My takeaway is that it's only original Rogue fans that care about the delineation of the terms. Is there a modern (i.e. post 2000s game) that matches the definition of a roguelike as given in the article?

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[–] Nacktmull@lemm.ee 5 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

Don´t get me wrong, I don´t mean to gatekeep (I in fact play lites, not likes). However, a rough orientation when you want to know if a game is a like or not, is in my opinion the Berlin Interpretation

[–] donio@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Yep, that's the only answer that makes sense to anybody who actually plays and likes roguelikes.

As a rule of thumb I like say that if it needs a pause button it's a 'lite. This doesn't come close to covering the criteria but it's a good shortcut to weed out a lot of them.