Nightmare of Druaga for PS2?

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Paul Murray <paul@murray.net> wrote in
news:G4ohd.3702592$ic1.373878@news.easynews.com:

> 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.