Tales of Maj'Eyal

Constant crashes.

Very replayable. The game is free I guess on their website. Which I didn't know until watching videos on Youtube to understand the damage. It's a super complicated game, based on luck of your drops. You can have a incredible play through ( I haven't completed the campaign yet, but i don't use help at all.) Specific races you have to play to unlock. which makes it fun to focus on a specific task and just go for unlocks. 100% recommend it. Maybe download it from their website for free first, then if you like it, buy it on steam to support the creators?

A very approachable traditional roguelike with deep class-based character building. Apart from your race and class, you get talent points each level up which you spend on talents, which can be active or passive, and come from either your class, race, or general (you receive separate points for class and general talents). This system, on top of the standard stat allotment for your main stats, allows for satisfying character building.

Rather than focus on a single dungeon like most RLs, this one has an overworld, towns/cities, and several dungeons like a standard RPG. There are quests to guide you through things, along with plenty of side dungeons and areas.

As mentioned, way more approachable than something like Nethack- doesn't require any wiki research to play OR configure. Even if you've never played a roguelike before, you'll likely be familiar with at least the framework of this game from other RPGs. Despite that, it has quite a bit of depth in stats and character building, without the absurd complexity of engraving vs writing, Elbereth, and shit like that.

Great game! I recommend visiting the creator's website and playing it for free to try it out. At first, the game might have some graphical issues, which you can fix in the configuration settings. But give it a shot—the game features a lot of classes and addons that introduce even more. I consider it one of the best games I've played, even though I initially thought it sucked. If you're looking for a comparison, the concept is somewhat similar to Overlord (the anime)

Amazing Roguelike and actually hard one of those ones were it can seem unfair at times but hey if you can't handle it just play the adventure mode.

Pretty fun in theory, but The game feels very artificially difficult, and really limits player expression, by forcing you to either be a meta slave and play cowardly, or have fun with easy encounters for hours, until you get to higher levels and get 1 or 2-shot by enemies with mechanics you barely understand, or that abuse weaknesses in your character that are irrelevant in 95% of the rest of the game, killing you.

It Makes doing the early game again just boring and dreadful, knowing that unless you're sticking it to wikis, guides and meta builds, you're just gonna get nuked again in the mid to late game until you "learn it".

I gave it a honest shot, but it's just frustrating and not fun after the first few runs. It's an optimization game that advertises itself as an RPG. There is almost no roleplaying, and the combat mechanics are barely explained, and full of noob traps and "gotcha" mechanics.

It doesn't feel like actual difficulty with strategies and resource management, although they do exist in game, but rather artificial difficulty, because what is gonna kill you is always gonna be a newbie trap, and knowledge checks you could never know the first time facing them, or some "gotcha" mechanic that you have to ""adapt to"" AFTER you die.

one of the deepest roguelikes you will find

it kinda ok i guess

When I tell you this is probably one of the best games to just turn on and listen to music to, I mean it, probably the ultimate time waster of a Traditional Roguelike. Ingenious, fun and difficult

Would recommend a 16OZ Half and Half Twisted Tea for this to really let you get locked in.

good fun and challenging

controls are amazing probably the best classic rouge like to play if you haven't played one

Good Game!

So good

This game should've been 10 times shorter.

I'll start by saying that I've just beat this game on Nightmare / Adventure, spent total 100 hours in the game.
Like half of this time is my last run.
50 hours run for a roguelike isn't OK.
The mechanics are fine, some classes and races look interesting, higher difficulty looks interesting,
but knowing that the run takes 50 hours (and I was playing fast, using automove & spamming abilities fast) I'm just not interested.

Why do we need many rooms of the same dungeons?
Like why High Peak (10)? At the end of it I was like "bruh I'm max level and have best gear, I kill these bosses by just spamming 2-3-4 skip skip skip skip 2-3-4, why am I doing this, why this dungeon doesn't end".

This game should've been 10 times shorter.

Otherwise it's a good game.

I've played this game 10 years ago. I started again now and, as I remembered, is super cool.

yeah uh ig this game's pretty good I beat it like once

Game won't save. Buggy as hell

The best roguelike in the town.

