In a nutshell, yeah, that's what rogue-like means; the term means different things for different people and has a contested meaning.Neta said:
Oh I know, its because a small development team can work for incredibly little money and hence increase the odds of a free update being profitable(i.e. increases the number of people who would now consider the game worth buying). While a large development team would run a high risk of just loosing money and if they loose money publishers will become less willing to work with them on future projects. I mean the only reason valve can continuously do free updates of tf2 is a) they own steam and hence have more money then god and b) because there are plenty of people who would buy the hats(hence making it at least somewhat profitable).KungFuJazzHands said:
Not quite what I was thinking, but your explanation works too. It all comes down to money and the unwillingness of a small group of greedy control freaks to take risks.nuba km said:
I think what it actually comes down to is that when releasing a new version onto a new system, it's very easy to give an update to existing users on an old system at the same time. That's a very different situation from spending time and money developing new content without any way to make money from it. Developers need to eat, regardless of how big or small their company might be. New content always has to be paid for somehow.KungFuJazzHands said:
Great, now I'm going to have the Rock theme tune going round my head for the rest of the day.spartandude said:
Actually, you could. The Save and Exit button was for that. Most rougelikes have stuff like that, it's just that if you die, you loose your character/ship/monster/ai/base. That's what's mostly considered a Rougelike.Neta said:
Overly simplified, yes, roguelike means it's a short game overall (FTL, for example can be beating in about 30 to 40 minutes, maybe an hour), you can't save and reload to previous states (one save, if any), maps and events are at least to some degree randomised and if you die, you restart.Neta said:
Ohhhhhhh shit!StewShearer said:
...well SHIT!Kieve said:Best gaming news since Terraria 1.2 at the very least.
But for those who can't wait (and already own FTL), I strongly recommend checking out Sleeper Service's Captains Edition [http://www.ftlgame.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=15663] mod - it's not quite the same as an official expansion but it does add a ridiculous amount of new content across the board.
So much this. FTL is the only game I've played that's had me praying for DLC. A DLC to unlock all the ship hulls would have been perfect, I only managed to get a couple before I got bored. I would have gladly paid a couple more quid to extent the game's lifespan with all the ships.Legion said:
