Quite a clever method of restoring health, uh, not that I condone it. The legends say a vampire character has the power to sneak behind a bystander and suck the victim’s blood to refill their demonic health bar. It saves lives, and if you get a few coins in the process, what’s the harm? I’ve heard people say vampires hang out at blood banks. But you don’t want to ravage the dumpsters for pennies, like a slum dweller. Maybe you need money to buy a packet of cigarettes, or a nice cape. It was an average day.īrendan: In Streets Of Rogue, as in life, sometimes you are short of a few quid. Like anyone else, I told the loyal clone of the slavemaster I'd recently possessed to face a wall and wait while I threw my host's body at the cops until it died, then popped out of the corpse, ran back to revive Matt, and finally, dived into the back of the clone. I'd just released the three slaves my host was holding captive (typical) and I couldn't revive Matt with cash (another way you can get your partner back in co-op mode) because I'd spent the money cloning my own host. I was currently possessing a slaver, which means I couldn't revive Matt until my host died. Somehow in the course of doing this, he angered the local police, who dutifully released a squad of killbots to hunt him down and kill him.Īs a body-snatching shapeshifter, this put me in a bit of a pickle. The presence of his new friend inspired Matt to hack into a mysterious nearby building and wander inside to loot it. As a hacker, Matt naturally took a moment to hack into a nearby biology lab and activate its cloning machine, out of which climbed a friendly wrestler. Sin: Why, just last week, my good friend Matt, who I have no plans to betray on the last level in case it's funny, was strolling about the industrial district with me. Here's some of the totally normal stuff we've been experiencing, both in the roguelite's co-op mode, and in singleplayer. Many of us in the RPS treehouse have been enjoying such leisurely, easygoing moments of humdrum realism. It's here that videogames truly reflect our simple reality.įor example, that time four giant gorillas crushed the entire city into dust. You can keep your Farming Simulators and your Solitaires. It's a comfort that Streets of Rogue’s city and its many mundane simulated districts are so utterly ordinary. Watch out for more articles on it throughout the month.Īh, these familiar, everyday streets. This time, we're enjoying the completely ordinary happenings of pixel roguelike Streets Of Rogue. Can’t Stop Playing is our monthly celebration of a game we're loving.
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