Nightmare of Druaga for PS2?

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Saw some reviews of this■ and it seems quite rougelike. The reviewers tend
to dislike it for these rougelike features such as random dungeons and
severe death penalties, but it looked like it might be worth a try. Has
anyone played it?


■: eg http://www.gamespot.com/ps2/rpg/dungeonofdruagathe/review.html

 

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Paul Murray <paul@murray.net> wrote in
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> Saw some reviews of this■ and it seems quite rougelike. The
> reviewers tend to dislike it for these rougelike features such as
> random dungeons and severe death penalties, but it looked like it
> might be worth a try. Has anyone played it?
>
>
> ■: eg http://www.gamespot.com/ps2/rpg/dungeonofdruagathe/review.html
>

Very roguelikeish. More of a roguelike-lite. No "commands" per se, though
you have various skills/abilities on weapons, can throw certain items
(used as 'spells' in addition to some weapons), etc.

Compared to a real roguelike, the death penalties are quite forgiving.
Death in a dungeon results in loss of all your non-'inscribed' equipment
and all usable items (potions, crystals, ingredients), as well as half of
your gold. You do have a storage system in town, in addition to a vendor
who sells <insert_metal> bars that have the same buy/sell prices - used
to store gold. A reset in town without saving results in the loss of half
your gold on-hand.

A power-loss is the same thing as a death, so definitely not a game you
want to play during high-winds or a thunderstorm. ;-)

The game is fairly repetitive, but then... most roguelikes are! Not quite
worth full-price, but you should rent it at the least.