![]() But let’s really examine the motivations of these characters, not from a game mechanic perspective, but from a narrative one. ![]() Maybe the pursuit of answers (of which you will find many as you traverse the castle, uncovering pieces of the journal that Johannes left behind in search of the cure). What drives a man (or woman) to walk into such a scenario, knowing that if they do not succeed, they will die and have little left behind to herald their existence? Family duty, perhaps. More often than not, that outcome WILL be death. For example, there are only two possible outcomes of each attempt to enter the castle with a new child descended from the original bloodline: Victory, or death. It very frequently pokes fun at itself, but if we peel back the layers and really look at the narrative, it is anything but funny. Rogue Legacy is, if anything, a beautiful depiction of the classic Shakespearean comedy and tragedy. The Brothers Lee have done something incredible here: For all that Rogue Legacy is rather silly, the characters that you play are very realistic depictions of humans in this aspect. Sometimes a character will have been inflicted with irritable bowel syndrome, dyslexia, stereoblindness, and many more possible traits from birth. But it’s more than just that they have their own unique flaws. They have a name, they have their own unique way of doing things (each character has a chosen discipline, such as being a barbarian, a warrior, a mage, etc). Rogue Legacy has an incredibly impactful story that could only be told through one of its core game mechanic: Permanent death and genetics.Įach time you enter the castle to attempt to conquer it and discover the secret that has doomed your family line, a brand new character is created. And this is where your many, many stories begin. Johannes enters the castle and does not return. The narrative of Rogue Legacy begins with a knight by the name of Johannes entering the shapeshifting Castle Hamson in search of a purported cure to heal his father the King (and your ancestor) of a grave illness. Rogue Legacy brings us an incredibly sad tale, one steeped in many rich narrative concepts: family, responsibility, betrayal, sacrifice, and bloodshed. Truth be told, the greatest tales throughout human history have consisted of very little dialogue, with feats and action being the backdrop for the narrative. But we’re not here to talk about game mechanics, we’re here to talk about story. ![]() Taking inspiration from both platforming titles and the classic roguelike genre, your goal as a player is to traverse a procedurally generated castle that changes its internal shape each time that it is entered. Have you heard of it? Likely not.Īn independent video game released by Cellar Door Games (consisting of brothers Kenny and Teddy Lee), Rogue Legacy is, for lack of a better descriptor, a ball-buster of a game.
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