RimWorld: A sci fi colony SIM driven by an intelligent AI storyteller

Re:RimWorld: A sci fi colony SIM driven by an intelligent AI... by cube2222 on Tuesday November 22, 2022 @05:06PM (#33712218)

RimWorld is excellent!

The only problem I have with this kind of game though is that time flies by really quickly for me with it. I think it's been 10 minutes while it's actually been an hour; next time I look at the clock it's 3am.

I only have this with games like RimWorld or SimCity (city builders, simulators) and it's actually the main reason why I play them so little. They're too "just one more thing".

So yeah, recommended but with a caveat.

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Re:RimWorld: A sci fi colony SIM driven by an intelligent AI... by hallux on Tuesday November 22, 2022 @05:18PM (#33712362)

Agreed. I don't play RimWorld that often anymore (though that's about to change again as I'm about to get the new Biotech DLC), but when I do, I go out of my way to clear my whole weekend of any obligations just so I can immerse myself in the game for a couple of days.

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Re:RimWorld: A sci fi colony SIM driven by an intelligent AI... by cm2187 on Tuesday November 22, 2022 @05:52PM (#33712697)

Time flies when you spend the night rimming.

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Re:RimWorld: A sci fi colony SIM driven by an intelligent AI... by Yahivin on Tuesday November 22, 2022 @06:05PM (#33712822)

We had a great Halloween stay pegged everyone.

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Re:RimWorld: A sci fi colony SIM driven by an intelligent AI... by TobTobXX on Tuesday November 22, 2022 @05:52PM (#33712699)

There's a setting to show a real-world clock on the right side. Just goes to show that it's something common.

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Re:RimWorld: A sci fi colony SIM driven by an intelligent AI... by Aeolun on Tuesday November 22, 2022 @06:16PM (#33712913)

I think my bigger problem with that is that it always feels like you’ve barely accomplished anything in 3 hours.

My first playthrough is at 50 hours, and I still haven’t finished.

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Re:RimWorld: A sci fi colony SIM driven by an intelligent AI... by cardy31 on Tuesday November 22, 2022 @06:21PM (#33712966)

I have the same problem. I play it a lot less than some other games simply because it is so addictive.

My pitch to people is “if you ever wanted to play a game where your colony’s economy can be built around farming illegal drugs and turning prisoners into hats, then this is the game for you!”

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Re:RimWorld: A sci fi colony SIM driven by an intelligent AI... by Akronymus on Tuesday November 22, 2022 @06:33PM (#33713068)

I think Simutrans may be to your liking.

Altough, a disclaimer is in order: Simutrans is one of those games that make time fly.

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Re:RimWorld: A sci fi colony SIM driven by an intelligent AI... by glaslong on Tuesday November 22, 2022 @07:10PM (#33713342)

All I can say is avoid the SteamDeck. Having portable access to fully mod-able Rimworld is very dangerous.

Against the Storm has also gotten me pretty badly this way.

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Re:RimWorld: A sci fi colony SIM driven by an intelligent AI... by caiomassan on Tuesday November 22, 2022 @09:47PM (#33714543)

i play a RimWorld clone called amazing cultivation simulator and is the same for me, time goes by too fast.

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