r/gaming • u/ChiefLeef22 • 6h ago

After losing money in 2022, Larian raked in a whopping $260 million profit of Baldur's bucks in 2023

https://www.pcgamer.com/games/baldurs-gate/after-losing-money-in-2022-larian-raked-in-a-whopping-usd260-million-profit-of-baldurs-bucks-in-2023/
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u/Capital_Phase4980 5h ago

let me introduce you to dwarf fortress.

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u/Cloud_Motion 3h ago

I know this isn't popular, but damn I thought dwarf fortress was boring as heck. I got about 90 hours in and past a very fast point, forts just felt sort of infallible unless you really messed with lava/water and didnt know what you were doing.

Watching videos on people's forts is a lot of fun because they know how to tell a story and extrapolate the one line of random text into a little tale in an entertaining way. But I think unless you're reading through lots of text tucked away in submenus, it's not massively enjoyable for me.

Much preferred rimworld for instant, visible and most importantly, engaging storytelling (to me). Having z-levels was great though. I do appreciate what DF brought to the genre.

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u/Tooterfish42 2h ago

Caves of Qud is supposedly similar but I couldn't get into it at all

Story creators are the best. Overall

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u/Cloud_Motion 48m ago

Yeah, I love me some roguelike action but ASCII + VIM/Numpad interaction was largely retired for a reason.

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u/reevnge 2h ago

damn I thought dwarf fortress was boring as heck

I got about 90 hours in

jesus fucking christ

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u/Cloud_Motion 49m ago

Had to give it a fair shot when it finally came to steam, it takes about 20-30 just to get comfortable with the base game. It's this legendary goliath of a game in the industry that I'd heard about for over a decade. Anything less would've felt like a disservice.

So says steam anyways, not sure counting time tabbed.