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Been getting into DF more and more. Just went though 17 you tube videos and I think I only understand 10% of the game. Talk about massive. Have 3 different fortress going across 2 computers. Looking for some awesome layouts for rooms, indutry, and food handling.
I thought this pic I found was apt:
http://www.sharkyforums.com/images/i.../2012/07/2.png
Lol, I guess the game did not make a good initial impression on me in 2006 :). I've just matured :p
That game takes forever to get decent at it. I was decent, I could fend off some attacks, trade proficiently, and built some big fortresses. Still couldn't keep from dying in the end from a raid or master the game in any way. I doubt I could pick it up any faster now that I haven't played it for 3 years.
A couple of the guys here and myself got into Crawl for a couple of weeks but it was the same thing. Everything was great about the game but the learning curve. You could spend hours with a character and then be killed straight away with no chance to save yourself. With ASCII graphics there has to be a reason to come back and keep playing. Definitely a niche type of game.
To be fair the developers say that there is always usually a way to get out of any situation but I could not find the energy to keep playing to find out if that was true or not.