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Quick question
« on: August 05, 2008, 07:41 »
What is the difference between a "polished" and an "unpolished" roguelike?
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Re: Quick question
« Reply #1 on: August 06, 2008, 09:09 »
That's quite subjective, but DoomRL vs. AliensRL should be a good comparison. Both are stable, but DoomRL is playable, and replayable, well beyond stability.
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« Reply #2 on: August 06, 2008, 13:19 »
So in fact it means not only stable, but also balanced and replayable?
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Re: Quick question
« Reply #3 on: August 07, 2008, 10:07 »
I think the devil is in the details. A polished roguelike is one that has all the little details added that ususaly are left for afters, and doesn't have things that look "left to be enhanced".

Oh, and as the name implies only polish roguelikes can be polished xP.
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