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Literalmente, PokeRogue es el mejor juego de Pokémon que ha salido hasta ahora. Por supuesto, es un proyecto hecho por fans y no por Nintendo. Nunca hubiera pensado en mezclar la fórmula roguelike con Pokémon, pero agradezco que alguien haya tenido la idea y haya creado PokeRogue. El juego utiliza el ya genial y complejo sistema de combate de Pokémon y lo mezcla con un sistema roguelike en el cual, después de cada batalla, te dan objetos para fortalecer a tu equipo. Es una combinación simple pero que funciona a la perfección con las infinitas posibilidades que ofrece el sistema de equipo y combate de Pokémon.

El juego ofrece varios modos de juego, siendo el principal una campaña con un rival frecuente y un objetivo final como meta. A pesar de ser un roguelike, el juego también tiene un sistema de progreso que te motiva a seguir jugando y mejorando. Todos los Pokémon que captures se conservan y mejoran sus IVs para las próximas partidas. Además, finalmente le dieron una utilidad a tener shinies en tu equipo, ya que estos aumentan tu suerte durante la partida.

Todas estas características y las infinitas posibilidades y contenido que ofrece PokeRogue lo convierten en un juego increíblemente adictivo y divertido, uno de los mejores roguelikes y juegos de Pokémon disponibles.

As a game its pretty fun. Kinda just unfortunate it was made by some shitty people but its good that they were exposed.

this was fun as, beat it about a week ago.
however the dev / mod teams have outed themselves as complete bigots and cannot recommend this anymore

The game was pretty fun but the lead developer is transphobic so i’m not going to play this ever again


-_- I done playing fan games , can't trust Fan game creators man

The long and short of it is that it's a pokemon roguelike, if the title didn't give it away. Gameplay is super addicting and the replayability is there with the amount of pokemon and RNG involved. I binged this game over the last 2+ weeks and got to near wave 3000 of endless and completed probably a dozen classic runs.
I'd say play it but consider holding off as so many things need to be implemented still and it's somewhat of a buggy mess. Endless mode becomes a chore after awhile, there needs to be more progression and mechanics to award players for runs and successes, and the devs need to continue their hard work keeping the servers alive (why is this a browser game???) and rolling out more updates and features. I'm a sucker for pokemon so I like this a lot, and I can see myself coming back later on once it's more fleshed out and cleanly implemented.

I think my expectations were to high here. Everyone was going around saying this was better than all the modern Pokemon games but I don't see it personally. I am not saying its bad just not exactly my thing would probably be how I would describe it. I would reccomend it if you are a skilled Pokemon player and if you are a fan of Rougelike games.

you guys realize this project is open source, the dev team doesn't have exclusive right to use the code, right? You can fork the code and not even change it at all and that would remove all the transphobic devs from being able to edit that version of the project, right?

It's really boring I don't get it, I just mashed A for 20-30 minutes and made it to floor 70. Well, I guess that's how pokemon combat against AI always is, lol

changed to unrated what a shit show.
Sam announced his departure from the project

The general chat on the Discord descended into chaos, with many people bashing Sam for his religious beliefs

People started spamming trans rights in the chat, which resulted in some people responding with transphobia

A mod tried to shut it down by targeting the people spamming trans rights, rather than the transphobic comments. They referred to the trans topic as something that makes some people uncomfortable, which pissed off the trans community

The one active mod began shutting down chats, with the community finding a workaround by creating threads. There was a general resentment for the mod due to their comment on trans stuff. The mod continued to double down on his stance before apologising a couple of hours later

Speculation began that the mod team was generally not supportive of trans people. Around this time, someone leaked a chat with Sam showing his negative stance on LGBT+, supporting the speculation

A couple of new mods came online and tried to assure everybody that the issue was being dealt with. One of them (newly appointed community manager) quit within a couple of hours due to in fighting between mods and being told to play PR on the LGBT+ stuff despite being LGBT+ themselves.

Despite calls for the mod team to take a strong ‘no bigotry’ stance, the mod team put out a statement banning all political talk, making it clear they intend to sit on the fence on this issue

Good shit. Addictive gameplay loop with nigh-infinite possibilities for teambuilding. Only gripe is that it's pretty grindy, the candy costs for unlocking passives are STEEP. That said, it's still possible to beat classic without anything unlocked with smart play and knowledge of the type chart. Also just thought I'd mention winning classic is probably one of the most rewarding things I've ever experienced in a game. I won't spoil it, but it'll have you grinning ear to ear.

There is a second mode, endless. Unfortunately, it relies on cheese strats to get to the later levels due to the amount of bullshit it throws at you so I just stick to classic.

Giving it minus half a star because the endless mode is not my cup of tea, but classic is still worth beating at least once imo.

Shame about all the discord drama.

We got milkshake ducked, this sucks. I can’t consciously endorse a project where the entire team chooses to espouse transphobia as if it is an “opinion.” Also if a pokemon fan game is taking time away from your faith you either have fallen into 1990s televangelism moral panic or have such pisspoor time management that you can’t set like 2 mind aside to pray. This sucks. The community was in love with this game but bigoted creators ruin anything. Fuck a pokemon battle this a long life battle with yourself.

It’s fun, but loses the charm quite quick.

For what it is, try it.

Man, I'm not a huge Pokeguy, but booting this up on my browser and playing it in the background is sooooo great.

changing my review bc we just got milkshake ducked.

One of the best Pokemon games I've played period. Keeps you coming back, excellent difficulty. Super impressive game