Comment on Dead Cells has its final update out now with The End is Near

• sigmaklimgrindset@sopuli.xyz ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I get what you mean, but Dead Cells was already a completed roguelike on launch. The DLC’s add variety and additional story, but you can still get the full gameplay experience with just the base game.

  It’s like saying you won’t support the Elden Ring because it has DLC.

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  • stringere@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    probably the closest we’ll get to a new 2D Castlevania

    Check out Gestalt Steam and Cinder and Aeterna Noctis. Both are great metroidvanias, especially with the size of Aeterna Noctis’ map.

    As for 2d roguelikes Ravenswatch is pretty fun so far.

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    • M137@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      As for 3d* roguelikes

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    • sigmaklimgrindset@sopuli.xyz ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Thanks for the recs! I’ve played Aeterna Noctis and enjoyed it a lot, I’ll definitely check the other two out!

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      • stringere@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Cheers!

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  • Banichan@dormi.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Dead Cells shows impassible doors where DLC areas should be if you have the base game only. Full gameplay experience, my ass 😂

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    • sigmaklimgrindset@sopuli.xyz ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Yeah, it does, but what are you missing exactly? Can you not get to the final boss without the DLC? No, you can get to the boss no problem, and in fact going to DLC biomes sometimes means you can’t get to the final biome/boss. Is your playtime reduced to less chambers/run? Nope, the number of chambers and biome-bosses remain the same. Is the gameplay altered? Nope, all runes and weapons that you need to finish the game is there in the base game and unlockable.

      I know, because I played the base game only until the Dead Cells Castlevania PS5 collection came out.

      You’re being disingenuous in making it seem like they purposefully cut content and then added it back for $$$, when Evil Empire has been adding a lot of free updates to the base game since 2019.

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      • Banichan@dormi.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        if I play a game, and while I’m playing, I run into a progression dead end that makes me buy my way past it, IT ISN’T A COMPLETE GAME

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