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NetHack 3.6.2

by paraiuspau on 5/13/19, 11:04 AM with 56 comments

• by Anchor on 5/13/19, 2:17 PM

  From the release notes: "Parchment and vellum are made from animal skin so change material composition and color for spellbooks with those descriptions from paper to leather; eating those books now breaks vegetarian conduct" (emphasis mine)

  There is something heartwarming about the attention to detail in some games. NetHack, Dwarf Fortress, ... I wish more games would be made with this mindset. Many modern games seem to overemphasize the "gaming" aspect, and sometimes forget the "playing" with all its joyful intricacies.

• by SlyShy on 5/13/19, 2:29 PM

  I used to love playing NetHack and ascended multiple times. Sometimes I wish DCSS hadn't ruined NetHack's UX for me. I'd love to see NetHack reimagined with a friendly UI on-par with DCSS and other modern roguelikes.

• by scentoni on 5/13/19, 6:56 PM

  My current favorite roguelike is https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tales_of_Maj%27Eyal due to the rich list of available classes and a mostly useful autoexplore feature.

• by haolez on 5/13/19, 4:27 PM

  The one thing that I dislike about NetHack are the monsters' AI. They are usually really dumb and just try to swarm you to your death.

  Regardless, it's one of my favorite games of all time.

• by hippich on 5/13/19, 6:51 PM

  Not quite relevant, but always had the question - why fantasy-world game is called NetHack?

• by mruts on 5/13/19, 1:53 PM

  Haven’t played in awhile, but have been trying to ascend for over 12 years at this point. Best game ever, imo. Should really try again sometimes. The android app is really good but the IPhone one sucks, tempted to switch back to android for that reason alone..