This could go in the given up on thread too, but I'm about to bin Rogue Singularity, unfortunately.  It's an into the screen roguelike 3D platformer I discovered on a couple of hidden gems vids to assist with my bargain hunting obsession, and was down to £1.19 last week (90% off its standard price).  It's actually got a lot going for it - the character movement is decent (better than most 3D platformers) and the the freeform route planning approach to the straight ahead stages is good.  I'm a fan of the short assault course set-up, and the rogue element suits it quite well (you retain certain unlocks but each run is randomised).  Undocked performance is a bit iffy though, collision detection on a certain enemy type is way off and the jump pads don't always seem to launch the robot successfully, but I think the main problem is that I made the mistake of starting Astro Bot shortly after starting this so I'm struggling to settle for anything less than GOAT robots.  With regret, I am done, but I had a good couple of hours with it.

I'm still a genre novice but I've made mental notes of certain games I like the look of/put them on actual watch lists. Would I like Flinthook, d'ya reckon? It's half price on Switch. I've stuck with the last few rogues I've played for a while, so I'm feeling strong.

I'm really enjoying it so far, it's reminiscent of ScourgeBringer in many ways. Just about my only complaint at this stage is the hookshot attaching to the wrong thing if I'm aiming at enemies that need hooking first, but that could still prove to be minor. You get a fair amount of health from treasure chests, so I'd imagine it has had some niceness patched in. Movement and shooting is good, plus it looks like the bounties remain unlocked so you don't have to start runs from square one if you beat a proper boss, which is huge for me.

There are so many good games buried deep in the digital stores.

It's fair to say this has got its...claws in. It's not without its flaws (the fickle hookshot really is an absolute pain unfortunately, and some of the level modifiers are just weird) but the good vastly outweighs the slightly-off. This is my kind of rogue, although I am essentially just grinding for permanent perks to stay in step with the difficulty now. The basics aren't as earth shatteringly perfect as ScourgeBringer but it does play a better game of chance, and despite being very tricky doesn't feel anywhere near as insurmountable. Thanks for the rec, younger Tempy.

Does anyone know who Chris is? I have one badger on my Switch friend list with scores for this.

This is still Flinthook, right? I don't think I knew it was rogue-like. But uh yeah I obviously anyway own it on Steam so uh yeah maybe I should give it a go...

Well I can install it I guess...

The new Isaac update sounds wild, but I didn't get Afterbirth so I am many, many decades of content behind.

I have been dabbling with Noita recently, which has blown my tiny fucking mind. The scope of the game is UNREAL.

Hades isn't like transistor at all. The combat is silky smooth action.

I'd say it borrows most from pyre in a limited way with how the shield and the gun in particular aim. But even then it's a distant cousin.

Hades is the one I'd most like to like. I'm building up to it.

Git gud m8

ScourgeBringer was similarly insane at the end, but that one had a couple of sliders to tinker with to make it more forgiving while you practice.

It's so difficult.  

You get 15 perk slots and an ever-increasing abundance of perks to choose from, but the cost of some seems so bizarre to me.  A double jump would be useful for sure, but 9 points of useful compared to say, an increased crit damage mod that costs 1 slot?  I get that this is the thing - juggling loadouts/decisions and whatnot - but it doesn't feel particularly balanced.  A short dash costs 6 points too.  I've beaten the first three bosses but the final run requires me to basically do slightly trickier versions of the initial three sections and bosses again, followed by another boss (two bosses actually, I looked on Youtube), and it's pretty daunting given that you're trying to do the whole thing one energy bar.  It's not the enemies that are doing me in per se, it's the hazards that seem to chip away at my health on any given run (spikes/spike traps are often very tricky to spot on the small screen).  I'm running out of scope to reduce the difficulty in any meaningful way too, there are only two further permahealth upgrades to buy.  /Waffle.  Good game though.

Hades ordered, let's do this.  It'll have to go some to be as good as Flinthook though.

If you ended up coming out of Hades thinking Flinthook is better I'll need you to take some kind of test to confirm you aren't a tulpa or something.

And there it is, the end of my Flinthook thread spamming. Credits are rolling, I did it!!! Easily one of the most difficult games I've ever finished. Final run took well over an hour because I was playing so cautiously, but it paid off. It also taught me that rogues can beat you down and build you back up during the course of a run - I've often tended to restart if I'm having a mare, but I brought it back from the brink midway through.

It's a flawed game in many ways but it's my second favourite roguelike for sure.