Re: FREE GAME: Hammerting

On 3/30/2024 5:03 PM, Spalls Hurgenson wrote:

On Fri, 29 Mar 2024 15:07:23 -0400, Mike S. <Mike_S@nowhere.com>
wrote:
 

I like the graphics style and I wanted to try something like Dwarf
Fortress. Unfortunately, reviews on Steam are mixed... precisely for
the reason you state here. The game was abandoned by the devs.

 Speaking of which, I really ought to give "Dwarf Fortress" another
try, especially with the updated graphics. The original's ASCII
visuals put me off too much for me to enjoy it the first time I tried
the game. But maybe the updated tile-graphics will allow me to see the
brilliance everybody attributes to the game.
 Still... I'm not sure I want to pay $29 for the privilege. It may have
to wait until the next Steam sale...
 

I played DF for a while. It really is quite the deep game. The ASCII graphics never put me quite as much off of it as the relentless difficulty did.
Also despite the ASCII characters the game consumes a lot of resources after a certain amount of creatures are in the game.