This year brought sixty-three completed 7DRLs. The number seems overwhelming at first but to play them all one merely needs to try 1,21153846153846153846153 games a week for the next year. Not all are willing to show such dedication. For those, a team of evaluators was assembled to give all the roguelikes a once-over. Their work is now complete. The committee proudly presents you the results. http://www.roguetemple.com/7drl/2012/ However, if you dive deeper into assigned scores you will find even they disagree on what exactly is most worth playing. For example second place is occupied by no less than five titles.
Each 7DRLs was judged under six categories. Score for each rank is either 1, 2 or 3 where higher is better. Getting a 2 is a adequate achievement in first five categories. The last criterion is called roguelikeness. Here 3 means roguelike, 2 is for games only partially fitting the genre and 1 for the rest. Note reviewers used their personal opinion on what constitutes a roguelike. Thorough explanation of the categories can be found under results table.
The Honorable Members of the Committee
- @ Todd Page, Robo-ambassador
- @ Michał Bieliński
- @ Risto, Mysterious Northern Coder
- @ Michael Curran, Knight Burzmali
- @ Z, The Hydra Slayer
- @ Jice, Marquis of Doryen
- @ Slash, Priest of the Temple of Roguelike
- @ Jeff Lait, Serf in Zincland
- @ Darren Grey, Scholar of the roguelike world
- @ Joshua Day
- @ Ido Yehieli, Lord of Tametick
- @ Joseph Hewitt, Ataraxia Overlord
- @ Oddmunds, Knight of Tametick
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