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Nethack is a roguelike NetHack is a single-player roguelike video game originally released in 1987 with ASCII graphics. It is based off of the roguelike Hack.
You are tasked with descending into the depths of the Mazes of Menace to retrieve the Amulet of Yendor. There are many different areas in the expansive dungeon below.
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Con Feature creep
NetHack has an overwhelming amount of features mostly because the development team found them cool at the time, but with little thought of their greater impact. For example, a Nethack staple is Sokoban as a built-in minigame, which feels out of place in a dungeon crawler.
The extremely large amount of items and abilities break the game's balance and coherence.
Con Run of the mill story
The story of the game is pretty generic fantasy fare. It features orcs, elves, and trolls in an effort for the hero to save the world. While it does not detract from the gameplay, it does seem very familiar to those interested in the genre.