OT: Dwarf Fortress

Morkilus · #1 September 20th, 2006, 03:29 PM

I don't know if anyone reads Bill Harris' blog , but he's ready to call this the Game of the Year. Well, maybe until October 2. Seriously, though, I haven't been this addicted to a game since I discovered Dominions 2.

I still haven't gotten very far, since I restarted several times after a couple disasters and discovering I made some very bad planning mistakes. I can't wait 'til my first invasion, and I can only wonder what goodies will be added once the game actually is considered "beta". Looks like the devs are mainly working on the Adventure mode, which admittedly, I haven't spent much time with.

Kristoffer O · #2 September 26th, 2006, 04:21 PM

I've spent free time the last week on DF. Splendid game. Tried a couple of times. Now I have a nice city going, but the little buggars are about to die this winter I think. The last human caravan didn't bring much food and my farmers have acted stupid (or rather, I didn't fertilize my farm plots efficiently). I'm getting over-stoned and over-nobled. Annoying chaps. Make this and make that!

I absolutely love the freakish moods and insane craftsmen.

I still havn't figured out how to milk cows. Might be that all my cows are male

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Agrajag · #3 September 26th, 2006, 04:24 PM

Oh no, we got KO addicted.
Don't expect any patches for Dom3.

Nerfix · #4 September 26th, 2006, 04:29 PM

Or the demo.

Kristoffer O · #5 September 26th, 2006, 05:06 PM

> Oh no, we got KO addicted.
> Don't expect any patches for Dom3.

Don't worry. I was addicted to some pre-release patch making the other week. Expect at least one new nation in the first patch, and it wont be dwarves

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But, I must confess to having played DF for at least 30 hours this weekend (I had the friday off)

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Nerfix · #6 September 26th, 2006, 05:15 PM

What nation is it? Early Machaka, or perhaps Late Pythium?

JaydedOne · #7 September 26th, 2006, 05:15 PM

Either way, the mere fact of its existence pre-release smacks of awesome.

DominionsFan · #8 September 26th, 2006, 06:24 PM

Quote:

Kristoffer O said:
> Oh no, we got KO addicted.
> Don't expect any patches for Dom3.

Don't worry. I was addicted to some pre-release patch making the other week. Expect at least one new nation in the first patch, and it wont be dwarves

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But, I must confess to having played DF for at least 30 hours this weekend (I had the friday off)

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Yeah, the game is decent, and keep in mind that its a very early beta. Like I said many times, this is definitely the game of the year for me because of the deep gameplay...and of course Dominions 3.

PS.
The adventure mode is also exciting. I just recently lost my uber sword [and I died like 10 seconds after it], because it was stucked in a monster's head. I tried to pull it off, but a kobold archer popped up in the corridor, and I guess his name was Robin Hood probably, because he killed me with a single shot. The arrow just removed the brain of my char.

Morkilus · #9 September 26th, 2006, 06:53 PM

This is the most violent ASCII game I've played since the debut of my Fantasy Pit Champion game back in high school. Ah, memories...

Don't let Jack Thompson know about this one.

DominionsFan · #10 September 26th, 2006, 06:22 PM

Quote:

Kristoffer O said:
I've spent free time the last week on DF. Splendid game. Tried a couple of times. Now I have a nice city going, but the little buggars are about to die this winter I think. The last human caravan didn't bring much food and my farmers have acted stupid (or rather, I didn't fertilize my farm plots efficiently). I'm getting over-stoned and over-nobled. Annoying chaps. Make this and make that!

I absolutely love the freakish moods and insane craftsmen.

I still havn't figured out how to milk cows. Might be that all my cows are male

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I think that we cannot milk cows yet, it is not implented at the moment. I think that the game will hit v1.0 in like 3 years minimum, because the developer's list is just HUGE.