Rogue Legacy

1. Kluge

   Jun 29, 2013

   10

   Expect to win the game about as frequently as in vanilla Nethack. RL offers a challenging, fun, casual (hardcore-casual, though!) experience.Expect to win the game about as frequently as in vanilla Nethack. RL offers a challenging, fun, casual (hardcore-casual, though!) experience. You can pick the game up, head off and die a few times, then set it down and go do something else the dying actually serves the game very well to break the overall game up into bite-size chunks.
   
   In RL, you're effectively grinding the game to get gear, stats, and abilities for the "over-game" which is the point in which you actually have a shot in Hell of getting through to the final area. There are a few glitches here and there, usually which'll kill you by, for example, having a character apparently undecided if he's on or off a ledge, so he can't jump but dying is fun.
   
   RL adds quite a bit of fun easter egg type content throughout the castles to ensure things are always fresh, and that you always want to explore. The best part about this content is that it's very rare. You can die 50 times and never see more than a small handful of the "fun" rooms, so the freshness of these unique rooms doesn't wear off quickly like if you were seeing repeats so often, they become "normal."
   
   I would say, if you like games similar to Binding of Isaac or Nethack, you'll appreciate the intentional imbalance in this game.… Expand

   • 27 of 43 users found this helpful
2. JaiminhoMatador

   Feb 21, 2017

   10

   Love that game, I discovered a lot of diseases (some that can be used as abilities), that I had no idea that existed, the money's mechanic,Love that game, I discovered a lot of diseases (some that can be used as abilities), that I had no idea that existed, the money's mechanic, not allowing infinite farming, is very well-made, and makes the game harder, the diseases is what makes the game work, without it it would be just a generic Castlevania-like game.
   Story is not very well-made, but I think it's not important for a rogue-like game.
   I think i'm gonna play that game for very long before me to start getting sick of it.… Expand

   • 0 of 0 users found this helpful
4. Slick_Fingarz

   Aug 2, 2013

   9

   Great game, Hard but fair with a ton of replay, it gets really fun about two hours in, then it slows a little, and gets really fun mid NewGreat game, Hard but fair with a ton of replay, it gets really fun about two hours in, then it slows a little, and gets really fun mid New Game Word of advice, play with a controller, much much better with a controller.… Expand

   • 1 of 6 users found this helpful
5. Istio

   May 13, 2022

   8

   good good good good good good good good good good good good good good good good good

   • 0 of 0 users found this helpful
6. Thordane

   Jul 18, 2013

   7

   You come from a long line of VERY stubborn knights who are chasing an immortal traitor in a castle that changes for every generation thatYou come from a long line of VERY stubborn knights who are chasing an immortal traitor in a castle that changes for every generation that enters. The game takes it's mechanics and even puts a nice back story on why each subsequent character you make in a lineage matters. You grind through generations of a family until finally one offspring can have the skills and equipment needed to best the castle, and by the time you finally win you'll feel it is much deserved. That said, this game is a great title for spending 15 minutes to an hour here and there, grinding and learning, until you (randomly) get a castle you can actually beat. I'd rank the game higher, but the controls are not as tight as I'd like, especially for a game that demands immense precision sometimes.… Expand

   • 4 of 10 users found this helpful
7. Kattsylt

   Jun 28, 2013

   6

   A castlevania-ish platformer with an interesting twist.
   You dont play a single character, you play a branch in your family tree. You willA castlevania-ish platformer with an interesting twist.
   You dont play a single character, you play a branch in your family tree. You will begin with an almost useless character and quickly find out that evil castles can be deadly. But hopefully you got the chance to gather some gold for your dear descendants, because they will continue the quest.
   
   And thats basically the game. You gather gold, upgrade your family castle in order to improve your fighters and crafting items, die, die again, die some more, gather gold and die.
   
   The game itself feels fresh, interesting and is initially very addictive, but it actually gets old pretty quickly. The lack of story that makes it me wonder why im still entering evil castles generation after generation.… Expand

   • 18 of 26 users found this helpful
8. gurv75

   Dec 22, 2013

   0

   Full fledged rogue game ie a twitch game for masochists.
   Don't let the "legacy" fool you it's not any bit more accessible then a traditionalFull fledged rogue game ie a twitch game for masochists.
   Don't let the "legacy" fool you it's not any bit more accessible then a traditional rogue game.
   Some sort of 2D dark souls that I wasted money on.… Expand

   • 1 of 10 users found this helpful

See all 148 User Reviews