The Depths of Tolagal
Angry Toad Oy · 2015 · Turn-Based Tactics, Dungeon Crawler, Turn-Based, Turn-Based Strategy, Roguelike
PC
Positive93% · 28 📉 Recent reviews down 80%
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About The Depths of Tolagal
The Depths of Tolagal is an addictive roguelike dungeon crawler with an emphasis on tactical combat.
You are searching for your missing apprentice within the deep, dark dungeons of Tolagal. Did he go there willingly, or was he kidnapped? You don't really care, you just want your damn apprentice back!
You are searching for your missing apprentice within the deep, dark dungeons of Tolagal. Did he go there willingly, or was he kidnapped? You don't really care, you just want your damn apprentice back!
Features
- Deep tactical gameplay.
- Loads of different monsters, each with unique AI.
- Loads of loot.
- Procedurally generated levels.
- Unique abilities tied in to the different weapons available in the game.
- Action point based combat.
- Play with or without permadeath - your high scores will only be recorded for permadeath runs though!
- Story mode - rescue your apprentice from the depths of Tolagal in this semi-structured mode.
- Infinite mode - get as far as you can in an endless dungeon. Try to beat your high score!
- Learn more about the dungeon of Tolagal in each run by finding journal entries written by the various inhabitants of Tolagal.
- Easy to learn but hard to master.
- Challenging but not unfair.
What Steam players say
Recent verbatim reviews from Steam — separate from playze.io community reviews below.
The Depths of Tolagal is a ripoff of Hack/Rogue (from 1980), but with shallower gameplay, and slapped together with Node.js. Gameplay consists of ambling around a procedurally generated map and being hacked up by the various enemies. RNG is king here. With game development, it's important to use the right tools for the job. Node.js can be used to make video games, that's true, but it's not the best tool for that. Much like you can eat your dinner with a screwdriver and a hammer. You could get the food in your mouth, sure, but this is not going to be an enjoyable experience at all. And the resulting product shows, too. There's a huge number of defects here, many that spring from the limitations of the poor choice of game engine, and others that spring from poor design choice. A choice was made to use obsolete retro pixel "art" as a substitute for contemporary PC graphics. It's unclear if this is due to lack of budget or talent, regardless, the overall visual quality of the game is extremely low as a result. While there is full screen support, there's no graphics tweaks, resolution is locked and can't be changed, so there's no way for the gamer to try improve the very po…2 found this helpful
This is one of the most satisfying and more streamlined roguelikes I've ever played, easily on my top 5.
Inessential, no interesting or new mechanics, skippable.
Meh
Nice rogue-like with attractive gameplay.
Buy the game! It's very cheap and worth every penny. Minimalist gameplay, permanent death.
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