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[Iduno]

The GBA games are good; they just don't allow as much exploration as say, Super Metroid, possibly due to the smaller game worlds. Zero Mission in particular has a very rigid "Get powerup, overcome this specific obstacle, get next powerup" structure. There's not been many moments where I felt like I had more than one, maybe two options as to my next move.

It's a remake of the original, so hopefully they've improved on the formula since then.

[Stench Guzman]

Victor Vran

It's like a cross between Diablo and The Witcher.

[Aoi]

VV: It's also a lot more action-y and less of an endless loot grind. Pretty fun and active...I'd say it actually has more in common with a RPG-based twinstick shooter than Diablo, but that's splitting hairs. Though unfortunately, my travel-addled sleep-deprived mind can't quite place the ideal comparison for it, though I'm sure I've played it recently... Something with a bunch of rapid, endless doderolling.

Either way, it's actually a lot better than I epexted when I got it.

[Mephisto]

On Victor Vran: The grenade launcher things are neat and you better hope you get one before spiderboss.

[Aoi]

Phantom Rose, a deck-builder.

Spoiler: "It's not bad, but there are similar and cheaper options out there." (click to show/hide)

It's a deck-builder, with the twist that anything other than your most basic cards are permanently consumed upon use. Each turn, five cards are played: Three of yours, two of theirs. The cards in position to be played are more or less random, but you also draw a hand of cards that you can swap with the cards to be played before the action phase begins. You can also redraw cards by expending currency, which is also used to purchase new cards in shops or unlock cards to be swapped a second time (if, for example, you just needed to change the order).

It seems to suffer from two major issues: The first being RNG. While you get new cards at a decent clip, there's fairly little control as to what cards you get... so if you get a combat that really doesn't mesh well with you, you may end up burning a lot of cards to get through a combat, which means you're entering the next battle with no strong cards left. A common issue with anything that deals heavily with consumables: Either things are strong and you snowball, or things are weak and you snowball. And number two-- for some reason, it plays at a g. l. a. c. i. a. l. pace. Despite setting the speed to 2x.

The art's pretty solid (though not everybody's thing), and it was evidently put together by a single person, which is pretty impressive, though.

[Robsoie]

As i was giving another try to ToME4 after a couple of years not playing, i was happy to learn that the most excellent "adventuring party" addon while not updated since several versions is still working great on the latest release of ToME4.

A party system in a roguelike done completely right as you create your party members, they have AI, they have the same skill/inventory/leveling system as your character, you can switch to control any of them at any time, etc... It's just fantastic and refreshing from those heavy majority of "lonely hero" roguelikes.

[forsaken1111]

FTL-alike Shortest Trip to Earth

https://store.steampowered.com/app/812040/Shortest_Trip_to_Earth/

Crew management, ship upgrading, path-choosing. Lots of events, some interesting humor, and you can have a cat as your shield specialist but the cat might decide to fuck off and wander the ship mid-battle.

I've gotten some good fun out of it.

[Ulfarr]

A party system in a roguelike done completely right as you create your party members, they have AI, they have the same skill/inventory/leveling system as your character, you can switch to control any of them at any time, etc... It's just fantastic and refreshing from those heavy majority of "lonely hero" roguelikes.

How does the game/add-on handles the party in areas like the cave (in the coast) with the sandworms (I don't remember their name right now) where the tunnels collapse on themselves?

[Zangi]

I actually tried a play through and died over there.  They follow you, if you are too slow on following the worms, the people in the rear get crushed by the tunnels as they collapse.  (Is not instant death, just huge damage.)
Bigger party, closer you gotta stick to that worm's arse.

[Robsoie]

Your party members dying isn't a problem in that dungeon, because fortunately it's possible to revive/resummon them, it's an ability that takes 100turns (you must be undisturbed or you have to redo it again) to complete the revival, then you have to rest so they can heal (as revived characters are left with extremely low health).
So if they die, wait in a safe location (as rooms are relatively far from each other in that sandworm dungeon and aren't going to be connected often) and revive them.

It  also work for your character, when your character die you are automatically given control of the next party member (if all are dead, you lose an actual life as if you played normal te4 ) so if you still manage to keep the party members to survive , they can also try to revive/summon you.

[Ulfarr]

Thanks, both of you 

[scriver]

Did this get added to the free version too or is it a paid only thing? It make a me want to play ToME again.

[Zangi]

It was 100% free version on my end.

[Robsoie]

Yeah, it's a free addon and it does not require any of the ToME4 commercial dlc.

[scriver]

Great. Thanks!