レビュー

• gamedeal user

  Dec 6, 2022

  Time is subjective STRIKE THE EARTH! After 20 years of development & an influence that changed the world of gaming forever, one of the most unique & storied titles in history gets one of the most exciting updates of them all... Graphics! Alongside that revolutionary new idea there's a plethora of new audio, a much improved UI experience, tutorials, Steam workshop support, and the warm fuzzy feeling of supporting developers that absolutely deserve it. Dabu's OST alongside Swerwer & Macias is an excellent addition, with "Winter Entombs You", "Koganusan" & "Drink & Industry" being my standouts. Regarding the difficulty/depth of the game, while it's true there's a hell of a lot going on both under the hood & in plain sight, there's nothing here that you shouldn't be able to tackle so long as you've the desire to learn & experiment. With improved in-game tutorials, a trimming of the menu fat, & a very friendly community to fall back on should all else fail, you'll be fine! On top of that, the publishers, Kitfox, have a couple of videos on their channel covering some of the basics, which you can find here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bLN8cOcTjdo As for the game itself, we're talking about a sandbox where a thousand people could each play for ten thousand hours a piece & each have wildly different experiences. Things happen incredibly naturally & for nuanced reasons, rather than just because "the game thinks it's good that X/Y/Z should happen now." As far as living, breathing worlds go, Dwarf Fortress is a true simulation in a world of games, & while the games it's influenced are fantastic in their own right, if you find yourself wanting more weight & depth behind your worlds, you'll find that in abundance here. Perhaps most importantly though, we're talking about developers that are absolutely deserving of your time & support; a 20-year passion project that's only now going premium because of a fear of healthcare costs otherwise getting in the way of continued development of Tarn & Zach's magnum opus for 20 more years to come. It's a game with plenty of imitators & influence throughout the industry, but despite all of that, it's a game that stands alone in what is believed possible from a procedurally generated world. Simply put, it's a masterpiece that's only going to get bigger & better - & it's already bigger & better than anything else out there.
• gamedeal user

  Dec 6, 2022

  This is a video game authored by Toady One. All craftsmanship is of the highest quality. It menaces with spikes of potential.
• Moh Kohn

  Dec 7, 2022

  The greatest game ever made, now with controls a human can use! It won't be for everyone. It's still difficult, and complex, and deep. But for those willing to invest the time in learning it, there is no experience like Dwarf Fortress. My woodcutter just punched an alligator til it ran away. I have nicknamed him Steve Irwin. He enjoyed the fight.
• pagedMov

  Dec 7, 2022

  As a rather devoted Dwarf Fortress player, this release is actually incredible. The sheer leap in quality and polish from the previous version to this one is actually unfathomable. However, it's not without flaws. Pros: -Cool new graphics -Extremely accessible compared to earlier versions -More than 2 songs -Menus are much easier to navigate now -New user interface is much more organized and visually pleasing -Mouse support makes several things much simpler -Integrated support for several quality-of-life DFHack features (Such as automining ores/gems) -General tedium has been heavily reduced -Embark screen has been heavily upgraded, and you can embark on mountains now -The labors menu has been completely overhauled to allow for extremely efficient micromanagement of dwarf labors -Several menus that previously had their own entire screen are now just windows, making the UI much less suffocating Cons (these mainly apply to previous DF players): -Completely removed the option to use ASCII graphics. As someone who played vanilla DF for a long time, I didn't realize how attached I was to the graphical style until the option to use it had been taken away. It feels as though the game has lost a certain amount of it's identity with the complete removal of the ASCII aesthetic. -Mouse support, while an amazing addition, has sort of overtaken the main method of navigating the game. This has had the unintended side effect of making certain menus way more tedious to use. For instance, when trading, you no longer have the ability to just hold shift+down arrow to select a bunch of items very quickly. You instead now have to individually click the check box next to every single item. Another unfortunate consequence is that (and if I am wrong about this PLEASE tell me) it is now impossible to make mining designation macros, because the in-game macro recorder doesn't record mouse button presses, which means I will have to manually designate my usual giant bedroom layout by hand in every fortress. -Almost all of the hotkeys have been completely changed. If you were an avid player before, you will quickly become lost if you try to use the hotkeys you've memorized. -Giving workshops direct designations is much less streamlined now that using the mouse is the main method of selecting menu items. Before, you could designate 10 wooden chairs by just hovering over the workshop and pressing A and then C 10 times. Now, you have to click on the workshop, click on the "Add new task" button, and then click on the search bar and type "chair", or scroll down the list until you find it, then click on it, then repeat that process 10 times. Now it seems the only efficient way of quickly ordering the production of a small amount of items is through work orders. -The Announcements screen and the Reports screen have been completely removed, replaced by little notifications that pop up on the left side of the screen. In my opinion, the way the game handled announcements previously was much better. The new system would be fine, if not for the fact that once you dismiss the notification associated with the announcement or report, you aren't able to go back later to see things that happened earlier, which you could do with the previous Announcements page, and to a lesser extent the Reports page (Reports only include info from "recent" combat). I want to be clear: this release is strictly an upgrade. Overall, the game is in a much better place now in terms of it's playability and accessibility. There has never been a better time to play Dwarf Fortress. However more advanced players who have been with the game for a long time may find the new UI and methods of control a bit frustrating. EDIT: Here's an important addendum that I need to make; after a few more hours of playing, I've realized that the addition of mouse support was actually botched pretty horribly. The new UI looks nice, but there is so much clicking. So much clicking. This wouldn't be an issue for other games, but Dwarf Fortress is the type of game that when you play it, you're probably going to be putting in a few hours in one sitting. This raises a serious issue when there is a single button that you use to do literally everything: repetitive strain. I have put roughly 8 total hours into my first fortress here (a small amount of time by DF standards), and my right index finger is literally just done. If you have issues with RSI or Carpal Tunnel Syndrome, you should reconsider buying this game.
• Arrogant Worm

  Dec 7, 2022

  For anyone asking if we've been waiting all these years to pay for this game. Yes.
• Eyewall

  Dec 7, 2022

  The depth of this game is simply insane. I'm currently playing a world where in year 1 of the history a Beaver demon created something called the "Palace of Perplexing" from which it has ruled The Hell of Principles for the last 100 years, conquering all challengers. After killing a bunch of people, it got bored and started having friendly wrestling competitions with neighboring dwarves, and now every year instead of being evil it throws its own version of the olympics, which it always wins because its a giant fucking beaver demon that shoots fire. It's not even related to my dwarves yet, its just a data point. Holy shit.
• gamedeal user

  Dec 8, 2022

  now compatible with human brains
• gamedeal user

  Dec 8, 2022

  I played the tutorial, already knowing how the game worked just out of curiosity. Part of the tutorial was to chop a tree. My Lumberjack Dwarf was crushed to death by the tree. 11/10, would do the tutorial again.
• Jothardan

  Dec 8, 2022

  Supporting this so Tarn can buy his new Cyborg body and live forever.
• gamedeal user

  Dec 8, 2022

  - build drawbridge over big pit at entrance to my fort - try to trade wood to elves - this makes them mad - do it again out of spite to make them madder - get attacked by elves - raise drawbridge - fling elves into air - they hit their heads on the roof and get stunned - lol - elves fall into the pit - one survives with broken legs - I name him Barry - throw garbage into the pit for Barry every now and then - I like to think he's happy crawling around down there