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PS3, X360- Dragon's Dogma
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- Capcom has delivered an open-world game with tremendously fun combat, a hilariously crazy ending, and not much else.
PS3, X360, PC- Game of Thrones
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- There is probably a great role-playing game to be made out of George R.R. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire novels, but Game of Thrones isn't it.
MAC, PC- Diablo III
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- The first Diablo game in over a decade is also one of the most insidiously satisfying loot treadmills in almost as long.
PS3N, PS3, X360, PC- Prototype 2
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- Prototype 2 gives you some interesting abilities that can be fun to use, but it doesn't give you enough good opportunities to cut loose with all that power.
Roguelike is a sub-genre of role-playing games characterized by randomly-generated dungeons, permanent death, and turn-based gameplay. These characteristics were featured in the classic computer game Rogue, hence the term "Roguelike."
Key Characteristics
- Procedurally generated dungeons
- Generally turn-based gameplay
- Severe death penalty such as permadeath in the older games (i.e. Rogue) or intense progression loss in newer interpretations of the genre (i.e. Mystery Dungeon franchise)
- Concepts such as experience points and stats were first introduced in these types of games
- Magical items vary in different games but are generally featured
- Most are generally single-player (on multiplayer servers scoreboards are usually shown and shared)
Roguelike games
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