Nethack is awesome - Discuss

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Real_Wolf wrote:

What are other peoples thoughts/enjoyments about the game?

For a start, I disagree completely with this:

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Real_Wolf wrote:

Also FYI, I prefer to play the 'vulture' version where it has isometric graphics, as it just makes it so much nicer to play (though there are 'bugs' inherent in this sometimes)

It makes the game nicer to look at, but not nicer to play - in fact pretty much every effect it has on the process of actually playing is to impede getting full information or doing things.

In general, though, Nethack is pretty cool, yes. I've beaten it twice, and haven't played for a long time, but I still go back occasionally.

The roguelike I play the most these days is Pixel Dungeon, which is a free roguelike on Android, based on Brogue. They do a really good job of providing a roguelike control scheme for a touch interface. There aren't as many crazy things you can do to each item as in something like Nethack, but it's pretty fun, and I can play it anywhere on my phone.