As far as DF being impenetrable obviously it isn’t otherwise no one would play it . . .

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I still remember how the original box came with a simple flier with the DK2 logo – and a a statement of license to use the song “Disco Inferno.” Class act all around.

They’re both some of my favorite games but I dunno about a third. What happened to the license for that Korean Dungeon Keeper mmo EA sold?

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I enjoyed both Dungeon Keeper games but loved DK2; done right – respectful of character, etc – I’d be very interested in a third game.
Startopia bored me so much I only played it once then gave my copy away. It wasn’t genius so much as tedious and trying too hard to be funny.
Dwarf Fortress IS completely impenetrable. The user-interface has been designed by masochists, for masochists, ignoring every development, significant or not, in UI’s since the 1970′s. In fact, I suggest DK3 slyly references it as an option for torturing captured heroes – force them to sit down and play it.

You really have never lived until you’ve possessed a chicken then watched monsters celebrating a win in the casino with a rousing dance to disco classics.

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Maybe I should try that Evil Genius game as well…

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The sound of the Imps being summoned was indeed one of the best sounds in any game ever. The different vision for the different creatures was genius, though I hated controlling some of them because of it I think that made the game even better; things shouldn’t always be perfectly smooth.

I have to admit I am not sure I ever actually finished Dungeon Keeper; I believe I got to some final battle with lots of Heroes, but I could not say for sure that this was not in Dungeon Keeper 2 (which was most definitely NOT rubbish).

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The graphics were awesome though. Full 3D possession. So much depth in raising undead, or converting heroes, levelling them up, fighting with them in FPS.
The way the dogs had black and white vision, and beetles had compound eyes.

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Also, i notice a lot of you claim DK 1 was great and the second sucked. Actually nobody said the second was better. I feel like such a young poser because i played the second first and loved it. Only tried the first years later when DK2 was already a classic for me and the graphics of the first seemed impossibly ugly (i’m a visual whore i guess).

Glad to see so many of you loved the series…but i really think nothing will come of this.

P.S. I remembered i played the remake for Settlers 2(I loved the first settlers aka serf city) which was as far as i could tell 99% like the original but got bored real quick of it. So maybe “more of the same” wouldn’t work because i grew up and the nostalgia is lying to me.

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The earlier maps, certainly.
But it introduced enemy keepers whose dungeon heart you had to destroy. Some levels had attacks from heroes from early on. And, of course, exploration was always rewarded with secret items.

I need to play now.

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What I always REALLY wanted from the DKs was what the overworld map promised: conquest! The ability to progressively dominate the landscape and wage war would really put a strategic twist on your dungeoneering.

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