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 Post subject: Dwarf Fortress
PostPosted: July 19th, 2010, 8:34 pm 
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I just got back into playing this city builder/management sim called Dwarf Fortress. The idea behind the main gamemode is to carve a fortress out of a mountain, trade, fend of attackers, prevent your dwarves from going crazing and/or going on a killing spree. It's been in active development longer than almost every other game out there and is very complex. Oh, and did I mention it was free?

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Don't let the graphics fool you, this is one of the deepest and most entertaining games I have ever played.
If you want to get into it, here is the main page and here is a very long but very useful guide.
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 Post subject: Re: Dwarf Fortress
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I'm a little rapped up with Mass Effect at the moment, but I might come back and give this a try. If anything it'll certainly broaden my gaming horizons :)

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 Post subject: Re: Dwarf Fortress
PostPosted: July 20th, 2010, 11:08 am 
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I'll be honest. These days i can't be bothered to learn a game if i can't pick it up and play without the use of a guide it's not something I'll ever get invested in.

Used to be able to! Just not anymore.

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PostPosted: July 20th, 2010, 1:28 pm 
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Well I tried it out today. It's certainly is a game you won't be appreciate from moment one. It's a pretty steep learning curve, you need a pretty good in dept guide to even get started. In fact it's one of the most complex games I've seen so far. For example you already have like 50 professions. I bet it would be a lot better if the user interface was just slightly better. Even a mouse as input would improve a lot.

After "playing" for about 30 minutes I doubt I will ever learn to appreciate this game, but I don't have the time to invest just to see if I really like this game.

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 Post subject: Re: Dwarf Fortress
PostPosted: July 20th, 2010, 2:48 pm 
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I actually gave up on this game last December and got back into it earlier this week. I don't know why I was able to pick it up a second time and start so easily though.

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I bet it would be a lot better if the user interface was just slightly better. Even a mouse as input would improve a lot.

Someone has been making a game just as you described called Goblin Camp. The very first version just came out this month, but it lacks many of the basic features so it's more of a proof of concept.
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there is another game inspired by this, called minecraft. the classic version is free and it's actually really cool.
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Oh my goodness, that game looks complicated, and ugly. I would give it a try if I had more free time, but between working and SC2, I basically have no free time these days. :(

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