{"id":27145,"date":"2023-03-30T11:50:51","date_gmt":"2023-03-30T10:50:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.xtremeservers.com\/blog\/endless-dungeon-shows-promise-but-its-steep-learning-curve-may-alienate-casual-roguelite-fans\/"},"modified":"2023-03-30T11:50:51","modified_gmt":"2023-03-30T10:50:51","slug":"endless-dungeon-shows-promise-but-its-steep-learning-curve-may-alienate-casual-roguelite-fans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.xtremeservers.com\/blog\/endless-dungeon-shows-promise-but-its-steep-learning-curve-may-alienate-casual-roguelite-fans\/","title":{"rendered":"Endless Dungeon shows promise but its steep learning curve may alienate casual roguelite fans"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>I love a roguelike\/lite, whatever they&#8217;re called, and I&#8217;ve clocked up countless hours on things like Enter the Gungeon and The Binding of Isaac. Because of this I was the first to put my hand up for a trip to see the almost final build of Endless Dungeon, which described itself as &#8216;roguelite tactical action game&#8217;. When it came time to play the game however, I was thrown in at the deep end and was, quite frankly, overwhelmed by the amount of mechanics there were to learn.<\/p>\n<p>You see, Endless Dungeon isn&#8217;t just a &#8216;roguelite tactical action game&#8217; it&#8217;s actually a &#8216;roguelite, squad based, tactical action, twin stick shooter game with an RPG and tower defence twist&#8217;. That&#8217;s why, in my preview video above which also includes a bunch of new gameplay that I captured during my three hour hands-on with the game, I&#8217;ve decided to not only talk about my time playing the game, but also give you the basics on all the key mechanics.<\/p>\n<p>Well OK, it&#8217;s not actually me, it&#8217;s an alien bartender named EON, but the infomation available is still the same.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/endless-dungeon-shows-promise-but-its-steep-learning-curve-may-alienate-casual-roguelite-fans\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Source &#8211; eurogamer.net<\/p>\n<p>All content and images belong to their respected owners. This article is aggregated for informational purposes only with full credit to the source.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I love a roguelike\/lite, whatever they&#8217;re called, and I&#8217;ve clocked up countless hours on things like Enter the Gungeon and The Binding of Isaac. 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