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Like father, like son.

Rogue Legacy, a proceduarally generated roguelike (or: rogue-LITE) platformer in which your dying character passes on his quest and heritage to his offspring, shaping a heroic saga generation by generation, is available on GOG.com for only $14.99.

I'm exploring the castle. I mean: The Castle. So did my father, and his father before him. I know much about its dungeons, its many traps and monsters, its secrets, and its riches. Part of that comes from my fathers journal. Part is my own observation. Without my ancestors' knowledge, I would be lost in these corridors. I don't know if I'll succeed, but I will make damn sure, that there will be a successor to our cause and he will come better prepared than I did. Now's the time of truth. I'll have to pull one of the levers. Left, or right? Left, or right? The journal says: "don't pull the one with the red gem!". Well, gee, thanks father. Didn't you know I was color-blind?

Rogue Legacy comes, apart from being a well-executed RPG/platformer mashup (or Metroidvania if you will), comes with one particulary inventive twist. Each time your hero falls to one of the many dangers lurking in the mysterious castle you explore, his child will take on his adventuring mantle and continue the quest as soon as it's grown. Some of the fathers skills, experience, and power is passed on to his children, each bearing also their own defining characteristics and traits. You will choose one of them and continue the adventure, not starting again from square one, but making the exploration a collective multi-generational effort. Pair that with excellent pixel-art graphics, carefully balanced mechanics, tons of items, creative enemies, and high replayability value, and what you get is a game that will constantly make you come back for more.

Prepare to die, and then die again, and still continue your quest and enjoy every moment of it in Rogue Legacy, for only $14.99 on GOG.com.
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Zoidberg: DAMN! NEED MY GAME! Preordered. :D
Are you sure? There might be some randomness and the description says the game is HARD.
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RayRay13000: But my first question regarding the game involves some of the screenshots (Press "A" to do something), how are the keyboard controls?
This. I was interested until I noticed the hard-coded XBox controller hints in the screenshots. That's a sign that somebody didn't want to go to too much trouble porting the game to PC, which raises the likelyhood that the port isn't very good.
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RayRay13000: I thought games weren't released here during sales. That kind of caught me off a little.
http://www.gog.com/forum/general/2013_nodrm_summer_sale_begins_on_gogcom/post305
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JMich: We've been through it before. You weren't playing, you were helping test the installer and playtest the release.
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JudasIscariot: Yes, that's it..."playtesting".Yep, sticking with that one :D
You work so hard Judas, we should give you a raise.
Another Indie Platformer! :D

Looks really interesting! I love all the new mechanics of Indie Platformers. La Mulana caught my eye since release.

Shall we see Super Meat Boy on GOG one day?
It looks and sounds great but I have not much money and a huge backlog (all sales and bundles) so I will wait.
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JudasIscariot: Yes, that's it..."playtesting".Yep, sticking with that one :D
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TurnipSlayerr: You work so hard Judas, we should give you a raise.
You mean I'll actually get paid now? WOW :D

(disclaimer: inside joke between me and TurnipSlayerr :D)
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Wishbone: This. I was interested until I noticed the hard-coded XBox controller hints in the screenshots. That's a sign that somebody didn't want to go to too much trouble porting the game to PC, which raises the likelyhood that the port isn't very good.
Doesn't sound promising for me then, I like to use my USB SNES controller for games like this but it sounds like it'll be another 360 controller only game. Looks like I'll have to bust out Xpadder again.
Post edited June 27, 2013 by SirPrimalform
I'm not a platform gamer, but it's nice to see a new release here during the Summer Sale. As someone else mentioned, kinda caught me off guard...in a good way
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Smannesman: Looks like a nice game, not $15 nice but still wait-for-a-sale nice.
Holding out until July 5th then?
:-)
For those who are interested, you can get the demo here. ;)
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TurnipSlayerr: You work so hard Judas, we should give you a raise.
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JudasIscariot: You mean I'll actually get paid now? WOW :D
So are peanuts actually considered a form of payment if you're not Dumbo? =P
Post edited June 27, 2013 by mistermumbles
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mistermumbles: For those who are interested, you can get the demo here. ;)
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JudasIscariot: You mean I'll actually get paid now? WOW :D
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mistermumbles: So are peanuts actually considered a form of payment if you're not Dumbo? =P
Peanuts? Man, that's high class right thar! I get a bowl of rice (uncooked) if I'm lucky :P

That demo is an old version that actually has balance issues with the lich king class being WAY too overpowered. Not knocking the demo per se, just letting people know :D
Post edited June 27, 2013 by JudasIscariot
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JudasIscariot: You mean I'll actually get paid now? WOW :D
I bet you get another cardboard sheet under your desk and chair. That gets you a millimetre or so higher (that is, a raise), slightly closer to ground level.
Post edited June 27, 2013 by Maighstir
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JudasIscariot: You mean I'll actually get paid now? WOW :D
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Maighstir: I bet you get another cardboard sheet under your desk and chair. That gets you a millimetre or so higher, slightly closer to ground level.
Oooh lordy. Ground level...high class livin':D
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TurnipSlayerr: You work so hard Judas, we should give you a raise.
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JudasIscariot: You mean I'll actually get paid now? WOW :D

(disclaimer: inside joke between me and TurnipSlayerr :D)
The fact that we don't get paid is a joke to you? I'm so hungry...