Announcing RimWorld - Odyssey and the 1.6 update! In Odyssey, you build a gravship and travel across the planet and beyond! Launch into orbit, where an ancient machine mind stirs.
it’s the better video game IMO. Even after the steam release of DF, Rimworld is a lot more approachable and has more player direction (including multiple end goals). Dwarf fortress isn’t trying to compete as a video game, though, it’s doing its own thing as a dwarf sim that you just so happen to be able to play. I’ve incidentally learned so much about metallurgy because of needing to look up what black bronze is and what I need to fit my dwarves in some cool armor
Rimworld is simplified in some ways in that you have only one z level, and it comes with more QoL features.
Rimworld is a lot easier than DF to learn, and more intuitive.
And generally, you have fewer rimworld pawns than DF dwarves, so managing them is easier.
I for one love both games. Sometimes I want the simplicity of Rimworld. Other times I crave the endless complexity of DF and all the possibilities it brings.
For anyone who has played both, how does rimworld compare with dwarf fortress?
it’s the better video game IMO. Even after the steam release of DF, Rimworld is a lot more approachable and has more player direction (including multiple end goals). Dwarf fortress isn’t trying to compete as a video game, though, it’s doing its own thing as a dwarf sim that you just so happen to be able to play. I’ve incidentally learned so much about metallurgy because of needing to look up what black bronze is and what I need to fit my dwarves in some cool armor
Rimworld is simplified in some ways in that you have only one z level, and it comes with more QoL features.
Rimworld is a lot easier than DF to learn, and more intuitive.
And generally, you have fewer rimworld pawns than DF dwarves, so managing them is easier.
I for one love both games. Sometimes I want the simplicity of Rimworld. Other times I crave the endless complexity of DF and all the possibilities it brings.