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[–] NuXCOM_90Percent@lemmy.zip 7 points 1 day ago (12 children)

I want to like Rimworld but every time I even think of giving it another go it is like a massive wave of fans come out of the woodwork to scream about how they are all cannibals with slaves locked up to make pleasure farms and just... yeah.

Also I am not a fan of the storyteller system. It is nice that you get some variety but it mostly just boils down to tedium (and I think most players just switch to Random Ricky or whatever so it won't actively destroy their colonies?). And, overall, I don't like that you can go from success to wipe in like ten days. I am not saying everything needs to be Dwarf Fortress "Oh... we have been in a fail state for ten years..." but I do prefer there to be a long enough time period to actually realize I done fucked up.

[–] YoFrodo@lemmy.world 20 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

Random Randy is for the people who want the destruction of their colony.

I prefer the "Pheobe Chillax" one that allows me to just build and recruit with only occasional raids from enemies and/or natural disasters.

Rimworld is very customizable in this regard, and you can swap your 'storyteller' at any point mid-run.

And in regards to the 'cannibal/pleasure farm' stuff, yeah that can be weird. I prefer to use the Hospitality mod and make my colony a luxury resort with pools/spa and thats how I make money for trading

[–] Demdaru@lemmy.world 5 points 20 hours ago

Chillax is known to wipe floors with players tho, because she's not really that more lenient, she's just lazy. Delays the raid, so you build up wealth and then boom, Army of Armaggedon at your doors.

Randy is...Random. You may get 10 raids one after another, and strive to survive with great losses. Or you may have a few chill seasons to build up. It's...fun. It doesn't try to actively kill you, it doesn't feel just delayed, it's just story generating.

[–] _cryptagion@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 1 day ago

Randy Random is for the Leroy Jenkins of Rimworld players.

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