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What's the difference between a "Roguelike" and a "Roguelite" game?
What exactly defines a Roguelike game and what is the difference between them and Roguelite games?
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What does it mean to "savescum"?
I play a roguelike now and then and the term "savescum" comes up fairly often. What does it mean, and where did the term come from?
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Where does the term "Roguelike game" come from?
Where does the term "Roguelike game" come from? I've never played this type of game before except perhaps as a coin operated game in an arcade.
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