Poll of the Day > Cogmind will be going up in price as the dev adds new expansion

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Lokarin
03/18/24 7:45:47 PM
#1:


It's one of my favourite Hard Roguelikes ... or a Rogueheavy or Roguehard or whatever you want to call the opposite of a Roguelite.

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ConfusedTorchic
03/18/24 8:07:45 PM
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tell me more

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Lokarin
03/18/24 8:10:52 PM
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ConfusedTorchic posted...
tell me more

Store page: https://store.steampowered.com/app/722730/Cogmind/

It has everything (well, robot-wise), and I really dig the hacking mechanic even though it gives minimal benefits.

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agesboy
03/18/24 8:19:52 PM
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an incredibly good game but not my cup of tea

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ConfusedTorchic
03/18/24 10:26:32 PM
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oh no that hurt my eyes to even see i wouldn't like that

just too much information to look at at once is no for me dawg

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Lokarin
03/18/24 10:47:05 PM
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ConfusedTorchic posted...
oh no that hurt my eyes to even see i wouldn't like that

just too much information to look at at once is no for me dawg

It is PEAK information at all times

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badjay
03/20/24 12:58:48 AM
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Lokarin posted...
It's one of my favourite Hard Roguelikes ... or a Rogueheavy or Roguehard or whatever you want to call the opposite of a Roguelite.
When did you get into cogmind? I feel like I told you about it a long time ago lol.

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Lokarin
03/20/24 2:15:38 AM
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I think I bought it at the end of 2017

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badjay
03/20/24 10:22:50 AM
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Well I'll put in my two pieces. Probably the best modern roguelike game out there. There's only two that I know of currently. Cogmind is modern while Rift Wizard is more of a classic arcadey look to it but still modern.

Cogmind is essentially an upgraded version of nethack with an actual story involved. You often don't get roguelikes with stories in them especially not with multiple story endings and optional stuff (I think only Tales of Maj'eyal comes somewhat close). There's seriously several different branches you can take in cogmind. It also accomodates for several different builds, you want to be a stealthy boy go ahead, you want to be giant tank? Go ahead. All those are viable. Skill accounts for a lot in cogmind rather than luck. With the hacking system in place and even meta knowledge use of terminals you can be surprisingly flexible in your builds.

Weaponry is awesome and the graphics for an ascii game or tile game look absolutely beautiful. If anyone ever wanted to dive into a roguelike and see what it is to be one blind and thrown to the wolves with nobody holding your hands? Cogmind would be the one.

The price on this game NEVER goes down. The dev has legitimately been working on this for over 10 years I think alone? So he's not doing any sales since all of the games funds helps him develop the game more along with patreon proceeds. The dev is a nice guy and you can talk to him easily on the discord. I was surprised to learn the guy actually blocks time and considers it "work hours" to hang with the community. He regularly hosts streams of him playing the game in many different styles so people can learn from him or even ask questions.

So yeah, buy the game if you've ever enjoyed a true roguelike. I'm not talking hades or binding of isaac rogueLITES. I'm talking real roguelike like DCSS or nethack of the sort. If you don't know those games I mentioned well...now's the time to learn with Cogmind!

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agesboy
03/20/24 7:10:41 PM
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badjay posted...
There's only two that I know of currently. Cogmind is modern while Rift Wizard is more of a classic arcadey look to it but still modern.
Ever heard of Caves of Qud? It's another legitimately interesting mostly recent roguelike I'll never be able to get into

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Lokarin
03/22/24 12:33:17 AM
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I hadn't heard of Rift Wizard...

just saw https://store.steampowered.com/app/2058570/Rift_Wizard_2/

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badjay
03/24/24 11:51:49 PM
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Lokarin posted...
I hadn't heard of Rift Wizard...

just saw https://store.steampowered.com/app/2058570/Rift_Wizard_2/
Yeah that sequel came out today I believe haha.

agesboy posted...
Ever heard of Caves of Qud? It's another legitimately interesting mostly recent roguelike I'll never be able to get into
I have, I see it constantly. I haven't ever gotten into it. TBH I keep getting dragged back into Cataclysm:DDA. I've "beaten" cogmind several times but I don't have the commitment power to invest a lot of my brains into doing it again for more different endings.

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badjay
03/24/24 11:53:47 PM
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Speaking of Roguelikes since I just came back from PAX East, I played a bit of Lost in Prayer.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2849500/Lost_in_Prayer/

It's not out yet, but basic roguelike, when you die however, you take over the body of what killed you and start over again with a whole new tech tree to go over. Seems interesting. It's in super beta and is very rough, but keep an eye out for it in the future if you're into things like this.

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