OT - Who wants to write a "roguelike" game? How about a 4X?

[Kamog]

Those roguelike games are addictive. But I have never completed a game because in every game I play, I die sooner or later, even though I am super careful. Half the time I run out of food and starve. I spend most of my money on food as a precaution but I still still run out and then I don't have any money left. Or I get lost in a dungeon and get killed by monsters. And once the character is dead, he is dead and there is no save game to go back to. I'm used to playing RPG's where I always save before entering a dungeon or town, so that if I die I can go back. Eventually I get frustrated that I have to keep starting from the very beginning with new characters.

For a new roguelike game, would you consider allowing save games so that you can restore it when you die? Or is that against tradition of roguelike games?