15:2315:23, 17 April 2019diffhist+4
Roguelike
co-opt: verb: "divert to or use in a role different from the usual or original one" the original usage of the term roguelike did not include roguelites. Thus this is a co-opting
15:1015:10, 17 April 2019diffhist+43
Roguelike
The source is literally a few lines down stating they are decidedly unlike the defining games of the genre, hence the phrase "roguelite"
07:3107:31, 17 April 2019diffhist+183
Roguelike
Most of the games mentioned do in fact eschew all elements of roguelikes being like rogue or like the other genre defining games, save for permadeath and RNG elements. As such it is a co-opting. The reference for this is Rogue, Nethack, actual traditional roguelikes.
02:5502:55, 17 April 2019diffhist+79
Roguelike
Most of the games mentioned do in fact eschew all elements of roguelikes being like rogue or like the other genre defining games, save for permadeath and RNG elements. As such it is a co-opting.
06:5706:57, 16 April 2019diffhist+4
Roguelike
the co-opting of the term roguelike is not regular usage to the genres source, its start, nor its actual substance. It is an outright co-opting, plain and simple
05:1305:13, 16 April 2019diffhist+3
Roguelike
Calling such games roguelike is a misuse of the term, the correct term is roguelite. Even then, thats iffy