As somebody who sometimes evaluations video games for a web site that always evaluations video games, I in all probability should not be saying this, however… my favourite recreation evaluations are on Steam, written by gamers. I am particularly speaking a few sure kind of recreation overview that normally comes within the type of a sentence or two, adopted by a rating. And that rating is at all times “10/10.”
You in all probability know these evaluations: they normally describe some type of bizarre or humorous emergent conduct. As an example, a Far Cry 5 overview that claims one thing like “Went fishing, enemy soldier attacked me however acquired killed by a bear, I shot the bear however acquired mauled by a mountain lion. 10/10.” Or typically its less complicated, like a overview of Elden Ring that claims “Will let Malenia step on me once more – 10/10.”
With Dwarf Fortress (opens in new tab) in the end launching on Steam right now, I went overview diving as a result of if there’s ever been a recreation with weird emergent conduct and followers who adore it, it is DF. And I wasn’t disillusioned. This is a couple of 10/10 evaluations (and a few scored a lot larger) I discovered in only a couple minutes on Steam.
Mike (opens in new tab): “Began a beautiful fortress, constructed into the aspect of a mountain, subsequent to a fish stocked river. Migrants joined, commerce was booming and two migrant kids jumped into the river and drowned. They got here again as ghosts and proceeded to behead the opposite members of the fortress. 10/10”
Rando (opens in new tab): “Misplaced half my dwarves to dehydration, turned their bones into commerce items. 10/10 would get haunted once more.”
The krut: “10/10 would watch Urist McWoodcutter get crushed by a falling tree once more”
Marcus: “Completed the tutorial and my fortress virtually instantly flooded killing almost everybody 10/10 GOTY / decade”
Spankleford: “Two dwarfs drowned and weren’t discovered for a number of months, a yak was jailed, and a goat vomited in every single place exterior whereas my fortress was slowly being swallowed by miasma. Rimworld needs it was this foolish. 15/10 DF is definitely a lot enjoyable.”
Damage: “Alligators ended all the things so much earlier than anybody ever anticipated 10/10 GOTY”
Anden: “10/10, would die to zombie carps once more.”
Vespero: “Considered one of my miners acquired in a combat with a kitten and needed to be hospitalized, then my Chief Medical Dwarf died in a mining incident and the miner died of dehydration 11/10”
TuGun Jr.: “Been enjoying for a while now and at last acquired it on steam. I began an embark subsequent to a river and my miner spawned in and drowned with out me realizing for the primary couple of minutes till i noticed dwarves have been horrified. 11/10 would embark once more.”
Icy Screams: “FEAR THE ALLIGATOR MEN!! THEY SHOW NO REMORSE! 10/10 WILL BE DEVOURED AGAIN”
Proctorg76: “I have never even completed worldgen and but because of the brand new reside stream of historic occasions it’s yr 417 and I’m watching two civs named The Playful Flute and The Curled Nuts steamroll all the world and start a chilly battle with one another. 10/10 GOTY.”
I am a fucking elf: “I simply flooded my first fortress as a result of I dug by a frozen river with out realizing – till it thawed. 10/10 would drown in ice chilly water once more.”
Legion: “Первая же крепость была уничтожена стаей гигантских Орлов ещё до прихода первого пополнения.Просто 10/10”
(Through Google translation: “The very first fortress was destroyed by a flock of large Eagles even earlier than the arrival of the primary replenishment. Simply 10/10”)
FlatBoulders: “You can also make pets burst into flames… it is a 10/10.”
To shut issues out, there’s even a detrimental overview, sad in regards to the Steam overlay. The rating remains to be surprisingly excessive:
TommyTwoTimes: “Steam Overlay would not work!!!! FIX EEET REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE 10/10”
