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Episode 147: Difficulty

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Is There a Roguelike Game?

I suspect I'm actually waiting for it to come out of an iPad because it's the kind of game I just wouldn't play on a PC. It's emergent complexity in a way that requires that you have a good understanding of the rules state but you don't really have to go that many moves ahead. In fact it tells you what's happening there so it's clearly a skill, it's not interested in you learning. There are games and Jeff lets safe scum is one that springs to mind where you could effectively roll back any move you make. Almost becomes a escape the room puzzle rather than a you know like a chess problem how do you get out of this small scenario based

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