RNG Ruins It Every Time
Needlessly frustrating for what could be a fun game. The random number generator can and will decide to kill you at any moment. For example, as a level 2 character, a level 13 leprechaun might teleport to your location and kill you instantly. In my opinion, this is bad game design. For a skilled player, a game should present no unwinnable situations. Continuing, there is a level 40 cap on you, but no such cap on enemies. Documentation is extensive, but some things aren't explained anywhere. What does 'sanctify' mean, for example? Finally, for such a simple game, Pathos absolutely destroys battery life.
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Best Features In Any Game
I love this game to bits, been playing for a while now, each run is always unique and fun. There’s so many character options for race and class, and then you have the chance to run into your old dead characters while playing and loot them? It’s really unique and fun! Would recommend this game highly if you’re looking for an ACTUALLY fun time waster.
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Great work and not quite what I wanted
There is clearly lots of excellent work here and many elements true to the version I remember playing. There is good documentation as well. Character creation is very good though stats seem non random (re-rolls often very poor).
I find a few things frustrating:
- when buying things you cannot see what you are getting.
- when using equipment that was left by someone I hired, it can be cursed.
- there are quite a few odd gotchas (workbenches can blind you)
- overall seems like it depends too much on random luck rather than allowing a strategy
I find a few things frustrating:
- when buying things you cannot see what you are getting.
- when using equipment that was left by someone I hired, it can be cursed.
- there are quite a few odd gotchas (workbenches can blind you)
- overall seems like it depends too much on random luck rather than allowing a strategy
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YASD
It felt like a good game when I first started out. But after more than a hundred games things have gotten very boring with next to nothing to show for game progression. Mugged every time go down a stair, levels not creating new creatures for food if i don’t go down, teleport traps that quickly drop me six levels down the dungeon when all I want is to get back up a level or two, and workbenches that enjoy blowing up in my face at every opportunity... pretty much anything I do seems to have a negative consequence.
Good points: no ads and free to play!
Bad points: auto save is very slow and I have had a few crashes after marathon playing with the auto save turned off. Becomes monotonous, more time is spent dying than exploring.
Unfortunately after enough deaths one just stops learning anything useful, except that the game is no longer fun to play.
Good points: no ads and free to play!
Bad points: auto save is very slow and I have had a few crashes after marathon playing with the auto save turned off. Becomes monotonous, more time is spent dying than exploring.
Unfortunately after enough deaths one just stops learning anything useful, except that the game is no longer fun to play.
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I love this game!
Amazing Nethack variant for mobile with hours and hours worth of replay value. Great time killer and just fun game overall. I find myself getting really immersed in the game and not being able to stop. My only question to the devs is if you guys plan to keep updating it, because this has been a favorite of mine for a long time!
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WARNING, this game is addictive
This game is so good that you may end up wasting years of your life. Far and away the best rogue like game in the App Store. One of those games where you think that you will just do a couple of levels before bed and the next thing you know it is time to go to work. YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED.
This is the best rogue-like for iOS by far
This game has unlimited replay value, and it’s clearly an effort of love for the game. It’s super hard to master and you will die often, but that’s what rogue likes are all about.
Nethack On IPhone
This game is a simplified nethack on the iPhone. Simplified controls for touch play is perfect and does not take away from the complexity of this game.
Should be the top item in the App Store under “roguelike”
Only roguelike on the App Store that is true to the genre without any weird gimmicks or paywalls, just a genuinely good game.
a poetic love letter to the original
this game is exceptional. the care that the developer and contributors put into the quality and polish on this remake is truly outstanding.
i started playing Nethack about 28 years ago, and i've played a dozen other mobile roguelikes (and i mean actual Rogue-likes) of varying quality and effort, but Pathos stands clear above them all. the user interface is thoughtful and modern, the mechanics are spot-on, and the game is constantly being updated... all out of a love for the original game and its players. this is clearly a passion project, and it shows. bravo.
i started playing Nethack about 28 years ago, and i've played a dozen other mobile roguelikes (and i mean actual Rogue-likes) of varying quality and effort, but Pathos stands clear above them all. the user interface is thoughtful and modern, the mechanics are spot-on, and the game is constantly being updated... all out of a love for the original game and its players. this is clearly a passion project, and it shows. bravo.
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