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This week we cover the action RPG platformer Vagante and add it to the Ultimate Roguelite Tier List. Is Vagante a hidden gem or a wanna be Spelunky-like? Join the RoguePod LiteCast Discord! https://discord.gg/EEwq9VGGKb Danny and David discuss Nuke Nine's sole release, Vagante. True to its influences, it draws from Spelunky and traditional roguelikes such as DCSS. Covering Vagante was a breath of fresh air after covering so many games that lack meaningful procedural generation and/or run-to-run variance. Vagante is a truly punishing game, with many insta death scenarios that many players find themselves disliking. Danny and David barely scratch the surface of the amount of depth present, but make sure to cover important things like all of the game's classes. Join the RoguePod LiteCast patreon for monthly bonus episodes! https://www.patreon.com/roguepod Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week we cover the 2023 Diablo-inspired survivors-like Halls of Torment and add it to the tier list. The final game in Survivors September! Are we too harsh on it because we're just sick of playing survivors-likes? Maybe! Join the RoguePod LiteCast Discord! https://discord.gg/EEwq9VGGKb On this episode we try to parse the differences in core gameplay loop between our third survivors-like this month. We did both enjoy that HoT gives you some different enemy patterns rather than the slow approach from all corners of the screen, plus the bosses and elite fights are much more bullet-hell feeling and require some actual gameplay. Plus the item system is a bit neat, makes it feel extraction-shooter adjacent, though for all the talk about the game being Diablo-inspired we found the loot to be pretty underwhelming. There are definitely things to like in this game and it's clear why folks who really like survivors-likes click with this one: the sheer number of achievements / quests alone could give the motivated player a lot of reasons to keep at it. For us that are less motivated by achievements, after finishing the five base halls we found ourselves not really sure what we were playing for. The user-applied difficulty modifiers seemed like a circular grind to just allow you to get items to allow you to keep grinding. That loop feels totally fine in some games but we bumped on it hard here. Join the RoguePod LiteCast patreon for monthly bonus episodes! https://www.patreon.com/roguepod Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week we’re continuing Survivors September with the mining spin-off Deep Rock Galactic: Survivor and adding it to the ultimate roguelite tier list! Join the RoguePod LiteCast Discord! https://discord.gg/EEwq9VGGKb Check out the full tier list at roguepod.show! Join the RoguePod LiteCast patreon for monthly bonus episodes! https://www.patreon.com/roguepod Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week we’re playing the game that spawned an entire subgenre (for better or for worse) Vampire Survivors, and adding it to the ultimate roguelite tier list The podcast/article that I referenced with Matteo Sapio, the chief strategy officer at Poncle - https://www.thegamebusiness.com/p/the-vampire-survivors-developer-is Join the RoguePod LiteCast Discord! https://discord.gg/EEwq9VGGKb Check out the full tier list at roguepod.show! Join the RoguePod LiteCast patreon for monthly bonus episodes! https://www.patreon.com/roguepod Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Sorry for the delay on this one, got some logistics mixed up and then nobody was in town to publish. This week we play one of the heavy hitters, the foundational action platformer Dead Cells and add it to the ultimate roguelite tier list! Please fill out the listener feedback survey to help us make the podcast better - https://forms.gle/Wqiao5narTMChSFr5 Join the RoguePod LiteCast Discord! https://discord.gg/EEwq9VGGKb Check out the full tier list at roguepod.show! Join the RoguePod LiteCast patreon for monthly bonus episodes! https://www.patreon.com/roguepod Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week we play the new biological twin stick shooter Pathogenic and add it to the ultimate roguelite tier list! Please fill out the listener feedback survey to help us make the podcast better - https://forms.gle/Wqiao5narTMChSFr5 Join the RoguePod LiteCast Discord! https://discord.gg/EEwq9VGGKb Check out the full tier list at roguepod.show! Join the RoguePod