When comparing Ziggurat vs Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup, the Slant community recommends Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup for most people. In the question“What are the best roguelikes/roguelites on PC?” Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup is ranked 8th while Ziggurat is ranked 53rd. The most important reason people chose Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup is:
There are a few different classes available at character creation, each one has it's own abilities that are different from the others. Creating one is quite simple, which makes for a fast way to get into the game and start playing.
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Pros
Pro Assortment of enemies that have varied designs
There is a large assortment of enemies to battle in game that all have varied designs.
Pro Procedurally generated levels and random weapons upon start
Ziggurat has large procedurally generated levels where the player start out with a different weapon each time, making for fresh and different experience every time a game is played.
Pro Inspired by Hexen and Doom
Ziggurat is heavily inspired by the classic PC games Hexen and Doom, making for a current gen refresh.
Pro Simple character creation with different classes
There are a few different classes available at character creation, each one has it's own abilities that are different from the others. Creating one is quite simple, which makes for a fast way to get into the game and start playing.
Pro Gold Standard for roguelikes
The controls and replayability have been refined over the years. Whether the player chooses to play with Tiles (graphics) or console (ASCII) the game works well even when choosing online or offline play. Either way there is just enough interface to play the game.
Cons
Con Short
The title is pretty short, with only five levels the game could potentially be beaten in under an hour.
Con Death is inevitable and happens often
Being that Ziggurat is a roguelite game, death will happen and it will happen often. While it is by design it can get infuriating at times.
Con Have to fiddle with controls
Being that the game uses an emulated keyboard on screen it works best on tablet, though is not really the preferred method (but is the only one) since it takes up screen space.