The Escapist: "The AI can be a bit clunky and its reluctance to bring important developments to your attention can be annoying, but if you're out for some simple strategy fun that won't bury you in arcane rules (or you just dig the idea of building your own glorious underground kingdom), A Game of Dwarves should suit nicely."
Another day, another bundle full of games going for a very low price point. At only £3.59 for 12 titles, it’s hard to ignore such an offer. The games on offer cover a large amount of genres, hitting strategy, adventure, shooter and racing games, among others. It should also be noted that these game are not exactly indie titles, several coming from large established studios such as Paradox. But is the pack worth it?
Paradox Interactive’s Game of Dwarves, has received a new content pack. This time, the bearded folk will be looking after pets.
The Dwarves can look after a whole collection of different animals. They’ll need to make sure they have the right food, toys to play with, and, of course, somewhere to sleep.
PCG:A Game of Dwarves is on the management end of the spectrum. You have to look after a small collection of dwarves while hunting for treasure in the depths of the earth. You don’t have direct control over your charges – you just hint at what you’d like them to do by marking out areas for diggers to dig, crafters to build, warriors to fight, researchers to research and workers to grow food.
it's basically a simple dwarf fortress that you don't need a 12 page tutorial just to grasp the basics.
ppl that like this one should try Gnomoria and Towns, they are more like dwarf fortress (gnomoria being the one more similar to it) than game of dwarves, have worse graphics but they are way more open for you to do your thing...
the only two gripes i have with this game is some game breaking bugs (like i stayed on the pause menu for some time, and i came back everything was black and i couldn't find my base, 10 hours thrown into the trash) and the fact that you can only make a few objects, also didn't find a way to use the trees in the overworld to gather more wood...