If you look past this game's rough exterior, you'll see why TOME4 is still an exemplary of the traditional roguelike style. The graphics, though dated, have a certain charm that lingers with you. It's a turn-based RPG with an emphasis on combat and complex skill trees. Only downside is that you have to unlock many of the classes and races, but that can be mitigated with mods. 10/10

good game

A superb roguelike with insanely good class design and mechanically satisfying combat.

I can't believe how rich this game is with content and variety. Wonderful game and clearly developed by a passionate developer.

I grew up loving Castle of the Winds by Rick Saada. This game scratches every itch and fills every craving I have from that game and then some!

Very awesome game

I hate this game so much.

Recommended.

Feels like playing a faster-paced D&D single-player with the combat and the customization. Was suprised at the mix of tried and true fantasy elements (swords & spells, skeleton enemies, elves, etc) with new takes on this idea like having a culture dedicated to eradicating magic.

Best traditional roguelike out there.

Nice and long, lets you develop complex characters

Good difficulty, with options to keep it challenging for beginners to very diehard players

Great selection of unique Races and Classes, with an emphasis on Abilities. It's deeper than most RPGs in this regard.

50 hours in and finally got a character past Daikara, only to get absolutely obliterated by a vampire in a graveyard. 10/10 punishing but a lot of fun

The best Rogue-like IMO, especially for those who like complicated RPG-style character builds.

Might have been a good one back in the time, but right now it feels obsolette.

It like POE but Rogue! (-like)

GOOD GAME

This game is like if someone turned Path of Exile or Diablo into a traditional roguelike. It has the exact same loot system as these games, and the items mostly have little value in game. Some enemies drop unique items with special effects. You get a bunch of active and passive abilities as you level. Permadeath is optional, but I play with it on because I'm old school like that. Highly recommend if you like both genres of games.

Put's up a splash screen to register and no matter what I try I can't get past it. I've registered on the site, linked accounts etc. But I'm stuck.

Game just crashes and is unplayable. Black background in tutorial if I can even get past the LUA loading errors.

For fans of roguelikes, yes. As a rouglike tome is very approachable with a nice tileset and even music and sound effects.
I would especially recommend this to someone who is new to the genre looking for a place to start with roguelikes. Not because it’s easier, but as stated previously its more approachable. The interface is very simple and clean, the game has a decent tutorial, and just about everything in game has some kind of mouse-over popup describing it, so it's fairly easy to get into without guides or wikis.

great dungeon crawler

I've played it for a few hours so far and it seems like a really cool game that I want to get invested into but I have one criticism I'd like to mention!

The sound design.

I turned the repetitive music off so I could just listen to ambience which is something I often do in my games. I was shopping in one of the towns and the ambient noise is just a dog barking on repeat every few seconds which was actually really very frustrating and now I find myself playing the game with sound completely turned off which is a shame because I did like to hear the spell whooshes and such.

I don't expect much from a solo developer and I understand there is a mountain of things for you to do, but please turn off that dog, or make his barks less frequent...

If you want to go the extra mile, add some birds tweeting and wind noises to the forest levels. Maybe some cawing birds? That would be awesome. Cheers

Exceptional game, I prefer the combat in this to Caves of Qud by a longshot.

Shit is excellent

Really did not want to downvote this but gawd damn there are so many issues that people have complained about for Y E A R S and the autism of the dev is preventing him from making simple fixes. Permanent darkness, random "fuck you" encounters, countless unexplainable effects or misleading ones (like the Ghoul passive, it aint 50% of a blow, its 50% of a damage instance type! XD (oops sorry didnt mention)), Escorts that need a mod to be played around with properly, very complex effects yet a very simple battle log, mobs that are tankier than your uncle but wont ever kill you, so you just spend hours trying to kill them as they bolt and dash and disappear and come back with full health, etc.

New player unfriendly? more like new player hostile. If you did not worship the wiki then prepare to have your time wasted on multiple runs. I am not sure what is the rationale behind such a game design decision but here we are

amazing

One of the best turn based RPGs of all time (and also free/open source if you want to get it from their website).

