Why is this game so highly rated?

[Wolfie]

If it was 3d with better graphics (like the sims) I could understand it more.

Genuine question.

[Kittenpox]

In certain games its the gameplay that brings more to the table than shiny graphics ever could. :-)

As for the answer to your question, I'd start by reading the reviews on the store page.

[Cannenses]

This game allows players to control so many different elements (attire, housing, food, weapons, power-source, etc.) that you essentially create an entire world (your colony/base whcih you could move around). Then it has animals (tons of them) and unique quests that ranges from silly to damn dangerous. It's fun.

An example of a player's quest screen:

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2041350511

[Markus Reese]

Why are tabletop RPGs so popular?

Cause an immersiveness of play does more than shiny. It is why factorio is still beloved by many players who also love satisfactory.

[Vintorez]

It's sort of like a single player tabletop RPG, like Dungeons & Dragons. It creates memorable stories, the simple graphics put more of it in the player's imagination.

[BlackSmokeDMax]

Speaking of graphics, have those of you into DF seen a recent post by Tarn (Toady) showing some preliminary screenshots:

https://store.steampowered.com/newshub/app/975370/view/2082292794864361477

To answer your question TheDarkKnight, I'd just add to what the others have said. Sometimes simple graphics can be superior, as you aren't relying on those graphics for all of the details. It nudges you into paying attention to more stuff behind the curtains, so to speak. Pause the game, look into the various logs, be they the combat logs or just the social logs. Check out some of the art descriptions, paying attention to dates and how the art can relate back to actual events in the game.

I think you do need to have the proper mindset to get the most from this game. You don't have to do that to enjoy yourself, some people just play it straight up as a min/max colony game and enjoy themselves just fine. Others peer deeper and enjoy it from a different viewpoint. This is probably one of the things that keeps this game more reminiscent of DF.

[easytarget]

Originally posted by TheDarkKnight:

Genuine question.

I very much doubt this. Anyone "genuinely" interested in this game coukld find so much information about it online it's ridiculous.

[brian_va]

Shiny graphics can disguise an otherwise poor game. Rimworld doesn't qualify.

[FecklessJoota]

Originally posted by TheDarkKnight:

Genuine question.

no

also this is clearly a bait which i too just bit

[4 года без мефа]

2d>3d

[CringePotato]

It would be harder to develop this game in 3d and have it work as good as it does here in 2d. This game is more of a story telling device with game aspects.

[gussmed]

Originally posted by TheDarkKnight:

If it was 3d with better graphics (like the sims) I could understand it more.

Let me tell you about this game called Dwarf Fortress...

https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/mWvI_IyKEaov-e_dT35M6mGu55s=/0x0:2040x1360/920x613/filters:focal(857x517:1183x843):format(webp)/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/66325798/queca.0.jpg

[Xzalen]

Just to note here.. The Sims is a terrible money grab. At least rimworld has a workshop that has thousands of game changing mods... for free.

[s1rsplif]

I'd say what makes Rimworld so highly rated isnt its look. what really does it for me is how many different things can happen to your colonists, or to the world even. with imagination, you can do so much fun and downright insane ♥♥♥♥ in Rimworld. I've created villages of nomads, high tech prisons, fortresses that can only be breached with nuclear weapons, simple looking towns that have cult followings that pray to actual gods for favor (thanks to a mod), I've even made a group of people that just travel from npc town to npc town, looting and murdering everything in their path. And honestly, the amount of extra content provided through mods is just insane. I've used mods to include the ability to make nuclear bombs, which i then fired at a colony that kept raiding me until it was destroyed and i didnt get raided by them anymore. I have the 1000 hours on steam, plus a good 300-400 hours from before i could afford the game and pirated it (I bought my own copy and one for a friend as soon as i could to make up for the piracy)

In some ways, and i know this will piss a few people off, Rimworld is a better dwarf fortress. Its mostly the same experience with a much friendlier UI, art style and doesnt have nearly as high of a learning curve.

[Chaoslink]

Many games that focus on looking really good are about as deep as a puddle on a rainy day. They might look nice, but there’s not too much to keep you occupied and you’ll move on after a hundred hours.

Games like Rimworld might not look pretty (it does in its own way really) but the amount of content and depth that they offer can keep you busy for a thousand hours.

Would you rather spend $60 on a pretty game you’ll play a little while or half that on a game you’ll dump months worth of time into enjoying?

[Chaoslink]

I mean, you can do just about anything you want in Rimworld.

You want to make a tribe of cannibals? Do it.

You want to train a massive army of rats and squirrels? Do it.

You wanna open a black market of harvested organs? Go for it.

You wanna establish a trade caravan and live on the road? Do it.

Hell, I even tried to send in explosive pigs, pigs hauling fuel or incendiary mortar shells, at my enemy to set off a chain reaction and blow up an incoming raid.

There’s so many possibilities and you can do it all. Add in mods and you just expand it that much more.