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Black & White 2  Electronic Arts (Lionhead Studios)2005[b]Minimum:[/b]
* Windows 2000 or XP
* 1.6 GHz Pentium IV CPU
* 512 MB RAM
* 64 MB VRAM
* 3.5 GB HD space***Latest version: 1.2 (as of ?)***[size=150]Will you be an evil or benevolent deity?[/size]

That's the choice you must make upon returning to a warring land in Black & White 2. Like its wildly successful predecessor, Black & White, the sequel is all about moral choices.

The land, however, has transformed itself. The inhabitants of this breathtaking 3D world have lost their innocence and developed new weapons and technology. As you enter this warring world, will you make tribes coexist peacefully; encouraging villages and towns to grow into sprawling metropolises, or prompt them to inflict their will upon others by, creating and commanding large armies that seek to dominate and conquer?

Creatures in the game have grown too. They can learn strategies, master new abilities and skills, lead armies into battle and be your ultimate unit. Black & White 2 includes other new elements, such as improved graphics and miracle effects such as rivers of fire and earthquakes that yield massive destruction.

Every choice you make will have an impact. Each action and inactions prompts obvious changes to buildings, flora and fauna, all morphing to reflect your personality.

New features:
* Wage massive wars, sieges and battles or use your skill and power to keep the peace.
* Discover and use new Epic Miracles, including the ground-ripping Earthquake and volcanoes, which cause rivers of lava.
* Choose and customize the Creature that's right for you from a selection, including old favorites such as the Ape, Cow, and Lion.
* Research and create new forms of weaponry, from swords to bows to siege machines.
* Build and design unique defensive gates and walls.
* Control and marshal huge and varied armies.
* Create and control settlements that include housing, farming, and many other buildings like fountains and lush gardens (if you're Good) or spikes and torture pits (if you're Evil).
* Weather systems such as rain, snow, mists, and fog.
* Journey through 9 lands homing each of the five tribes.
[Lionhead]
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Dwarf Fortress  Bay 12 Games2006Dwarf Fortress is a single-player fantasy game. You can control a dwarven outpost or an adventurer in a randomly generated, persistent world.

Although Dwarf Fortress is still in a work in progress, many features have already been implemented.

*The world is randomly generated with distinct civilizations spanning centuries of detailed history, hundreds of towns, caves and regions with various wildlife.
*The world persists as long as you like, over many games, recording historical events and tracking changes.
*Command your dwarves as they search for wealth in the mountain.
---Craft treasures and furniture from many materials and improve these objects with precious metals, jewels and more.
---Defend yourself against attacks from hostile civilizations, the wilderness, the depths, the dead and creatures of the night.
---Trade for all manner of exotic goods with your neighbors.
---Establish a barony and support the nobility as they make demands of your populace.
---Keep your dwarves happy and read their thoughts as they work and relax.
---Z coordinate allows you to dig out fortresses with multiple levels. Build towers or conquer the underworld.
---Build floodgates to divert water for farming or to drown your adversaries... and don't forget the magma!
---Surgery, sutures, splints, crutches and more: care for your wounded dwarves instead of leaving them to fend for themselves.
---Retire your fortress, then unretire it after spending time playing other roles in the world.
---Honey, wax, pottery, windmills, waterwheels, soap, plaster, wool, eggs, dyes, cheese, glass, animal training, and much much more...
*Play an adventurer and explore, quest for glory or seek vengeance.
---Meet adversaries from previous games.
---Recruit people to come with you on your journey.
---Explore without cumbersome plot restrictions -- thriving capitals, villages, catacombs, labyrinths, bandit camps, caves and more!
---Seamlessly wander the world or travel more rapidly on the region map and in underground tunnels.
---Travel by day and search for a place to shelter as night falls.
---Listen to rumors and help out town and civilization leaders.
---Earn a reputation as a hero, friend, soldier, enemy, thug, etc. with the various civilizations in the world.
---Retire and meet your old characters. Bring them along on an adventure with a new character or reactivate them and play directly.
---Z coordinate allows you to move between twisting underground caverns and scale structures, fighting adversaries above and below. Climb, jump and sprint!
---Stealth system with vision arcs which also respects vegetation density and other factors.
---Use signs like shoe impressions and animal tracks to hunt and avoid danger.
---Steal a mummy's treasure or learn the secrets of life and death at a necromancer's tower.
---Visit your retired fortresses and ask your dwarves to join you on adventures.
*The combat model uses skills, body parts, individual tissues, material properties, aimed attacks, wrestling, one-time opportunities, charging and dodging between squares, bleeding, pain, nausea, various poison effects and much more. Attacks and other movements extend over several instants, allowing you to deliberately catch enemy blows or plan your counter-attack.
*Hundreds of animals and other monsters, including many that are randomly generated for each world.
*Multi-tile climbable trees and many, many kinds of plants. Fruit, flowers and falling leaves.
*A dynamic weather model tracks wind, humidity and air masses to create fronts, clouds, rain storms and blizzards.
*Over two hundred rock and mineral types are incorporated into the world, placed in their proper geological environments.
*Add new creatures, weapons, plants, metals and other objects via modifiable text files.
*Extended ASCII character set rendered in 16 colors (including black) as well as 8 background colors (including black).
[Dwarf Fortress Official Website]***[b]Minimum:[/b]
* Windows 98
* 512 MB RAM
* 100 MB HD space***Latest version: 0.31.25 (as of 2011-03-28)
* 0.28.181.40d (2008-09-06)

