Get your roguelike on without relying on luck
Milkstone Studio’s gorgeous but frenetic-lookingZigguratis a first-person shooter with roguelike elements that’s now available on Steam Early Access.
Inspired by the classicsHexenandHeretic,Zigguratis a dungeon-crawling FPS that featuresprocedurally-generated scenarios and encounters. However, Milkstone states thatZigguratis not a “pure” roguelike, but it does contain many of the features that we are familiar with, such as level-ups and permadeath.
According to the developer, what differentiates it from other roguelikes is that your combat skills will be the most important factor in advancing through the game. Leveling up and randomly-generated content are there to increase variety and make each playthrough different; not to make the game a dice roll or an unbearable grind.
From what I’ve seen,Zigguratlooks exceptional. As a fan of both the games that inspired it and of modern FPS roguelike games such as Terrible Posture’sTower of Guns, I’m looking forward to giving it a shot.
