As players level up they’ll be able to purchase new abilities or stats using skill points. The character select window also hints at two characters that may become available in the future, though whether they’re unlockable or future DLC is anybody’s guess at this point. The mage is squishy and prefers ranged combat over melee, while the knight is tough and always eager to get in a bad guy’s face. Players will get to choose between a knight and a mage before beginning their journey, each with their own play style, abilities, and skill tree. The object of the game then becomes not to finish the quest (in fact, we’re not really sure if it is finishable) but to survive as long as you possibly can. 100 Rogues breaks that tradition with a ten foot hammer. Traditional roguelikes often feature respawn points or town portals that, while usually penalizing you for death, never really let you stray too far from where you left off. 100 Rogues embraces that mantra in its design, as each play session lasts only as long as your character does. Whether we’re talking about Doodle Jumpor Canabalt, survival seems to be the mantra of successful iPhone development nowadays.
The gameplay is both tremendous fun and a great match for the iPhone, but it isn’t the thing that makes this title stand out. It’s a neat blend that makes the gameplay feel more edge-of-your-seat than it really is. Every step and action you take will consume one turn, but you’ll move and attack just as you would in any action game. Players will explore these dungeons utilizing an interesting turn-based system that manages to feel like real-time action. The end goal, which is presented in a rather tongue-in-cheek fashion, is to find and kill Satan.
Like any roguelike, players will explore level after level of dungeons in a quest for better equipment and more experience. In a brilliant genre-defining moment for the iPhone, 100 Rogues has invented the first one-session roguelike. 100 Rogues take all of the elements of these games – the random dungeons, the levelling up and skill assignments, the equipment, the items – and boils it to a five minute quest for survival. Games like Diablo and Torchlight are known for being massive, sprawling epics that seem to go on forever.
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