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Reviewed. Previews happen before the game is published, and in Nethack's case... Well, I doubt there were computers capable of running it in Finland when it was first created, or even when it started to spread. But yes, there've been some games in the magazines one wouldn't expect.

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Doi, my bad. I typoed.

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Well, considering ADOM, Nethack, and Dwarf Fortress ALPHA are <font color="red">ALL BETTER GAMES THAN MANY CORPORATE GAMES</font> in many ways, it just shows an unusual level of good taste and intelligence to review them.

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I agree, DF's gameplay is deep and complex. Its one of the best what I've ever seen. Hopefully 1 day the game will have some graphics. Gameplay is much more important, however the ASCII graphics is not perfect for a strategy game. It is ok for a roguelike.

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I don't know if anyone reads Bill Harris' blog , but he's ready to call this the Game of the Year. Well, maybe until October 2. Seriously, though, I haven't been this addicted to a game since I discovered Dominions 2.

I still haven't gotten very far, since I restarted several times after a couple disasters and discovering I made some very bad planning mistakes. I can't wait 'til my first invasion, and I can only wonder what goodies will be added once the game actually is considered "beta". Looks like the devs are mainly working on the Adventure mode, which admittedly, I haven't spent much time with.

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I've spent free time the last week on DF. Splendid game. Tried a couple of times. Now I have a nice city going, but the little buggars are about to die this winter I think. The last human caravan didn't bring much food and my farmers have acted stupid (or rather, I didn't fertilize my farm plots efficiently). I'm getting over-stoned and over-nobled. Annoying chaps. Make this and make that!

I absolutely love the freakish moods and insane craftsmen.

I still havn't figured out how to milk cows. Might be that all my cows are male http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif.

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Oh no, we got KO addicted.
Don't expect any patches for Dom3.

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Or the demo. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/frown.gif

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&gt; Oh no, we got KO addicted.
&gt; Don't expect any patches for Dom3.

Don't worry. I was addicted to some pre-release patch making the other week. Expect at least one new nation in the first patch, and it wont be dwarves http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif.

But, I must confess to having played DF for at least 30 hours this weekend (I had the friday off) http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif.

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What nation is it? Early Machaka, or perhaps Late Pythium?