Dwarf Fortress

1. TurambarFR

   Dec 20, 2014

   10

   This game is the best game is ever played - and a game really made with love. Yes, its graphics are awful at the beginning, but once you haveThis game is the best game is ever played - and a game really made with love. Yes, its graphics are awful at the beginning, but once you have understood the basics, you'll enjoy this game. You're free to do what you want, and the randomization of the universe causes all sorts of things to happen to you. There's such a diversity mixed with humor and absurd situations (try to read an after-action report), that this game is both interesting and fun.
   Don't forget : "Losing is FUN!"… Expand

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2. sgt0pimienta

   Oct 23, 2011

   10

   Dwarf fortress is a game about telling a fantastical story in an imaginary, abstract world, it is amazing and it covers a lot of things aboutDwarf fortress is a game about telling a fantastical story in an imaginary, abstract world, it is amazing and it covers a lot of things about fantastical in a tolkien like way, a lot of fun, you get 3 game modes, the fortress mode in which you embark your dwarves to settle wild lands and have amazing adventures and a horrible death, where you get controll of 5 dwarves and build a fortress as the number increases to up to 200 dwarves.
   
   you must get miners, farmers, soldiers, woodcrafters, stonecrafters, masons, cooks, brewers, tanners, leatherworkers up to around 73 proffesions, evry dwarf is unique and has a mood, likes and dislikes things, every dwarf in this game is a living, breathing (and breeding) living, this game mode issn't for lazy people, seriously, you MUST learn to play it, its not like other cheap pick up and play games, wich mike make it awkward for the regular gamer, but with time and love, everyone can learn to play it easily.
   
   After looking at fortress mode you can go on adventure mode, where you take controll of one character of the world in its adventures, this mode is incomplete, crappy, and difficult to play but yet, fun, its incredible how many people play it because as incomplete as it is, it is AMAZING.
   
   Also, you get legends mode, where you can see the story of your world, because when you generate a world you must know you are not playing a level, it is a world, when your fiirst fortress dies, the world will stay there, and you can visit it again right where you left it in adventure mode, or reclaim your fortress, or build a new one, because the world goes on.
   
   That feature, generating a real world has cautivated the hearts of millions of people, because your world itself is a story that advances with you.
   
   Now, the game has ASCII graphics, wich means its made with symbols and letters, at first this freaks out everyone, and i mean EVERYONE, you must pull yourself together and drop your lazyness off so you can learn to play, but as i said, with time, and love, you can play this game in 2 days, it is amazing, how
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   becomes a dog standing on some grass, how meaningless symbols become tunnels, caves and mountains, this game is as famous as minecraft, only that it issn't so talked about.
   
   You will freak out a bit at the beggining, use the magmawiki to understand the symbols and you'll see how those triangles adn green things become bushes and hills, i strongly recommend you use captnduck's tutorial on youtube ;)… Expand

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4. VladZelensky

   Feb 23, 2023

   10

   Найкраще, чого можна бажати від ігор. Можна отримати багату на ресурси і гноми землю, нав'язати їм смішну ідеологію і кинути воювати протиНайкраще, чого можна бажати від ігор. Можна отримати багату на ресурси і гноми землю, нав'язати їм смішну ідеологію і кинути воювати проти орків з мордора задля збагачення племені довжиноносового до якого ти належиш. Тільки проїбаючи понад п'ятсот тисяч гномів, розумієш, що живеш! תִּיקּוּן עוֹלָם… Expand

   • 0 of 1 users found this helpful
5. xproj1976

   Dec 8, 2022

   10

   This is not a game, it's a piece of art, a great experience you MUST live!
   20 years of programming, for 20 years it was free, now we have toThis is not a game, it's a piece of art, a great experience you MUST live!
   20 years of programming, for 20 years it was free, now we have to pay these two great men!
   Thanks a lot Adams borthers!
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dwarf_Fortress… Expand

   • 1 of 4 users found this helpful
6. Lokathor

   Dec 6, 2013

   10

   Dwarf Fortress is the ultimate example of a game that favors system and simulation over interface and graphics. There are a lot of thingsDwarf Fortress is the ultimate example of a game that favors system and simulation over interface and graphics. There are a lot of things going on, and it's easy for a fort to collapse when the unexpectedly bad happens. Because of this, the game has a pretty brutal learning curve, even if the interface weren't totally weird and borderline nonsensical. I can't entirely deny that the game might simply rely on a form of Stockholm Syndrome to keep a large portion of its fanbase.
   
   However, "Losing is fun" is the game's motto, after all. There's even a "reclaim" mode so you can try to take back an old fort (if you dare). So go out and strike the earth!… Expand

   • 2 of 6 users found this helpful
7. Cruxador

   Nov 22, 2011

   9

   Dwarf Fortress is the premier game in it's genre, and a solid contender across the board. This game includes a construction and city buildingDwarf Fortress is the premier game in it's genre, and a solid contender across the board. This game includes a construction and city building mode that exceeds all others in the degree to which you can create and the complexity which you can choose to partake of.
   The adventure mode is an RPG that can stand with the best of them.
   The interface and graphics can be difficult to get used to, but there are plenty of user-made applications and mods to remedy this.… Expand

   • 2 of 10 users found this helpful
8. stesproject

   Dec 20, 2022

   0

   I don't understand how can be fun something so complicated, complex, huge and overwhelming.

   • 2 of 9 users found this helpful

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