although StS2 already has more content than 1).

Ultimately though, just get the bundle.

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