Rogue Legacy
Rogue Legacy , the fantabulous rogue - lite platformer from way back in 2013 , is at long last get a continuation . DeveloperCellar Door Games first teasedRogue Legacy 2on April 1st , before reassert that it was no prank the next day .
The originalRogue Legacywas one of the other member of a roguelike revitalisation that started in the 2010s , bringing the merciless rule of roguelike games into other genre and introducing the slenderly more absolvitory conception of the rogue - lite . Fellow early-2010s roguelikesRisk of RainandEnter the Gungeonhave also gotten sequel lately , but where they ’ve branched out into entirely different type of games , Rogue Legacy 2looks like it will be focused on refining the formula of the original . Featuring incredibly problematical foe , perma - last , and randomized floor on each run , the roguelike trend continues to this twenty-four hours , withpopular game likeDead CellsandSlay the Spire .
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Cellar Door ’s April 1st vamp seem like it may have just been a barbarous April Fools ’ Day joke , but fortunately the developer followed it up with point and screenshots of itsRogue Legacysequel . Much like in the first game , Rogue Legacy 2players will control a whole family of adventurers working todefeat a series of intriguing bosses , take over as the descendent of their previous character after each last . Every character has randomly generated trait that can be helpful or harmful , but this meter negative traits will award incentive amber , adding a newfangled element of swop risk for reward . Also returning from the first biz are Judson Cowen and A Shell in the Pit , the composer ofRogue Legacy ’s soundtrack .
Although it depend likeRogue Legacy 2will feel very familiar to returning player , lots of things are changing , too . The class system from the first game is being expanded to include unequalled equipment for each class , and players will now be able to heap an infinite number of upgrade in the pattern of runes if they take the time to garner them all . The most obvious change add up fromRogue Legacy 2 ’s newfangled artistry style , which replaces the original ’s pixel art with an eye - catching hand - drawn flair . Cellar Door Games say that there ’s a lot more Modern subject matter in computer memory that it will partake in as the game gets closer to give up . WhileRogue Legacy 2doesn’t have a satisfying launch date yet , the secret plan ’s Steam page lists it as summer 2020 .
Cellar Door ’s last secret plan , the cobalt - op action RPGFull Metal Furies , was bully in its own right , but the annunciation ofRogue Legacy 2looks like it ’s already drawing a lot more aid . Rogue Legacywas an important plot for a lot of players , introducing many to innovative roguelikes , and its sequel looks like it ’s on its way to being a desirable replacement .
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Source : Cellar Door Games
