Nethack
Posted: Sun May 04, 2008 5:38 pm
I just started playing this... mostly because I never had the time to learn how to play it before this. The learning curve is not as steep as Dwarf Fortress, but still quite intimidating. If you're interested, you might want to check out the wiki: http://nethack.wikia.com/wiki/Main_Page
Anyway, this game is awesome. But it's insanely hard. Let me tell you some of the ways I've died so far. I've yet to beat the game, heck, I haven't even managed to get past the eighth dungeon level (ergo: not even close to halfway).
First time playing: Went the wrong way, exited dungeon
Second (30 seconds later): Pressed the wrong button, quit without saving
Third: Tried to rob a shopkeeper, got incinerated by magic missile
Fourth: Ate a kobold corpse, died of poisoning
Fifth: Murdered by a mimic hiding in shopkeeper's inventory, shopkeeper happily took all my items after my death... Itsuki.
Sixth: Electrocuted by electrical fungus
Seventh: Killed by a horde of sewer rats
Eighth: Bashed by a hobgoblin
Ninth: Bitten to death by a swarm of snakes who took offense to me drinking water from the fountain they were in
Tenth: Accidentally polymorphed myself into an ochre jelly, accidentally polymorphed my pet kitten into a clay golem when trying to unpolymorph myself, accidentally polymorphed all my gear into food, accidentally polymorphed a nearby monster into a frost giant, got kicked to death by a horse when trying to run away from the frost giant.
Eleventh: Exploded when I ate too much
Twelfth: Broke into a giant-ant hill, massacred by giant ants
Thirteenth: Died of food poisoning... damn merchant selling rotten food!
Fourteenth: Paralyzed by a floating eye and eaten alive by rats
15th: Disintegrated by my own god after I killed my pet
16th: Crushed by a water demon who took offense to me drinking from the fountain he was living in
17th: Accidentally polymorphed my buxom accidentally-turned-MALE valkyrie into a frail and geeky human and got stampeded by a black unicorn
Anyway, this game is awesome. But it's insanely hard. Let me tell you some of the ways I've died so far. I've yet to beat the game, heck, I haven't even managed to get past the eighth dungeon level (ergo: not even close to halfway).
First time playing: Went the wrong way, exited dungeon
Second (30 seconds later): Pressed the wrong button, quit without saving
Third: Tried to rob a shopkeeper, got incinerated by magic missile
Fourth: Ate a kobold corpse, died of poisoning
Fifth: Murdered by a mimic hiding in shopkeeper's inventory, shopkeeper happily took all my items after my death... Itsuki.
Sixth: Electrocuted by electrical fungus
Seventh: Killed by a horde of sewer rats
Eighth: Bashed by a hobgoblin
Ninth: Bitten to death by a swarm of snakes who took offense to me drinking water from the fountain they were in
Tenth: Accidentally polymorphed myself into an ochre jelly, accidentally polymorphed my pet kitten into a clay golem when trying to unpolymorph myself, accidentally polymorphed all my gear into food, accidentally polymorphed a nearby monster into a frost giant, got kicked to death by a horse when trying to run away from the frost giant.
Eleventh: Exploded when I ate too much
Twelfth: Broke into a giant-ant hill, massacred by giant ants
Thirteenth: Died of food poisoning... damn merchant selling rotten food!
Fourteenth: Paralyzed by a floating eye and eaten alive by rats
15th: Disintegrated by my own god after I killed my pet
16th: Crushed by a water demon who took offense to me drinking from the fountain he was living in
17th: Accidentally polymorphed my buxom accidentally-turned-MALE valkyrie into a frail and geeky human and got stampeded by a black unicorn