This game has some of the best/most unique set of classes available across all RPGs. Fair amount of cool music/sound effect choices and nice sprites.

It's a pretty difficult game with a few knowledge traps along the way above normal difficulty.

The main negatives I have for this are:
* The graphics & hud doesn't scale well to modern day screen sizes by default, requires manual adjustment
* The UI is pretty outdated
* The end part of the game really drags on (prides mainly), could have been cut down a bunch and still been as fun/challenging
* Game occasionally lags/freezes on turn end due to poor optimisation (mostly just when there are a large number of enemies all doing stuff in 1 turn)

this game is great

its a mix of traditional roguelike with some diablo loot and some rpg/mmorpg world
there is a LOT of combinations of classes and races
the tiles are charming ,the interface is simple (for a roguelike) , the gameplay is fun , the replay value is infinite

i recommend it to all

10/10 would be killed by the worm that walks again

Fun

ToME's leveling and combat systems are among the absolute best. A wide variety of race and class combinations are playable, each distinctive and deep in its own right, often with different ways to play them. You can be a Dwarf Berserker, seeking to beat down enemies in melee and tank damage, or a Shalore (elf) Necromancer, where you rely on a summoned undead army, or trust in your spellcasting abilities (or some porportion of both). Leveling factors in as well; do you max out Weapons Mastery for the offensive damage, or do you first put those points into Thick Skin for the defensive benefits? Even in relatively simple classes, judging your present weaknesses and knowing what your gear compensates for at the moment will drive you to carefully consider the order in which you upgrade and obtain talents.

The combat system is excellent as well. At lower (normal) difficulties, a robust autoexplore and easily configurable auto-use of talents makes mowing down mobs a pleasant and efficient experience, where you use the experience points to prepare your character for the more tactical boss fights. At higher difficulties, more challenging enemies (uniques, rares, and randomly generated bosses) become frighteningly common. Here positioning becomes crucial, so that you don't find yourself outmatched and outnumbered with no escape, and an understanding of effective play is required. Applying debuffs to enemies and understanding how and when to cleanse those applied to you lends considerable depth to already interesting fights. ToME's combat is tactically satisfying and possibly the genre's pinnacle.

The game does have a few wrinkles, however. Some dislike the art style, though the more I play the more I appreciate its distinctive appearance and have grown fond of it. The UI could be improved, and I run a handful of mods that clean up names and item info, as well as one that provides visual indication of more debuffs, but mods are not strictly necessary. The game is also old and you may encounter bugs or glitches if you play a long time, and you will notice that the game's performance is not incredible. The campaign is also lengthy, making a single run a several day affair. I recommend playing on the "Adventure" setting regardless of difficulty, since this will provide the player a handful of extra lives throughout the run. This prevents an unlucky autoexplore, or a single missed keystroke in a particularly difficult encounter, or any other extremely punishing eventuality from ending your days-long run outright.

The base game is available free, and I highly recommend giving it a try. Despite its few flaws, ToME is known as one of the greats for a reason. Over the years a variety of class guides and tutorials have collected online that are a great resource for new players. Even if you are new I'd recommend giving the game a shot.

And a final thought: the controls are incredible. ToME is fully playable with mouse, keyboard, or a combination of the two. The HUD can be unlocked and rearranged as you see fit, the keyboard can be remapped however you like, and the game will work great on a PC with a numpad, or a Macbook with a trackpad. Apparently the controls map nicely on Steam deck as well. This all makes the game extremely ergonomic. If your wrists are tired from repetitive keystrokes, you can instantly switch to mouse without any problem, and vice versa.

A great RPG plus RogueLike game,it could cost you hundreds of hours to indulge in!

game seems abandoned dev talked about a major dlc expansion coming out in 2023 but never made another post on here and went dark what a shame too its been almost 36 months with no update to the game. I guess the dev just quit

It's a really fun class-based, looter, dungeon-crawler.

The base game is free on the Dev's website too.

This game is fantastic! Cheers

Outstanding game.
Before buying it i already had over 50 hours on the base game that's free on their website
The mechanical depth of this game is insane. You will play the game for hundreds of hours and still unlock new things.