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the bugs

3 (4%)

the stories (including the !!SCIENCE!!)

27 (36%)

the learning curve

1 (1.3%)

FUN

11 (14.7%)

Other (post your reasons)

4 (5.3%)

all of the above

29 (38.7%)

Total Members Voted: 75

[Max™]

wereasses and bat men

Not exact but pretty close:

[Terff]

Just everything you can do in dwarf fortress in general, the amount of content packed in this game is incredible.

[bahihs]

Is this a trick question? Like when a parole officer asks you what you like about crack/cocaine?

[Kishmond]

The nigh infinite replay value.
The stories, and the fact that even I can make interesting ones.
The black humor.

[Neo_Spade]

To crush the Elven Diplomat. See their caravan driven into magma. To hear their lamentations as you cut down their trees.

Uristnan McBarbarian, broker cancels Trade at Depot: gone beserk

[Showbiz]

The stories and the depth deep enough to bury yourself in.

^
 

[Max™]

The other day I was checking on a sacked fort near my home fort as an adventurer and when I got down there it was basically yakety sax with occasional murders, as multiple dorfs and gobs were all running around from room to room fighting, totally ignoring me. After it calmed down I remembered seeing "The king retches" a couple times so I went and found him.

His name was Liceva Covarena, an elf name, it translates as Legendary Punchtruths, and he was a goblin.

Curious I checked up on him and found that he had settled in a nearby hillock named Townsink shortly before I encountered him in the chaos at Tomesplan, noting that Liceva was a member of The Crystal of Distinction, a dorf civ that had founded both sites.

I checked up on Townsink and learned that multiple necromancers had lived there, so I then checked up on the civ itself.

The first king of The Crystal of Distinction was a dorf necromancer, I walked in on the aftermath from The Balanced Immorality, a nearby goblin civ (well they're all nearby when there are 5 on a 17x17 map) which had recently sacked Tomesplan. There was apparently an uprising at just that moment and during this the crown passed to Liceva.

The first king, Bembul Copperbreach became a necromancer in 29, and apparently his wife had died in 3, killed by Tharith Zenithwar the Battles of Copper, the bronze colossus.

Townsink had been sacked back in 58 by another colossus, and then they attempted to reclaim it in 92 shortly before Liceva arrived.

I'll copy my more up-to-date save and see if I can figure out why he has an elf name after I eat, but basically that is why I love this game.

Besides all the other stuff you can do and play with, there is so much fascinating backstory tucked away inside it.

[Drewigi]

The replayability, the fact the game has no end, every character and fortress has an impact, the fact that it's literally 2 different games combined and fitting well in each other makes me enjoy the game whenever I return to it. But my favorite part is the learning curve. No casual player can get far in the game unless they have a massive strategy. Got your limb chopped off? Rethink your strategy. What I'm saying is that this is a game you can't rush through. You have to be thorough with how you play and think, making it an enjoyable experience throughout your playthrough.

[hyperman500]

I changed the poll so now you can say all of the above as an answer

[Loud Whispers]

Too late to change my vote?

[hyperman500]

Too late to change my vote?

Reset the poll so you can.

[Magnnus]

The game is so full of possibilities, gruesome, gruesome possibilities.

[Witty]

Its simulation aspects for sure, and just how quirky it can be.

While I really do hate all the meddling little bugs, they do give the game an aura of uniqueness and unpredictability.

[Girlinhat]

[PREFSTRING:unspeakable horrors]

[FrankMcFuzz]

I do love it for the combat, and the stories of course. But I have to say there's something wonderful about taking a screenshot of your starting embark, and fast forwarding 5 years to see just what has changed about your chosen. The structures, the landmarks... the uh.... irreversible damage to the ecosystem, and the corpse-laden battlefields. Like no other game, Dwarf Fortress let's you build an actual, functioning, Fortress. I just love building cute little courtyards, fishing piers, taverns and storerooms.... As well as automated death traps. Obviously.

But the BEST part about all these things is that they actually get used! Not like in similar construction games like Minecraft where you're building it just to look pretty, these little guys use every corridor and structure I put down or dig out for them. And that's intensely rewarding.