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That may be, but is metal really that hard to come by for this sort of thing to be worth it?

Worth it? It is The Dwarven Way!

Annihilated by what I thought was close air support several times before I realized the jets were using air-to-air missiles. Hijacked a helicopter and proceeded to get blown out of the sky several more times before I figured out I was expected to do that at the very beginning of the mission, not halfway through it.

Descent. The whole series. Played in chronological order.

Darwinia sounds fun.

4. There's no need to stay at your base wrenching away, especially if you're not being attacked and ESPECIALLY if there are no enemy spies. Please feel free to run around shooting lesser men with your other guns.

Mandatory Nerf NOW!! post:

-Do you have a preferred art style
Not specifically, just that it should tie into the game's overall atmosphere. Photorealism is cool and all, but the emphasis should be on making the game elements recognizable.

-How long should the game take to play?
The length of the game itself isn't as important as how long a game takes to play out entirely. If a game can be "beaten" in 10 hours, but has enough optional content to stay fresh for ten playthroughs, that's much better than a Final Fantasy style 100 hour slog, because it gets much harder to keep introducing new mechanics after hour 50 or so.

-What aspects of the game do you like to have control over
Pacing. Sometimes I want to sit down and lose myself in the game, and there are plenty of games out there that do that. But, other times I have to watch the dog, or get stuff done around the house, or otherwise multitask my gaming time. For the ideal implementation, check out the Civilization series.

-How important is challenge?
See Devil May Cry. The game should be more than capable of kicking my ass, but put in an easy mode so scrubs like me can still see the story play out.

-Whatever you feel is important.
If you're making a game with zombies in it, the shotgun needs to be good. And have enough ammo to not be a last resort.


Aside:

NOT JAPANESE THAT IS ALL THAT MATTERS. God damn it, I hate anime-esque games.

This condemnation actually demonstrates what's wrong with "anime style" visuals: anime is a medium, not a style. Far too many artists out there have seen good anime/manga, and tried to emulate the superficial details of the medium (big eyes, cel shading, etc.) rather than the stylistic elements WITHIN the medium that made what they saw good.

So, you need a staff to move.
Moving causes wear on your staff.
In order to repair your staff, you need to donate money.
Thanks, but no thanks.

It's been asked several times, but not answered: why are ramps faster than stairs?

A staircase has ten tiles connected to it: the eight surrounding it horizontally, plus the tiles directly above and below.

A ramp has eight tiles connected to it: up to seven horizontally, plus the tile above the adjacent wall.

Combine this with the fact that most people who use stairs have massive shafts, whereas ramps actually force you to restrict where pathfinding can go, and you get much better performance by designing your fort with ramps.