The Play Vault's Simon explains the history of this little known genre from it's origins to one of the most novice-friendly rougelike games out there: Dungeons Of Dredmor.
Ancient Domains of Mystery, or ADOM for short, is a game that is 12 years in the making that is now going for Steam Greenlight.
SteamFirst: Dungeons of Dredmor is an RPG, or rather it is a very specific subgenre known as a Roguelike. For those not in the know, a Roguelike is a super hardcore turn based affair based around adventuring, slaying, looting, random dungeons and inevitably dying. What makes them so hardcore however, is the frequency in which you die and the inevitable Permadeath that surrounds the whole unpleasant accident. This means if you die, your save is deleted, your character is erased and all progress is lost forever. Your characters name is then etched onto a tombstone as a permanent reminder of your failure.
SteamFirst: Since Gaslamp’s Dungeons of Dredmors initial release in 2011, there have been not one, not two, but three expansion packs! Added to all this, is the innumerable masses who flock to make custom content in the much loved mod community. How does its additional content hold? Well let’s find out!
I really like Dungeons of Dredmor, its one of my top games of 2011. When you play its only fun with permadeath.
I took a picture once when a monster said FUH RO DAH
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that is pretty funny! FUH RO DAHHHH!