Thread 723268839

Why do indie devs keep lying about what genre their games are

>>723268839 (OP)
what is that shit on the left? But also how is isaac not a rogue like/lite?

>>723268839 (OP)
Because adding more tags makes it easier for their games to be recommended or to pop up on search engines. They will dilute meanings as much as possible if it gives them even one extra sale

>>723268839 (OP)
wtf i didn't know anime girls made Binding of Isaac and Enter the Gungeon

Why is sacchin there
Don't use my wife to shill your shit

>>723268839 (OP)
All 3 are roguelikes. Deadcells is a roguelike metroidvania. I'm not sure why you niggers are obsessed with game tags all the time, especially in roguelike threads. Faggots think that if it's not a windows 98 text game using ascii it's not a roguelike.

>>723268839 (OP)
why are their 3 random anime girls on the left

They dont even know their own genre and you expect them to know the genre of a videogame

this post is an eyesore.

>>723269460
I bet that sounds funny for an ESL.

>>723268839 (OP)
>>723269057
>>723269145
>>>/vt/ranny

>>723269754
>>>/n/ewfag

>>723268839 (OP)
whats with the vtumor? why do you guys want to talk about those boring whores so badly on this board

>>723269754
hello there newfriend

>>723268839 (OP)
i'm bald myself but this nigga legit looks like a skinwalker

shiori~n

>>723268942
Isaac isn't a roguelike, it isn't like Rogue.
Its one of the games that popularised roguelite as a new genre due to only really having permadeath in common with roguelikes.

>>723269249
It doesn't have to be ASCII.
But it does have to at least somewhat resemble Rogue. Which those three games do not.
It would be like calling Persona 3 a Halo game because there are guns on screen.

>>723270521
>>723270703
Define roguelike

>>723270732
Like Rogue.

>>723270521
In both games you
>crawl through a randomly generated dungeon searching for items to power up and have permadeath
Sounds like it's the same to me

>>723270732
A game that is like the 1980 computer game Rogue. That being:
RPG subgenre that is tile-based, randomised and simul-turnbased where you have a save file that can delete itself if you die.

>>723270732
Roguelikes are clones of rogue. Roguelites are games inspired by Rogue with progression outside of runs.

>>723270854
Isaac is a realtime twin stick shooter, and isn't an RPG, Isaac never gains experience and levels up.
Roguelite.

>open steam
>search roguelike
>doesn't match any of these retarded descriptions
Guess 4chan is wrong again. Huge surprise there.

>>723268839 (OP)

Gungeon is a bullet hell

I would do anything to cum inside of Shiori.

>>723272796
It is metaphorically but not in terms of genre.

>>723270801
>>723270937
>>723271243
>>723271281
you might've been correct at some point in time, but it simply doesn't mean what you think it means anymore.

>>723274003
It's more like gaming culture shifted and outright changed the definition of roguelike despite those anons being correct in the classical definition.
It reminds me of the conversation that plagued /vrpg/ back in the day, what defines an RPG? People wanted it defined since different people expect different mechanics in their games, either more role-playing or just combat numbers.
Going back to Roguelike, I suggest people create a new definition to define a literal clone of Rogue since you're not going to win the cultural battle for reclaiming the genre name.

>>723268839 (OP)
>NEVER INNOVATE!!

>>723270521
>>723270703
>>723270732
>>723270801
You guys do know that the people who use the term roguelike and make "roguelikes" don't even know there was a game called Rogue.

>>723268839 (OP)
sex with the middle girl

>>723275062
yes and they are wrong, if someone wants a game like rogue they don't want binding of isaac, if someone wants a game like binding of isaac, they don't want a game that plays like rogue.

>>723268839 (OP)
>BUY MY GAME IT'S NOT A MARIO CLONE
>it's a mario clone

>game has reandomly generated level layouts, like rogue
>game has randomly generated encounters and loot, like rogue
>game has permanent death and makes you restart your runs from the start if you die, like rogue

>NOOOOO it's not a roguelike because I can name 2 features of rogue that aren't in it! It has to be 100% identical to rogue to be a roguelike!

what causes this autism?

>>723275536
>why yes the person that wants to play enter the gungeon or binding of isaac definitely wants to play rogue, or cdda or other turnbased grid games

>>723270521
That's it? Just permadeath? It's not the randomly arranged rooms and floors, randomly chosen items that you can use, missable secrets that change later floors, pills that have to be identified with each run, etc...

>>723275536
It's literally autism. like = same

>>723276339
>definitely wants to play rogue, or cdda or other turnbased grid games
No one wants to play those games, that's why the definition of roguelike shifted.

>>723268839 (OP)
what's a good metroidvaia that is on STEAM that isn't souls-like garbage?

>>723275536
>want to play a gane in a specific genre
>search for that genre
In 2010
>I find a game in that genre
In 2025
>people use the genre as a catch-all for any game with randomized elements
>get action trash instead
>get card games instead
>have to search through a pile of trash to find what I want
All this because roguelite devs and players were salty over their casual games genre being called "-lite".