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Do you know?

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A Rogue-like game is a game like Rogue.

A Roguelike game is a game with random elements like Tetris.

A game that reminds you of Harrison Ford characters

I know, Judith, I know

What's a roguelike game? Well, it's not quite a rogue and it's not quite a like, but man...! So, to answer your question, I don't know.

It's like a rogue but not quite

randomization of gameplay and permadeath for characters are the usual hallmarks

Rogue is an text based dungeon crawler game with permanent death and procedurally generated dungeons. Procedural generation and perma death are the two most common characteristics of roguelikes, the actual mechanics can vary quite a lot, typically combining roguelike mechanics with other genres like action games (binding of issac), or deck builders (slay the spire).

A rogue-lite is when you gain mechanical improvements between runs, like with Hades's mirror perks.

Yes. Its a roguelike game

A bad game.

It's like....rogue and shit

people need to figure out if its roguelike or roguelite

In always figured the meaning changed. And now, Roguelike would be something like Binding of Isaac where you growth is just getting new items added to the pool. But you character always starts the same way regardless And Roguelite would be something like Rogue Legacy 1 & 2 or Undermine where you have permanent growths that follow you as you progress At least, thats how it seems to be used these days

Then you have Crypt of the NecroDancer that falls into either category depending on what mode you play If you play zone by zone, its a roguelite. But all zones mode makes it a roguelike But I do love that game