Dwarf Fortress Review

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1. "Dwarf fortress is a nerd game…" Viva NERDS !!!

2. fk it ill just get a job

3. It brings me joy to know that a new generation will get to experience this absolute masterpiece of gaming. What it lacks in graphical prowess it makes up in absolutely unmatched world detail and emergent gameplay. The stories of your failed dwarven colonies will stick with you far longer than your average AAA game. I'm glad IGN did this amazing game justice on its steam release. If you are on the fence, absolutely give it a try!

4. Strike the Earth and play Dwarf Fortress!

5. finally this game gets the love it DESERVES

6. this review is a masterpiece itself. this dude deserves an award

7. An actual review? Close to 10 minutes long? On ign? That actually covers the game and not memeing?

8. If any game and it's devs deserve a 10, it's Dwarf Fortress! Bravo

9. Finally, an IGN review with a reasonable score. STRIKE THE EARTH!

10. Nobody tosses a dwarf!!!

11. This review it's a masterpiece that DF deserved. He definitely knows what he's talking about.

12. Thank you IGN! Great review!

13. How does it play on the Steam deck?

14. Saṃsāra

15. Damn Jon Bolding is an actual decent reviewer from IGN.

16. A 10.

    Absolute Perfection for a rebirth of a Legendary Game.

17. and its not even the final form!

18. The drunk cat story sold me on this game

19. Oof was not expecting a game for boomers im gonna pass..

20. Amazing review!

21. Glad IGN gave this masterpiece the review it deserved. Many games have tried to ape its style but nothing can compare. One of gaming's highest peaks.

22. 10-15 years ago IGN gave out like one 10 every year at most. Now they give them away like candy. Up your standards. Not to take away anything from Dwarf Fortress as I’m not necessarily talking specifically about this game. Just the fact that ign used to be more strict about what they gave a 10/10 and now the bar feels so low when you have more than 4 a year

23. Disappointed they could not score it higher.

24. Jon Bolding is the only reliable reviewer in IGN. He's the only one in the company who knows what he's talking about

25. They gave Modern Warfare 2 single-player campaing a 6 XD these guys are a joke

26. excellent reviewer

27. 10-15 years ago IGN gave out like one 10 every year at most. Now they give them away like candy. Up your standards

28. “2022 was a great year for games”. Yeah…..Sonic Frontiers, The Callisto Protocol, and Evil West.

29. Can‘t play those games… Have fun without me 🎉😊

30. Wow 10/10! Congrats Dwarf Fortress!

    Which other games got this score from IGN?

31. GOTY lol

32. Wait, it's actually released?!?!?!?!?!?

33. It's so funny reading some of these bewildered comments. They don't understand. How can a game with lo-fi graphics and aesthetics be hailed so greatly?

    You've got to understand. Dwarf Fortress speaks to many "older ages", both in its fiction and in a very real technical sense. There are so many modern conveniences designed to make a user's experience smoother, but this game is one that was built with a very different sensibility in mind. They weren't aiming for ease of use necessarily (although much of their work HAS been to make things easier in the engine they built over the years), they were aiming to create the most detailed simulation of a fantasy world. To literally take you there in a fashion, if you were willing to commit to seeing through the "matrix code" of the interface.

    There is so much detail under the hood. One dwarf can have religion, belong to several groups, be a major part of politics. They might have a fondness for butterflies and a distaste of certain foods. They can fall in love. There are whole weather simulations happening all around. Liquids can freeze. Items can be projected, a whole physics system is happening under the hood.

    There is so much goddamn detail.

    So when you look at this Steam version of the game, with "lul" features like mouse support, an easier to read interface….you have to understand that to bring the existing work of a decades-long project into a frontend and STILL retain all that underlying detail?

    Yeah. Masterpiece doesn't begin to cut it.

34. 10/10 and didnt even mention the banger soundtrack

35. Wasn't expecting ign to give this a 10

36. dwarf

37. If absolutely nothing else, they certainly delegated this game to their best possible choice of reviewer.

38. Jesus Christ this game is truly a test of time.

39. Thanks for reviewing the game!

40. Legit. So hyped to pick this bad boy up.

41. Doubt.

42. Present 16 minute

43. Great review

44. Yeah, but does it hey hey peepole?

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