There are still roguelikes without meta progression. I’m even making two myself (without much hope to finish them, as most of my projects).
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darthelmet@lemmy.world 2 days ago
Isn’t that kind of just a problem with an upvote system being used for unpopular things?
Also I’ll drop mine in here for the sake of it, although I get the sense that lemmy in particular will be more likely to agree with me than the broader population: I hate meta progression in roguelites. I still end up playing a lot of games with them because unfortunately that seems to be what sells in that market compared to more traditional roguelikes and if the game is good enough, I can try to look past the system. However, I do think that they just strictly make the games they’re in worse. I could get into a whole rant about them, but maybe not here.
Gremour@lemmy.world 2 days ago
SparroHawc@lemmy.zip 2 days ago
It eliminates the whole thing about Roguelike progression being about understanding the systems. Instead, you are pretty much incapable of succeeding on a run first try, and instead gradually become so overpowered that the challenge is gone.
I still love Rogue Legacy though. c.c