• ryathal@sh.itjust.works
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    10 months ago

    I think it’s more that it’s a meaningless tag. Dwarf fortress and drg are totally different games. Do all games that have any amount of dwarves get this tag? Does LOTR count for Gimli, or total war Warhammer for having a Dwarf playable race, or elder scrolls for the dwemer which are dwarves?

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      10 months ago

      As a huge dwarf lover, this would be great for me. I’ve loved playing dwarves ever since I played Golden Axe at the arcade. Whenever there’s a dwarf as a playable character I’m more interested in the game. In fact, I dislike Skyrim for having elves but no dwarves.

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          10 months ago

          dwarves are elves

          Blashphemy!!

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            10 months ago

            Let me upset you further. Dwarves are just short humans, elves are just skinny humans, and orcs are just green humans. Halflings are human children, and gnomes are mischievous human children. We don’t talk about the aarakocra.

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              10 months ago

              Such clearly incorrect information doesn’t bother me. It’s not like you said elves were better than dwarves. THAT would upset me.

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            10 months ago

            The dwemer (deep elves) hung around giants a lot and the giants called them dwarves. They’re actually average height.

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              10 months ago

              That’s actually kinda neat. I’ll have to check out Morrowwind again. Looks like that race is in that game, but I’m not sure.

              Not as good as Warhammer lore but not bad.

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      10 months ago

      There are lots of tags about themes, not gameplay. This would be one more.

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        10 months ago

        Is Dwarf really a theme though? Even in theme the sci-fi drg isn’t really similar to traditional fantasy dwarves in Dwarf fortress.

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          10 months ago

          It doesn’t have to be the main theme, just something that’s present in the game. As some of the other commentors have shown, there would be people interested in tags like that, so why not?

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            10 months ago

            The article even says that in a similar vein there’s official vampire and werewolf tags