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Dwarf Fortress

Minecraft

Both

[GamerKnight]

Minecraft is good for artwork and architecture, and it's easier to build complex mechanisms in Dwarf Fortress. And DF is filled with madness. So there's always that.

[BlastoiseWarlorf]

Most people on the MC forums will argue that this game is insanely complex. That same complexity is what makes us want to play it. I voted for both.

[Ethicalfive]

Dimensionality should be a world-gen option. I mean, without it we're SOL if the string theorists are right.

That being said, I haven't tried Minecraft. I always feel dirty if I try something that's got mainstream appeal; it breaks the illusion that I'm not sheeple. Also, Dwarf Fortress is the game that I've wanted to make since I was a kid. It just feels right that someone out there went and did it.

Man, my thoughts exactly. Found DF while digging though roguelikes for inspiration on my own game and found that I no longer needed to make the perfect game to fill the void with anymore.

Haven't touched minecraft, it just doesnt have enough substance to me to be appealing enough to even bother to try out, looks pretty though and I can understand why people would prefer MC for it's simplicity.

[Krelos]

I play Minecraft for 3D architecture, but it's always disappointing because the cities I make are deserted.

Spoiler: A Dwarven City I Made in SMP (click to show/hide)

It's harder to make a city in DF, well, in a way it's harder... but they are nicely populated and used, which makes it much nicer.

[RedWarrior0]

One of the other things I like about MC is that when you complete your megaproject, you know it was your work.

[MagmaMcFry]

One of the other things I like about MC is that when you complete your megaproject, you know it was your work.

Troll?

[RedWarrior0]

What? The time from the work was your time, not that of a number of simulated creatures. In DF, it's simple enough to watch a megaproject develop with little effort involved. Minecraft megaprojects give so much more satisfaction, both from the effort and in the results.

[Jeoshua]

RW, I wonder if you've ever played DF at all, using such phrases as "little effort involved"  and "simple".

Nothing just comes together.

[RedWarrior0]

RW, I wonder if you've ever played DF at all, using such phrases as "little effort involved"  and "simple".

Nothing just comes together.

I just feel that having your dwarves do all the effort somewhat detracts from the feeling of satisfaction.

[MarineMorton]

The effort is  attempting to get your dwarfs to build for you, before they all die to somthing horrible!

[Sourlout]

Neither, for I picked....

Rapture!

[Megaman3321]

Cue rapping.

/obscurejoke

[obeliab]

RW, I wonder if you've ever played DF at all, using such phrases as "little effort involved"  and "simple".

Nothing just comes together.

I just feel that having your dwarves do all the effort somewhat detracts from the feeling of satisfaction.

I'm curious about what you mean by effort.

[NobodyPro]

I bought Minecraft before it became 'mainstream' but I still say both.

Minecraft:
1) The Minecraft forums is how I found DF. +1
2) Back when the Redshift flatsea server was still running, I helped build a giant underground bunker for PCPP. +1
3) Built a giant futuristic city in MCEdit for the Beta version. No points because of the lag this one suffered.

Dwarf Fortress:
1) Made two mods that were two ambitious and have started another because it's so satisfying. +1
2) First real fortress ended because 80 people died of severe bloody vomit and the remaining 50 killed each other. +1
3) Turned me into a gaming elitist. No points because I'm not sure this is a good thing.

[EmperorJon]

Got DF.
Got MC.
Like DF.
Like MC.

In total...? I prefer DF. It's just much... more? Sure, it's not multiplayer, first person, or 3D, but in MC you can't strangle someone to death with their own guts. XD
Plus Toady seems to care much more than Notch. I think MC has become too commercial?

*Protect me, anti-flame barrier!*