Archeage vs Dwarf Fortress
Archeage
Archeage is one of the world's most innovative and outstanding, fantasy-themed sandbox MMORPG that's set in the vast gorgeous world of Auroria. Unlike many other similar games, Archeage offers a lot of freedom and variety to its players to create the characters that they want - 21 different vocations are definitely more than enough. The game is not merely an MMO where you simply complete quests, run dungeons and fight in PvP arenas; Instead, you will even get to enjoy a slew of other fun activities like sailing, gliding, composing music or home building and decorating. Let's not forget the game's amazing justice system where players who have broken game rules, such as killing other players without provocation, will be placed in front of a panel of juries - also chosen from the player population to face judgment.Despite facing intense competition from recent MMOs like Skyforge or Revelation Online, Archeage is still going pretty strong, mainly because of its loyal playerbase and partly because the game's just wonderful to play. If you have not tried this game before and you are a fan of MMO, you owe it to yourself to at least give this special game a go. Sign up today!
Dwarf Fortress
Dwarf Fortress is one of the most unique and massive fantasy game ever made using only ASCII characters and colors. The game is completely open world in the sense that you are given the freedom to play as an adventurer and set off alone or with other adventurers on an exciting journey above or below ground (or both) to seek glory, fame and riches, or to settle down and help develop your very own dwarven outpost where you can then build a fortress, establish a barony, and in general, order your dwarven subjects around. Aside from the obviously different "art style" used, the freedom of choice, and the amazing amount of details in its gameplay, the game is also unique in its world building. The virtual world created is not only randomly generated with distinct civilizations with detailed histories, hundred of points of interests like towns and caves, as well as a flourishing nature, which includes both flora and fauna.With so many amazing features packaged into a simple-looking game, it is no wonder why Dwarf Fortress is a game that has inspired a wide variety of other modern games, both indie and big triple-A ones, until today. Due to its size, you might feel daunted to dive into a game like this, but once you've learned the basics, you will find yourself fully immersed in this completely open world of symbols and colors.