The author, Sseth, reviews Rimworld, a sci-fi colony simulation game. He praises the game's depth, complexity, and realism, comparing it to Dwarf Fortress. Players create a colony, manage resources, and interact with AI colonists, each with unique backgrounds, traits, and personalities. The game features a variety of challenges, including environmental threats, raids, and internal conflicts. Sseth highlights the game's ability to simulate realistic body part and organ systems, allowing for injuries, illnesses, and even organ harvesting. He also mentions the game's three AI storytellers, which can greatly impact the gameplay experience. Sseth's review is humorous, sarcastic, and enthusiastic, with a personal touch, sharing his own experiences and strategies in the game. Overall, he highly recommends Rimworld, but warns of its addictive and potentially frustrating nature.
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1. RimWorld is a sci-fi colony simulation game.
2. The game was developed by a few people in Montreal.
3. RimWorld is similar to Dwarf Fortress.
4. In the game, players generate a planet and choose colonists with different skills and traits.
5. Colonists can have various backgrounds, traits, and personalities.
6. The game has a fully functional body part and organ system for every living creature.
7. Players can replace body parts with prosthetic and bionic parts.
8. The game has a temperature dynamics system.
9. Players can research new technology to access equipment, resources, and structures.
10. Players can trade with friendly colonies, take missions, and improve diplomatic relations.
11. The game has a defense system where players can build killboxes and trap mazes to defend against raiders.
12. The game has a soundtrack, but it is available for purchase separately.
13. The game's graphics are clean, simple, and minimalistic.
14. The game is very expansive and can be addictive, challenging, and frustrating.
15. The game has a modding community that can fix broken features.
16. The game was developed by Tynan Sylvester, who also wrote a book about the game.
17. The game has different AI storytellers, including Cassandra Classic, Phoebe Chillax, and Randy Random.
18. Each AI storyteller influences the events and frequency of occurrences in the game.
19. Players can choose from three different AI storytellers when starting a new game.
20. The game has a World Map where players can send caravans to trade with friendly colonies.