Official DWARF FORTRESS Thread!

[crownjules]

I just wish the mouse was used more. Also the game wants me to lose, I am already on my 4th or 5th fortress and I have a bronze colossus killing everyone!!

That's what's so fun about these types of games. You have to get out of the "losing is absolutely terrible" mindset because sometimes it's just damn entertaining when things go upside down in your fortress. Plus it's a learning experience and you (hopefully) won't do whatever caused that failure to occur again.

 

[CurseTheSky]

The blessing of this game definitely is the complexity. There's just so much to think about, and just when you think you have it all figured out, it throws you a screw ball. It actually reminds me a bit of Caesar III in several aspects.

I agree with some of the others though - while the Lazy Newb Pack helps a lot, they really need to update the graphics and interface. The graphics I can deal with, but having to remember whether you need to use the mouse, arrow keys, or +/- gets old fast. If they updated the graphics to something along the lines of Caesar III (which is outdated in today's gaming world anyway) and revamping the interface to primarily use the mouse, I'd gladly pay $5-15 for the game. I know plenty of others that would as well.

 

[heat901]

Im almost willing to pay that now lol