| G2ThaUNiT said: Ironically, I had never heard of Dwarf Fortress prior to its release on Steam lol, let alone finding out how long the game has even been a thing! When I first saw gameplay, I was like "wtf is this?!?" then I started reading the insane number of positive reviews and how obsessed the community is still with the game after all these years, it really makes me want to try it. But, I know I'll have to spend numerous hours familiarizing myself with all the games systems. If you have any good "how to" videos on the game, please feel free to send it my way! I know it's colony sim-lite, but have you tried out Manor Lords yet? |
The community is still playing it, because over the two decades the game exists the creators never stopped working on it, so it is constantly updating.
Dwarf Fortress is imposing and also not a game in the classic sense. It is a fantasy world simulator, very detailed, in which you can set up a fortress. And as the world does not care for you, some random event like a wandering monster can wreak havoc on your fortress. And the gameplay is difficult, because there are so many systems here. But with the graphic release on Steam and itch.io it is much more manageable to handle the system at least on a basic level to get your first fortress running.
Here is a starter tutorial, nothing fancy but it covers the basic needs:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=93pTwS6mIoc
If Dwarf Fortress is too complex for a start, maybe you want another game as entry level drug. Many of the games deriving from Dwarf Fortress ditch the 3D-world (blocky), but Odd Realm keeps that, so I would recommend it as an easier entry to this game type. This tutorial is a bit older so things might be a bit different, but I can't find a more recent tutorial:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ujAmccR6z_E
And about Manor Lords: not yet, but it is on my Steam wishlist.
