"a game of dwarfs" by Paradox

[The exceeding arrow]

So paradox is going to publish a management game with dwarfs. You got to build a fortress and fight increasingly dangerous enemies.

Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yyexilq-yCA

I do hope they got "skirmish mode" or just a non-mission based mode otherwise i probably won't be buying it.

 

[Temuzu]

Winter is coming.

 

[Dryvus]

So in what way is this not a ripoff of Dwarf Fortress?

 

[Guan_Chung]

So in what way is this not a ripoff of Dwarf Fortress?

You can't rip someone's organs out and kill people with them.

 

[Moss]

Looks more Dungeon Keeper than Dwarf Fortress (though yeah, it's obviously at least partially 'inspired' by DF). Should be interesting.

 

[Dryvus]

You can't rip someone's organs out and kill people with them.

Leaving the best parts out (I presume) = still a ripoff.

 

[Splintert]

If not the game itself, hopefully it will include mod support. Epic mod support.

 

[Taimat396]

Honestly, if they just sent Toady a dozen guys and said' tell these guys what to do, they'll make an actual decent UI', I'd buy it. Even if it was just the version I have now with an actual decent UI

 

[Lost-Lamb]

Yeah... Looking at that, I expect a ****ty combo of DK and DF with too much DK.

 

[Theo]

So in what way is this not a ripoff of Dwarf Fortress?

That's how game genres evolve. More ripoffs, the better.

 

[Moose!]

game with dwarfs

Sold!

 

[Rilder]

D'aww their making a Dwarf Fortress style game for the little kids! Isn't that sooo cute.

 

[Taimat396]

Dawww, he thinks him playing DF is cause to believe he's better than people. Isn't that sooo cute.


...No, it isn't. Piss off.

 

[Jock]

Well it has dwarfs so it can't be that bad.

 

[killer-blead]

I like the part where you can dig.

I'm definitely keeping a eye out for this one.

 

[Skyrage]

So in what way is this not a ripoff of Dwarf Fortress?

That's how game genres evolve. More ripoffs, the better.

So "Dwarf" is the new genre then? Heh, I kinda like it. Action, Adventure, Dwarf, Puzzle, Role Playing etc etc.

And yes, it really does look like Dwarf Fortress for Children. Dunno if it necessarily is a bad thing or not though.

 

[killer-blead]

Well it does make it more simple for people to play and it has the graphics that most people are used to. I think the way DF looks is the main reason people get turned off.

 

[Nahkuri]

That turns away some people, but I'd say a pretty big amount of them get turned away by the UI and the learning curve that requires a space rocket to get over. Also the increasingly mindblowing amount of micromanagement a successful fort needs.

 

[Mage246]

I absolutely despise micromanagement, which is why no one has ever been able to convince me to play DF. I enjoy reading LPs but that's it.

 

[killer-blead]

Which LP's have you read? I might be able to redirect you to some fun ones.