Re:The Brilliance of Dwarf Fortress (2011)
by TremendousJudge on Tuesday February 28, 2017 @11:51AM
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I remember a strategy game called Majesty that worked in a "declarative" way as well. You didn't order your units around, you could just place bounties on things and your soldiers would go out and kill/destroy them
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Re:The Brilliance of Dwarf Fortress (2011)
by iUsedToCode on Tuesday February 28, 2017 @12:34PM
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yeah, i loved Majesty. You couldn't force anybody to do anything. That way it was more chaotic.
Many times you could have won quickly if only the units obeyed. But they didn't ;)
Re:The Brilliance of Dwarf Fortress (2011)
by mdemare on Tuesday February 28, 2017 @12:57PM
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Yeah, your level 5 wizard would try to take on a vampire on his own, and quickly expire, instead of leveling up on rats like he ought to. Loved that game, and loved the voices. Don't buy the iOS version though.
Re:The Brilliance of Dwarf Fortress (2011)
by bjelkeman-again on Tuesday February 28, 2017 @05:57PM
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What do consider lacking on iOS?
Re:The Brilliance of Dwarf Fortress (2011)
by PhasmaFelis on Tuesday February 28, 2017 @09:29PM
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Assuming it's the same as the Android version, it's superficially polished and internally hollow compared to the original. I posted more here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13760412
Re:The Brilliance of Dwarf Fortress (2011)
by IgorPartola on Tuesday February 28, 2017 @12:56PM
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It is available for iOS and Android I believe. Works great on mobile.
Re:The Brilliance of Dwarf Fortress (2011)
by PhasmaFelis on Tuesday February 28, 2017 @09:24PM
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The mobile version seemed like it would be fun if it was your first experience with Majesty. It doesn't hold a candle to the original, though. Fewer heroes, monsters, missions, and worst of all, dramatically simpler and less character-ful AI, with few apparent behavioral differences between classes.
Also the art was entirely redone in the generic cartoony style of every other mobile RTS. I suppose it's more approachable than the original's 2000-era pixeliness, but it didn't seem like an improvement to me.
It's still better than 99% of all mobile games, but that's not saying much. The original is on Steam for $10 including the expansion and various bugfixes; I played it through again last year and I think it still holds up wonderfully. http://store.steampowered.com/app/25990/
Re:The Brilliance of Dwarf Fortress (2011)
by Fordrus on Tuesday February 28, 2017 @04:50PM
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I LOVED Majesty, getting high level wizards was my favorite thing, and could honestly be quite tricky considering how blatantly suicidal they often were. XD
The saddest part was encountering enemy units who had magic reflection.
Re:The Brilliance of Dwarf Fortress (2011)
by digi_owl on Tuesday February 28, 2017 @12:05PM
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I owned that game, but seems to have misplaced the discs it came on...
Re:The Brilliance of Dwarf Fortress (2011)
by beaconstudios on Tuesday February 28, 2017 @12:35PM
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this one? https://www.gog.com/game/majesty_gold_hd