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mellian said:Earlier in the month was playing Dwarf Fortress, and presently Civ 4: Beyond the Sword with the Planetfall mod which I am gradually tweaking for my own enjoyment.
So yeah mellian, your previous posts convinced me to give Dwarf Fortress a try. Damn you. I now have visions of magma pumps and forgotten beasts and goblin seiges in my dreams. Blood for the Blood God!
Seriously, it's a good game if you're the type of person who can get past the minimal graphics. Just don't assume that because it doesn't have much in the way of graphics that it's not also still a RAM hog. The game is bloody complicated.
As for the discussion of PC / Console gaming, when I build myself a new computer, I typically try to make it high end enough that it'll still be able to run new games for 4-5 of years after the fact. I don't go super crazy buying the ultra-latest top of the line stuff, but usually the stuff that was ulta-latest top of the line stuff 9 - 12 months before. Prices have usually dropped enough by then.
And of course, despite all that, I spend most of my time playing games that don't really need that type of horsepower, like nethack, dwarf fortress, Civ IV, etc. But that isn't to say that I still don't finished off your Fallout IIIs and whatnot, I just find the replay value isn't nearly as high.
Other than that, the XBox gets a bit of use, whereas the PS3 is pretty much a Blu-Ray player only. Only game I've played on that was Shadow of the Colossus.