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[WaffleLord]

Alright, I know there aren't too many roguelikes that have overworlds out there, but I know there is perhaps one I have not heard of yet.
I have played Ivan, Adom I and II, UnReal World, DF adventurer mode, cactaclysm DDA, Rogue survivor, and Elona, but for my Roguelike overworld preference I like my overworlds being random everytime, having different dungeons scattered all around the world, and being moved to different places with each world, randomly generated locations, etc.
Oh yeah, I prefer roguelikes in the fantasy setting, but its okay if you put post-apocalyptic roguelikes or any other roguelike genres, as long as they have a overworld. So yeah you know of any?

[Vector]

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[Gunner-Chan]

La-mulana doesn't even have a real overworld, since it's pretty much one big interconnected dungeon. And it's not a rouge-like in any way shape or form. So... I don't quite understand the suggestion.

About the only ones I can think of myself you mentioned already, besides ToME and some angband varients. Though ToMEs overworld is non random if I remember right, and more a source of frustration than actual fun exploration last I played. Bandlikes are also not the most popular sub genre these days so I'm unsure what to suggest

[Leafsnail]

What you're describing doesn't really sound like a traditional roguelike at all (in which you generally have a clear goal to achieve in a dungeon, or perhaps a set of dungeons if it happens to involve going to the surface at some point - not sure how that would work in a game with lots of randomly generated dungeons).  The closest thing I can think of really would be a refined version of DF's Adventure Mode.

e: I guess it depends on how far you're willing to stretch the definition of "overworld", there are plenty of roguelikes where you get lots of branches off the main dungeon

[Dutchling]

Caves of Qud is a post-apocalypic Roguelike with an overworld. Not really randomly generated though. Individual dungeons and stuff are, but the overworld itself is always to some extent the same.

[Vector]

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[Tawa]

Actually, I had an idea for a game like this once, where it would play sorta like a Legend of Zelda game, but with more procedural generation.

I am unfortunately incapable of coding.

[GlyphGryph]

Maybe I'm not understanding what the OP wants, but... what feature is he looking for that Cata:DDA doesn't have, exactly?

[Arx]

Dungeon delving? I'm a bit behind on C:DDA updates, though, so it could have been added.

[Jiharo]

Z+ Angband checks off most of OP's preferences, at least formally. It's not in development for some years already, though. Overworld is probably the most interesting out of all band-likes, but even if dungeons are themed, one world's "ruin"-themed dungeon won't be much different from other world's "ruin". Still, exploring the world to find towns with shops and guilds with quests and dangerous and safer territories makes for a good diversion to typical angband crawling.

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Maybe I'm not understanding what the OP wants, but... what feature is he looking for that Cata:DDA doesn't have, exactly?

Hey, humans are greedy. Even when DF will inevitably simulate everything anyone would ever want to simulate in a game, people will likely still be looking for other games sometimes.

[Dutchling]

Maybe I'm not understanding what the OP wants, but... what feature is he looking for that Cata:DDA doesn't have, exactly?

Maybe because Cata has too much of everything

[Dutchling]

Ehh, I can think of reasons for this belonging in either Other Games, General Discussion, or even Life Advice.

[Reelya]

Not really a roguelike, but get dosbox and try out DaggerFall, since it has a massive overworld, and heaps of really huge / complex dungeons.