Tales of Maj'Eyal

Tales of Maj'Eyal is a roguelike where they decided to focus on making a great combat system at the detriment of everything else that you tend to find in other roguelikes. To elaborate on this point, your character has a large number of skills, infusions, charms, etc. that are not only available during your various combat encounters, but also very often required. The only time you're going to ignore actions is if you're playing poorly. Each class plays fairly differently from the others and there's a lot of them. Then there's the flip side of this. The game has no management of consumables, the ID game usually found in these sorts of games is nonexistent with cursed equipment being a drawback for a single skill category, there's no equivalent of a hunger clock, equipment is pretty much all boring with a focus on incremental upgrades as opposed to goals for gear that you can plan around, no sort of alignment system, etc. Missing these things does not make ToME a bad game as I still love it despite the absence of these things, but it's important to establish in what ways this game is different from other roguelikes so that veterans of the genre have some idea what they'd be getting into.

I have this game on steam and I love it. This is probably one of the best rogues I've ever played and i've played many of them. the games is fun, challenging and deep. there are a wide array of races and classes to combine and create unique characters who feel and play differently. the games is so good that you can download it for free from its website, but you'll end up paying for it (like I and a lot of people did) in order to support darkgod (the guy behind this game). Another aspect worth mentioning is that all of the unfair deaths that are so common in other rogues are gone here, forget of cursed items, lack of food, poisoned food, deadly unavoidable traps and so on. every time your character dies the fault would all yours. just buy it,you can't go wrong here.

ToME4 is a true roguelike that offers great challenge and complete transparency of its stats and mechanics so you can always know the reason why you have died and be more prepared next time. 27 unique classes are just a cherry on top.

*Overall* This game is an exceptional, deep and feature-rich game that allows for exceptional variety of builds. In my instance I wanted a minion build where I didn't have to fight directly, and the game had multiple options to choose from, with one at the start before acquiring more of them. The abilities available and equipment shine in variety and uniqueness, though it can feel bloated. Thankfully there are systems in place early on that give you the ability to get rid of items you don't need. Though, this game in my opinion lacks an exceptionally investing story, as that is not its primary concern. It has some more or less interesting plot points that lead you slowly along the destined path. Most of the interesting tidbits are found in letters you can find along dungeons that both warn you of potential dangers and tell you a little of the lore. The game is also not going to be for people who don't enjoy time-consuming rpg's with different builds. I found most fun in playing ion the roguelike difficulty, and there are indeed significant challenges in different sections of the game that can kill you easily if you are not careful. *Graphically* The game has alright graphics, its nothing that you will speak about. They are functional to the needs of the game. Most items that have significance are unique enough that they won't be lost. *Other* The base game is open source, so you don't even need to pay for it. But, buying it here gives you all the paid dlc. Exceptional game overall with a lot of enticing gameplay elements for those seeking something complex.

roguelike but fast, fun character building, challenging encounters. Theres not really any story going on here just a magical world to explore with some excuses to enter dungeons and try to survive with your specific character build (there are a lot of options)