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Rogue Legacy is still the most approachable roguelite of them all

Past Perfect is a retrospective column in which we look back into gaming history to see whether old favourites are still worth playing today.

I’m not going to tell you how dreadful I am at Rogue Legacy. If I did you’d never invite me to play with your group in the playground again. But I am going to tell you how much I still enjoy playing Rogue Legacy, despite seemingly having failed to improve at it over seven years of playing.

With Rogue Legacy 2 possibly coming this summer, it seemed good timing to return to the 2013 original and explore what still makes it stand out from the crowd of rogues.

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