35 reasons why you should learn how to play Dwarf Fortress.

[IkeTheGeneric]

At first glance, Dwarf Fortress looks like a mess of ASCII characters.

But underneath the confusing jumble of nonsense lies the greatest RTS of all time. It's fun, it's cool, it's inspiring and best of all, it's free.

Dwarf Fortress' learning curve is a 280 turn. It is literally the hardest game to get started.

The best part of the game is jumping in and figuring out everything yourself. Once it's all starting to piece together, it turns into a masterpiece. This jaw-droppingly awesome work of art turns into a time wasting entertainment deity that draws you in and beats you up, but unlike all the other times, you love it when it kicks your ass.

It's motto is "losing is fun.", and if you spend the time figuring it out, you will know why.

This is the 35 reasons why you should play Dwarf Fortress.
1
Everyone loves dwarf fortress!

2
It's fun, long-lasting and free.

3
The game teaches you that it's just a game and losing is o-k.

4
Your dwarves can be funny and scary at the same time.

5
It takes tactics and planning to play DF unless you're doing it for the fun; then it gets good.

6
It can be fun for anyone.

7
The depth of the game is amazing.

8
Minecraft was inspired by it.

9
Legends is a fun dungeon crawler/RPG and a great expansion all around.

10
Your friends will think you're cool.

11
It puts hair on your chest and wang. AT THE SAME TIME.

12
You become the dwarven fortress lord. From then on you shall reign upon a forested land with an iron fist.

13
It's loving cool. When before have you had a dwarf on fire battling a dragon underneath a crumbling bridge right next to water with a dead infant?

14
Designing the fortress has endless possibilities.

15
The AI are surprisingly smart.

16
You can beat up the elves for being stuck-up pussies!

17
Even the ladies have beards!

18
Dwarves can be crazy and you will always be at risk of them going mad.

19
The challenge is hard but not horribly hard.

20
Superman plays it

21
You will accomplish so many things!

22
The map settings can make even fish deadly.

23
Character bios are detailed and always funny.

24
THE ELEPHANTS

25
SomethingAwful just loves this game.

26
If you don't play it you will never know how great it is.

27
You can dig to hell!

28
You can kill hordes of giant cave-dwelling spiders

29
It's too under-rated so play it!

30
I'm a fan so I'll be butthurt if you don't.

31
It's not an FPS so rejoice!

32
Just do it I'm running out of reasons.

33
The goblins are evil and you do want to kill them, right?

34
Dwarves can have love and are programmed to actually have special interestes (one time this dwarf had intercourse with this other dwarf, and he was holding a lump of coal..Imagine what he did with it :P)

35
It's the best game ever made.


PLAY IT! Really, it's worth it. Trust me.

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[Tingalz]

forget you the graphics literally hurt my eyes

[IkeTheGeneric]

Well there are texture sets to make things understandable and easier on the eyes.

[?]

Well there are texture sets to make things understandable and easier on the eyes.

can you find me one that makes the game look less like somebody smashed their face on the keyboard and more like an actual game?
found one
http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=59026.0

[IkeTheGeneric]

can you find me one that makes the game look less like somebody smashed their face on the keyboard and more like an actual game?

This is a great one.

[Shell]

The game looks as bad as this

Quite annoying how you need a texture pack for it to not look like stuff.

[Nepthan]

36
It puts a beard on your neck

[LordCutlerBeckett]

I'm still going to play Angband. Bye.

[Jenxas]

no thank you
I would rather stick to my generic FPS

[Night Fox]

would you like me to tell you why you should stop playing what you like and suggest you a game with a high learning curve?

[Muffin]

Make a tutorial and ill play.

[tikitai]

because graphics totally make a game!

[?]

because graphics totally make a game!

they help.

[zackin5]

It's a great game, It's just so complicated and in-depth that I get tired of having to relearn it every time I play it again a month later.

[Madmitten]

I try to play and i end up quitting because I cant figure out whats happening