>see a roguelike on sale >think "hey maybe this one

Just play actual roguelikes or Teleglitch

more like
>see roguelite on sale
>it has permanent progression
>an unhealthy and boggish amount of 'stats' and 'leveling up' or 'loot'
>really really ugly art
>darkness and crap in a sidescroller (hey brilliant indie designers, this isn't fun, it just slows shit to a crawl)
>or really predictable or incomprehensible level generation

>go back to spelunky and nuclear throne instead

>random level generation is cool
>random enemy generation is cool
>random item generation depends on how deep the RNG is, stuff like diablo sucks
>permadeath sucks

I managed to like Rogue Legacy a lot but that's it, something like the binding of Isaac feels so pointless to play

git gud