What is this game? Why is it so good?

[Hurricane]

I've heard about it for years. I'm not sure what it is though.
I've tried to find reviews but I only got tutorials and that's not adequate to get a good idea of what the game actually is.
Comments?
Videos?

Thanks.

[kara_buga]

Hard to describe. Gotta experience it for yourself. But I would suggest this video to give you an idea. https://youtu.be/0FW23bamIZI

[Ultimuh]

Watch a few Kruggsmash videos on Youtube.
If that doesn't pull you in, the game's probably not for you.

[McFuzz]

It's the game Rimworld got all its ideas from.

[Noeat]

Originally posted by Hurricane:

I've heard about it for years. I'm not sure what it is though.
I've tried to find reviews but I only got tutorials and that's not adequate to get a good idea of what the game actually is.
Comments?
Videos?

Thanks.

google, youtube?
did you hear about them?
and youtube is aweswome site, what is FULL of videoclips, even from games. and there is even search bar. you can type there what you want and it will find you clips by that keyword(s). that is how you get your videos.

another thing is Twitch.. that is place, where ppl stream and part of it are ppl who play games, then you actually can watch them play and comment that game. and again, that site have search bar. isnt it awesome?

[Prisoner 76561197992841073]

Lov' me plump helmets
Lov' me beer
Lov' me mountains

'ate goblins, not racist just don't like 'em

[Empath demon]

How about a nice game of chess?

[Hurricane]

Originally posted by kara_buga:

Hard to describe. Gotta experience it for yourself. But I would suggest this video to give you an idea. https://youtu.be/0FW23bamIZI

Oh, I've watched a few videos from that guy. Every single one of them made me buy the game he was talking about.
Thanks
I'm getting the game right now

[Black Ace]

Originally posted by Empath demon:

How about a nice game of chess?

No.

*types*
Global Thermonuclear War
*hits enter*

[McFuzz]

Do love me a thread where OP ends up as one of us.

One of us. One of us. One of us.

[accent]

It creates an entire procedurally generated fantasy world, its civilizations, cultures and historical figures, simulates hundreds of years of history for the world and then lets you be a part of that world in the form of a group of dwarves who must build a settlement and survive.

When you inevitably lose (which in Dwarf Fortress is FUN), you can go to Legends mode to read up on the unique named monster that slaughtered your dwarves and see that monster's whole life story and how it ties up with the history of the world, as well as the stories of any other named character or creature in the world.

There are so many ways to interact with the world and such freedom to do what you want that it always generates interesting stories to tell. This is why even losing is fun.

And then there's the Adventure mode (not yet available in the Steam version but it's coming and has been in the classic version of the game for a long time). In the Adventure mode you control one character in a roleplaying sandbox way. I once was a swan man who travelled around singing to people and they hated my singing so I killed them, enjoying the combat reports because of the crazy detailed anatomy system that makes fights seem brutal.