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[Lagslayer]

I can't imagine playing without a tileset, not with this much going on at once. I could probably play something simple like Rogue though. The interface could use some work, but all the intricacies and depth in the game are phenominal.

[proxn_punkd]

Incidentally, my academic conclusion was that DF is a poorly-designed game, with a confusing interface, dozens of bugs, and a ridiculous learning curve, but none of the fans care because the challenge is part of the !!Fun!!.

Don't you mean incomplete? The design itself is quite frankly amazing.

According to the criteria I was supposed to use to evaluate the game, DF failed every category. (Half of them were things like "intuitive" and "easy to understand", which DF ain't by a long shot.)

[rephikul]

Incidentally, my academic conclusion was that DF is a poorly-designed game, with a confusing interface, dozens of bugs, and a ridiculous learning curve, but none of the fans care because the challenge is part of the !!Fun!!.

Don't you mean incomplete? The design itself is quite frankly amazing.

According to the criteria I was supposed to use to evaluate the game, DF failed every category. (Half of them were things like "intuitive" and "easy to understand", which DF ain't by a long shot.)

Those are criterias for a program. DF is still in alpha. Go figure.

[Demki]

ASCII
I find it easy, once I got used to it. I actually once imagined what would look like a good scene, but instead of characters, it was the symbols from the ASCII with legs and arms =|

[bluephoenix]

When I started playing a few years ago, I was using the mayday tileset but since v 31.01 I just was too lazy to download the tileset and started to learn the ascii look and stuck to it since.

[logismo]

I'm fine with both. I really like tile sets that present liquids in numbers though, that is simply easy to reference and some other objects as well but ascii does a good job as well and keeps me using my imagination more. :p

[Lytha]

ASCII.

DB_curses_12x12 gives a nice clear sight.

I can't really read the tileset screenshots, and I'd have to squint to see the tiny differences between the different professions of your dwarves in them.

[Alastar]

ASCII. In roguelikes, that's a stylistic choice... but in DF I find it also greatly increases readability. Playing in shades of green only and pretending you're looking at the matrix is also good immature fun.

[Rowanas]

ASCII forever. I'm an old roguelike veteran and your tilesets make me feel queasy.

[Sir Crashalot]

I like the mayday tileset because it is easy on the eyes, I have always used tilesets on roguelikes since I first played Moria on the Amiga about 20 ish years ago.

Each to their own.

[iceball3]

ASCII. In roguelikes, that's a stylistic choice... but in DF I find it also greatly increases readability. Playing in shades of green only and pretending you're looking at the matrix is also good immature fun.

Amen brother/sister.

[TheyTarget]

I've done both. Prefer a tileset. Considering making my own, not necessarily for community use, just for a project, and something to do.

[Kanddak]

CP437 all the way. Another nethack veteran.

Incidentally, my academic conclusion was that DF is a poorly-designed game, with a confusing interface, dozens of bugs, and a ridiculous learning curve, but none of the fans care because the challenge is part of the !!Fun!!.

Don't you mean incomplete? The design itself is quite frankly amazing.

According to the criteria I was supposed to use to evaluate the game, DF failed every category. (Half of them were things like "intuitive" and "easy to understand", which DF ain't by a long shot.)

That's pretty lame. DF isn't meant to be intuitive, and to honestly evaluate how well a game is designed you need to look at how well it meets the goals its designer intended. Not being easy to understand is only a problem if the game designer meant it to be easy to understand and failed. Triviality of understanding is what turns me off of most games. Once I totally understand a game it's boring. I don't have the addictible personality to get anything out of grinding through an MMO. I play things that challenge my understanding.

[Zesty]

I like my variation of Hanuman's curse tileset. I edited the dwarves to look like the classic game dwarves.

I like the ASCII look but I dislike the stretched shape. Perfectly square tiles is perfect.

[Wyvern]

I can't stand the standard ASCII, primarily because the tiles are rectangular.  How am I supposed to play a heavily architectural game when the visual representation of space is inaccurate?  That said, I'm not too fond of the more elaborate graphics sets either (like Mayday).  Too busy.  I currently use Guybrush's tileset, which is pretty simple (http://df.magmawiki.com/index.php/Tileset_repository#Guybrush)