wedrifid comments on Specific Fiction Discusion (April 2011) - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Armok_GoB 14 April 2011 12:47:04PM *  4 points [-]

Slaves to Armok: God of Blood
Chapter II: Dwarf Fortress

Download here: http://www.bay12games.com/dwarves/

Description: http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/DwarfFortress

Comment author: wedrifid 16 April 2011 05:06:51PM *  7 points [-]

Ok, I've downloaded and played it. Absolutely mindblowing! The learning curve is through the roof and there is just so much of it to learn. It simulates just about everything a dwarven world should have. The development of a single individual citizen is far more complex than most roleplaying games have for their protagonist - even down to getting attached to a specific weapon (object, not class!)

The way the community defines 'Fun' is amusing too. It seems to involve the forcible discovering new ways to be utterly obliterated. Unfortunately I haven't had much 'fun' yet even with a respectable civilization going along. But that's because I did a lot of research on the low to mid skill level risks and worked damn hard to prevent them - quite a challenge and fun in itself.

Comment author: Armok_GoB 16 April 2011 06:22:38PM 5 points [-]

... looks like me posting this here put of the singularity by a number of hours...