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[Fortis]

I like the open ended style of the fortress. You can build practically whatever you want with enough creativity. I once made a fortress out of green glass just for the heck of it. Also, I enjoy the way the dwarves seem to have lives of their own, and aren't just mindless drones (despite their occasional grievous stupidity).

[Duke 2.0]

 Because, when all goes to crap, it is hilarious. Unlike other games where failure leads to frustration, failure here leads to fun.

 Of course, failure is only good when you sorta understand the failure to the point where you say "Oh, the game tracks that? Wow." Not failure as in "GARRRRGLE! Dammit, there was nothing I could do! Even my best measures resulted in failure! GAHHHHHH!"

 As you see, failure must be due to something the player did wrong. If it is something that takes them down despite your best efforts, no more fun due to futility.

[Mephansteras]

I'd also have to go with the detail, and the ability to do just about anything you can think of.

Oh, and the modding aspects. This is by far the easiest game to do serious modding in that I've done stuff with and it's just going to get better as time goes on!

[Emily Murkpaddled]

I love the quirky and exceedingly detailed moments! Example from just about an hour ago:

Someone's cat killed a cave spider; the owner then got a Store Item in Stockpile job for the cave spider remains, but ...

his stupid cat picked it up and started running around the fortress with it! Unfortunately, I'd forgotten to retake a door that a kobold thief had opened earlier, and the cat unwittingly ran out that door,

into the wilds outside the fortress, with the poor clothier owner still chasing, where they encountered a batman,

who got a lucky stunning hit in against the clothier even as I recruited him so that he would fight back, and the batman just sort of slowly took him to pieces.

The cat ran back inside, though.

It left the cave spider remains that it was taunting its owner with on the same tile his corpse is. >_<

[Hawklaser]

I love the quirky and exceedingly detailed moments! Example from just about an hour ago:

Someone's cat killed a cave spider; the owner then got a Store Item in Stockpile job for the cave spider remains, but ...

his stupid cat picked it up and started running around the fortress with it! Unfortunately, I'd forgotten to retake a door that a kobold thief had opened earlier, and the cat unwittingly ran out that door,

into the wilds outside the fortress, with the poor clothier owner still chasing, where they encountered a batman,

who got a lucky stunning hit in against the clothier even as I recruited him so that he would fight back, and the batman just sort of slowly took him to pieces.

The cat ran back inside, though.

It left the cave spider remains that it was taunting its owner with on the same tile his corpse is. >_<

Its the stories like this that have helped make this game so good. Also have to echo most things already said. But I have to say, what keeps me playing many games that I enjoy, for a long period of time, is the community. I have tons of games I really liked, but I don't go and play them all that often, and the ones I continue to play, I do so more because I enjoy the community as much as or more than the game.

[lowsodium]

I love the quirky and exceedingly detailed moments! Example from just about an hour ago:

Someone's cat killed a cave spider; the owner then got a Store Item in Stockpile job for the cave spider remains, but ...

his stupid cat picked it up and started running around the fortress with it! Unfortunately, I'd forgotten to retake a door that a kobold thief had opened earlier, and the cat unwittingly ran out that door,

into the wilds outside the fortress, with the poor clothier owner still chasing, where they encountered a batman,

who got a lucky stunning hit in against the clothier even as I recruited him so that he would fight back, and the batman just sort of slowly took him to pieces.

The cat ran back inside, though.

It left the cave spider remains that it was taunting its owner with on the same tile his corpse is. >_<

It is stuff like this that makes this game great. It's as if murphy's law was programmed into the game.

In one of my first forts I had going decently, I failed to take note of a fire imp hanging around where my wood cutters were working. Resulting in a freak grass fire that killed everyone but the miners, and they went on a tantrum.

[Kishmond]

I like Dwarven Architecture. Unnecessarily huge dining rooms with gold and cinnabar floor murals and gem encrusted dining tables surrounded by waterfalls make me happy.

[ZergSpartan]

A burning cat caused a flaming dwarf civil war, reducing my first "Perfect" fortress into smoking ruins.

Building my entire industry on the bones of my enemies.

Magma.

[Coaldiamond]

While building a new Dyer's shop, I was curius to see what decorations had been added to my <<copper bucket>>. The answer?

This is a copper bucket. The handle is made of iron.

THE HANDLE? I truly cannot believe the amount of detail present here. How long have we been able to add handles to our buckets?

[Mount]

I love the fact that the *entire* *landscape* is modifiable.  In fact, if things go well on my latest fortress, I plan to build a 3x3 tower to the almost-top Z-level.. then pave the ENTIRE SKY, and build my fortress there.

And this game will LET. ME. DO. THAT.   How can you not love this?

[ToonyMan]

Next release is going to be sick too.   


See what I did there?  *wink* *wink* *nudge* *nudge*

[Luraien]

It's everything I want in a game. Take control of a plot of land and just do whatever the hell you like, wrapped around mythological theme with Dwarves who go batshit insane if they don't get what they want. What made me realise I liked this game so much was when my miner went insane, stood in a room filling with water, took all his clothes off and drown right next to the well. Not many Dwarves drank from it but those who did got used to the hairs.

[Myroc]

Urist McDwarf has burned to death.

Enough said.

[InsanityPrelude]

Detail, zaniness, and building giant magma pump towers just to make completely useless but awesome lava falls.

(I haven't actually done that yet, but I'm going to. Oh, I'm going to. Maybe on my volcano glacier map.)

[Crossroads Inc.]

Because you can build an active volcano  inside a fortress... Inside an active volcano.