LiteCast patreon for monthly bonus episodes! https://www.patreon.com/roguepod Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week we play the evolutionary survivors-lite Everything is Crab and add it to the ultimate roguelite tier list! Please fill out the listener feedback survey to help us make the podcast better - https://forms.gle/Wqiao5narTMChSFr5 Join the RoguePod LiteCast Discord! https://discord.gg/EEwq9VGGKb Check out the full tier list at roguepod.show! Join the RoguePod LiteCast patreon for monthly bonus episodes! https://www.patreon.com/roguepod Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week we play the tactical tiny chess roguelite Gambonanza and add it to the ultimate roguelite tier list! Please fill out the listener feedback survey to help us make the podcast better - https://forms.gle/Wqiao5narTMChSFr5 Join the RoguePod LiteCast Discord! https://discord.gg/EEwq9VGGKb Check out the full tier list at roguepod.show! Join the RoguePod LiteCast patreon for monthly bonus episodes! https://www.patreon.com/roguepod Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week we play the platform-fighter / Hades mashup Spiritfall and add it to the ultimate roguelite tier list! Please fill out the listener feedback survey to help us make the podcast better - https://forms.gle/Wqiao5narTMChSFr5 Join the RoguePod LiteCast Discord! https://discord.gg/EEwq9VGGKb Check out the full tier list at roguepod.show! Join the RoguePod LiteCast patreon for monthly bonus episodes! https://www.patreon.com/roguepod Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week we play the maze-building game MINOS and add it to the ultimate roguelite tier list! Join the RoguePod LiteCast Discord! https://discord.gg/EEwq9VGGKb Check out the full tier list at roguepod.show! Please fill out the listener feedback survey to help us make the podcast better - https://forms.gle/Wqiao5narTMChSFr5 Join the RoguePod LiteCast patreon for monthly bonus episodes! https://www.patreon.com/roguepod Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week we play the foundational roguelite The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth with special guest Scott Burger of GROGPOD! Please fill out the listener feedback survey to help us make the podcast better - https://forms.gle/Wqiao5narTMChSFr5 Join the RoguePod LiteCast Discord! https://discord.gg/EEwq9VGGKb Check out the full tier list at roguepod.show! Join the RoguePod LiteCast patreon for monthly bonus episodes! https://www.patreon.com/roguepod Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week we play the juicy-game-feel-forward platformer ScourgeBringer (aka ScourgeBinder)! Please fill out the listener feedback survey to help us make the podcast better - https://forms.gle/Wqiao5narTMChSFr5 Join the RoguePod LiteCast Discord! https://discord.gg/EEwq9VGGKb Check out the full tier list at roguepod.show! Join the RoguePod LiteCast patreon for monthly bonus episodes! https://www.patreon.com/roguepod Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week we add the dungeon crawler deck builder hybrid Vampire Crawlers: The Turbo Wildcard from Vampire Survivors to the ultimate roguelite tier list! Join the RoguePod LiteCast Discord! https://discord.gg/EEwq9VGGKb Check out the full tier list at roguepod.show! Join the RoguePod LiteCast patreon for monthly bonus episodes! https://www.patreon.com/roguepod Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

RoguePod LiteCast is launching a Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/roguepod We'll have one bonus episode a month, this is mainly just a way to support the podcast. Main feed episodes remain unchanged and will always be free in this feed. In this bonus episode we talk some podcast details and then include the first 10 minutes of our first Patreon-exclusive bonus episode. Thanks for listening! Join the RoguePod LiteCast patreon for monthly bonus episodes! https://www.patreon.com/roguepod Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week we add the genre-defying deckbuilder INSCRYPTION to the ultimate roguelite tier list! Note we had some audio issues in this episode and had to use David's backup audio in a handful of spots. Join the RoguePod LiteCast Discord! https://discord.gg/EEwq9VGGKb Check out the full tier list at roguepod.show! Join the RoguePod LiteCast patreon for monthly bonus episodes! https://www.patreon.com/roguepod Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.