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LoneTophat

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The Combat System
« on: October 09, 2011, 08:33:30 pm »

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I've never played such a descriptive, deeply disturbing, and strangely alluring bloody game.
Dwarf Fortress is truly a game for real men. Or should I say dwarves?
When I can gouge people's eyes out, and literally rip off all four limbs of that stinky treehumping savage, and then watch as the the Ranger tries to BITE ME BACK WITH NO LIMBS. This is... This isn't Sparta. This is on a whole nother level than Sparta. This is... DWARF FORTRESS!

EDIT: Oh god I just pulled a bolt out of my left eye and it took my eye out literally. I need a patch.
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Re: The Combat System
« Reply #1 on: October 09, 2011, 08:51:05 pm »

Use said bolt (eye included) as your new primary weapon. Stick into their eyes for added Fun.
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Re: The Combat System
« Reply #2 on: October 09, 2011, 09:06:11 pm »

Yea the thing about DF is its got whatever you are looking for.  Beating people to death with the severed limbs of children, check.  Assigning each and every dorf a cozy room outfitted with their favorite materials and a pet puppy, check. 
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Re: The Combat System
« Reply #3 on: October 09, 2011, 11:07:37 pm »

Use said bolt (eye included) as your new primary weapon. Stick into their eyes for added Fun.

Try to make an eye kebab.
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Re: The Combat System
« Reply #4 on: October 10, 2011, 12:53:23 am »

I once disemboweled a dragon with my bare hands, then used the guts to strangle several goblins.
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Re: The Combat System
« Reply #5 on: October 10, 2011, 06:26:32 am »

And I once pulled the guts out of a dark gnome and beat him to death with them...
« Last Edit: October 10, 2011, 07:58:54 am by Oliolli »
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Re: The Combat System
« Reply #6 on: October 10, 2011, 07:28:42 am »

After Dwarf Fortress every fighting game feels lame and unbloody.
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Re: The Combat System
« Reply #7 on: October 10, 2011, 04:15:55 pm »

We can wrestle with weapons?
Every time I try it does nothing.
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Re: The Combat System
« Reply #8 on: October 10, 2011, 05:57:51 pm »

We can wrestle with weapons?
Every time I try it does nothing.
you can only wrestle with limbs and grasps(hands), hands are best as you can gouge and pinch useing them.
ever crushed a elfs head with your hands?
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Re: The Combat System
« Reply #9 on: October 10, 2011, 06:58:47 pm »

This Giant Panda didn't want to die. By the end it had three limbs chopped off, a fractured skull and it's guts were spilling out. IT STILL RIPPED MY COMPANION'S HEAD OFF. JESUS CHRIST. D: I beheaded it in a martial trance. Lol.

Oh my god, my band of adventurers is cursed. Now we have three Sasquatches on us.
Why has Armok forsaken us?

And then we're ambushed by a warlord. Dude, this is tough.

EDIT: We survived thanks to my legless blacksmith who gallantly killed four of the soldiers.
How, I don't know.
« Last Edit: October 10, 2011, 07:08:28 pm by LoneTophat »
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Re: The Combat System
« Reply #10 on: October 10, 2011, 09:49:44 pm »

Fun fact about the combat system: Ripping the heart used to not kill you, and even now quickly bleeding to death is just a placeholder. Because braindeath from blood deprivation isn't done yet.

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Re: The Combat System
« Reply #11 on: October 11, 2011, 12:38:32 pm »

DF's combat system consists of nothing but scrolling through lists and reading the results, yet is far more ridiculous and satisfying than just about any action game. I love it.

Fun fact about the combat system: Ripping the heart used to not kill you, and even now quickly bleeding to death is just a placeholder. Because braindeath from blood deprivation isn't done yet.
Real Dwarves don't need hearts, they just flex repeatedly to circulate blood.
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Re: The Combat System
« Reply #12 on: October 11, 2011, 05:17:04 pm »

Real Dwarves don't need hearts, they just flex repeatedly to circulate blood.
Okay then, they die because all their blood is leaking out the heart-and/or-fist shaped hole in their chest. :-\
Which sounds even less pleasant, somehow.
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