Oldest recorded version was released on 2006-08-08.

The game's release date should be modified to the date on which "feature complete" version is released (when and if such a thing is released).***The game has two modes, adventure mode which resembles any rogue-like game and the dwarf fortress strategic mode where you build and maintain the fortress and its dwarves.***2002 Development started
2006 First public release

At the time of writing, the game is still in alpha. We (UVL management) should consider this "finished" (as in, set the release date for) when the game has implemented everything everything in the core components and reqs described in [url=http://www.bay12games.com/dwarves/dev.html]this page[/url]. However, unlike many other games listed as "in development" here on UVL, Dwarf Fortress is quite playable already.

Following concepts were found in future plans for DF: [code]diplomacy[/code], [code]ruins[/code], [code]a-life[/code], [code]magic[/code], [code]natural disasters[/code], [code]dimensional travel[/code], [code]trading[/code], [code]hunger[/code], [code]outlaws[/code], [code]literal experience[/code], [code]injuries[/code], [code]taxes[/code], [code]stealth[/code], [code]item durability[/code], [code]riding[/code], ...
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Hero Generations Heart Shaped Games2015In Hero Generations, each step you take is an entire year of your hero's life. You explore a procedurally generated world in search of fame and a mate to have a child with before you die. After your life ends, you take control of your child in the world you left behind, in the hope of continuing your family legacy. Each turn becomes a meaningful life decision: you can focus on building and crafting the world around you, or adventuring to far off lands to make a bigger name for yourself. Key Features Limited Lifespan and Permadeath: Each turn your hero takes = 1 year of their life. Generations, Mating, and Having Children: find a mate, start a family, have a child. Then take control of that child in that same world! 6 Strategic Paths and Meaningful Choices: grow in Strength, Exploration, Love, Wealth, Fame, and Wisdom. City Crafting System: build great towns and morph their cultures. Expansive Overworld: explore a connected grid of 6 unique worlds, each with their own unique tileset (Volcano, Desert, Island, to name a few) Meaning: a surprising and thought-provoking experience, that explores themes of death, legacy, family, love, and more. Gorgeous hand drawn art style. labelimagesubject
Massive Chalice Double Fine Productions2015 labelimageminimize
Fallout Shelter Bethesda Softworks2016 labelminimizeminimize
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