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Roguelike vs Roguelite - what's the difference? (whatnerd.com)
submitted 9 months ago by Risk@feddit.uk to c/games@lemmy.world
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My takeaway is that it's only original Rogue fans that care about the delineation of the terms. Is there a modern (i.e. post 2000s game) that matches the definition of a roguelike as given in the article?

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[–] Risk@feddit.uk 2 points 9 months ago

Your method makes more sense to me.

The need to gatekeep a genre which - by now - I reckon has far more entries that don't match the definition of a traditional/classic rogue-like game just seems unnecessary.

Giving a qualifier to 'roguelike' to delineate the classic versus more flexible/modern style makes more sense.