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Recommended
0.0 hrs last two weeks / 794.4 hrs on record (225.6 hrs at review time)
Posted: 4 Jan, 2018 @ 12:04am
Updated: 25 Jan, 2018 @ 6:04pm

Early Access Review
RimWorld quite literally one of the best games I have ever played. Let me tell you but one story about my colony:

I had put it to Ironman mode, that way I couldn't just revert a save if something tragic happened. I didn't expect much from this colony, I expected it to get wiped out nearly as fast as I actually made it. However, this was not the case. The usual struggles in the beginning happened, the food shortages, the mental breakdowns, the injuries from raids. However, I had made a prison almost immediately in order to recruit. Slowly but surely, I recurited people. The colony grew, I added beds and luxuries. My colonists were mostly happy, so happy I was able to rid many of alcohol and drug problems. Except this one squirrel that was hooked on luciferium. I got the colony up to almost 20 people total. I had an amazing compound. It was built inside a large mountain which made it good for holding out on seiges. One thing I did not take into consideration, were bugs. Those damn things kept appearing inside the base. It would only be a hive or two which could be easily taken out, until one spawned in the medical room. One by one my poor, scarred and beaten colonists went inside, and fell to the ruthless bugs. They had survived for four years, had countless medical procedures, infections, limbs lost and had still made it. But the bugs, this is what destroyed them. As each colonist fell, I felt my heart being torn to pieces. I felt for these colonists. As the last one died I felt destroyed. But that is the game of RimWorld. This is only one story of countless amazing playthroughs. I would recommend any day!

Shame the only survivor of the colony was an overpowered squirrel hooked on drugs.
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8 Comments
Tynan  [developer] 29 Jan, 2018 @ 12:20am 
Many thanks!
yehtiman 28 Jan, 2018 @ 4:45pm 
Why didnt you leave your base instead of sacrifice all your dudes...
deadscvm 26 Jan, 2018 @ 7:57pm 
my god
Sertified Jenius 26 Jan, 2018 @ 11:26am 
" Except this one squirrel that was hooked on luciferium"
Killermuffin 25 Jan, 2018 @ 6:03pm 
Hey Tynan, I don't know the best way to get back to you on this, so I'm going to reply here and hope for the best. My answer is YES! That would be so cool, I would love to see my review in a trailer! Thanks for the opportunity! :)
Tynan  [developer] 24 Jan, 2018 @ 10:29pm 
Hey, there. I'm the lead developer of RimWorld. We're assembling a trailer and at one point we want to flash a screen with a bunch of funny/interesting player quotations about RimWorld. Would you give permission for us to use a quote from your review here in the trailer for RimWorld?

Either way, thanks.
Ty
Beembus 7 Jan, 2018 @ 11:44pm 
That last line. Perfect!
[PSFC] FearSpear 5 Jan, 2018 @ 2:39am 
A well written review!