Smash TV misses a few key components for being a Rogue Like.
It's crushing difficulty isn't something that's surpassable with knowledge, experience, and luck. It's crushing and unsurpassable for the use for quarters.
The dungeon levels aren't fully randomly generated, they follow incredibly set rules and themes. Â There's no unknown magical items or randomized item/equipment of any sort outside of basic game pickups.
And it doesn't have a form of permadeath or semi-permadeath. Â You technically have infinite lives.
It's an arcade twin-stick shooter, and amazingly fun one with a hilarious theme, but that's it.
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Darkest Dungeon and FTL are likely the closest to a pure rogue-like game in that there's randomized dungeon, zero reflex-skill gameplay, permadeath, a stamina-decay, and crushing difficultly.
DD does veer a bit because you keep a roster of folks, rather than a single playable character/party that needs survive the whole game. Also the art style is amazing.
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On topic : I LOVED Smash TV and the glut of games back then that tried to emulate some sort of blood-sport TV show.
Does anyone remember this lovely fellow?
It's crushing difficulty isn't something that's surpassable with knowledge, experience, and luck. It's crushing and unsurpassable for the use for quarters.
The dungeon levels aren't fully randomly generated, they follow incredibly set rules and themes. Â There's no unknown magical items or randomized item/equipment of any sort outside of basic game pickups.
And it doesn't have a form of permadeath or semi-permadeath. Â You technically have infinite lives.
It's an arcade twin-stick shooter, and amazingly fun one with a hilarious theme, but that's it.
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Darkest Dungeon and FTL are likely the closest to a pure rogue-like game in that there's randomized dungeon, zero reflex-skill gameplay, permadeath, a stamina-decay, and crushing difficultly.
DD does veer a bit because you keep a roster of folks, rather than a single playable character/party that needs survive the whole game. Also the art style is amazing.
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On topic : I LOVED Smash TV and the glut of games back then that tried to emulate some sort of blood-sport TV show.
Does anyone remember this lovely fellow?
