Re: Old Dominions I. reviews....!
 

WOW! What bad reviews. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/shock.gif

Anyways this is kinda weird that in their opinion Dominions I. was an RPG... http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/shock.gif http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/shock.gif

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<font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">WOOOW what dumb*ss reviewers ! http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif

Re: Old Dominions I. reviews....!
 

<font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">WOOOW what dumb*ss reviewers ! http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif </font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">Yeah lol. I mean they called Doms I. RPG! *I am laughing my (_._) off) http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif

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<font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">WOOOW what dumb*ss reviewers ! http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif </font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">Yeah lol. I mean they called Doms I. RPG! *I am laughing my (_._) off) http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif </font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">Hm, actually I heard more reviews like that about Dominions 1...
I think you must be a hardcore strategy fan to like Dominions.

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<font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">That's irrelevant. Liking a game, disliking a game - these are important things to include in a review, though I've given good reviews to games that I didn't like, because they seemed to be excellent specimens of genres that I found boring. But reviewing a TBS on the assumption that it is an RPG, or reviewing a pickup truck based on how well it works as a pool toy, or high-octance gasoline based on its taste and smell - these things are just stupid. It doesn't matter how much you dislike a particular brand of gasoline, or whether you're a "high-octane" afficionado; you still shouldn't base your published opinion of its quality on how much you enjoy swishing it around in your mouth.

-Cherry

Re: Old Dominions I. reviews....!
 

<font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">That's irrelevant. Liking a game, disliking a game - these are important things to include in a review, though I've given good reviews to games that I didn't like, because they seemed to be excellent specimens of genres that I found boring. But reviewing a TBS on the assumption that it is an RPG, or reviewing a pickup truck based on how well it works as a pool toy, or high-octance gasoline based on its taste and smell - these things are just stupid. It doesn't matter how much you dislike a particular brand of gasoline, or whether you're a "high-octane" afficionado; you still shouldn't base your published opinion of its quality on how much you enjoy swishing it around in your mouth.

-Cherry </font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">Right. I myself will write a Dom2 review for a French mag, but won't rate the game based on how the CD tastes when fried (with potatoes and garlic) http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/shock.gif .. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif

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<font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">I don't know, I'd say it must hurt potential sales a LOT when a game isn't seen on display in stores.

My guess is that the average gamer will sometimes buy a mag, but most certainly will look through the local store. If the game isn't seen there, then it will take a pretty strong word-of-mouth, or an top review in a big mag, for the person to actually hunt for the game.

I learned about Dom in a newsgroup, so I downloaded the demo. But that's an atypical situation; I could as well never have found out about it.

Basically - even a good review in a (paper) mag will probably sell very few copies of the game if it isn't easy to find in stores. I know Galactic Civilizations is supposed to appear here in France these days; I know it got a pretty good review in at least one (non-mainstream) mag called PC4War (which is mostly about hardcore strategy/simulation/wargames, with a significant
RTS portion, but I don't think the game will be very proeminently displayed in stores. Well, I'm curious to know how many copies of the French Versions are actually sold in the end.

Re: Old Dominions I. reviews....!
 

<font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">I don't know, I'd say it must hurt potential sales a LOT when a game isn't seen on display in stores.

My guess is that the average gamer will sometimes buy a mag, but most certainly will look through the local store. If the game isn't seen there, then it will take a pretty strong word-of-mouth, or an top review in a big mag, for the person to actually hunt for the game.

I learned about Dom in a newsgroup, so I downloaded the demo. But that's an atypical situation; I could as well never have found out about it.

Basically - even a good review in a (paper) mag will probably sell very few copies of the game if it isn't easy to find in stores. I know Galactic Civilizations is supposed to appear here in France these days; I know it got a pretty good review in at least one (non-mainstream) mag called PC4War (which is mostly about hardcore strategy/simulation/wargames, with a significant
RTS portion, but I don't think the game will be very proeminently displayed in stores. Well, I'm curious to know how many copies of the French Versions are actually sold in the end. </font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">Funny you mention the PC4War review of GalCiv just here : I happen to have written it ! http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon7.gif I've just finished the strategy article for the next issue BTW http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon12.gif , and will now make the Dom2 review http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon7.gif !
The game did make it to France due to a good sales performance (for its genre) and very good reviews everywhere. I hope it will sell well here, even if the target sales are rather in thousands anyway, nothing comparable with the big RTS or console games, that sell in 100,000s ...
I nevertheless hope Dom2 sells as well as GalCiv.. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon6.gif

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<font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">Out of curiosity, just how many did GalCiv sell?

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<font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">Out of curiosity, just how many did GalCiv sell? </font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">No figures on US release sales, Stardock is secretive about this, but they stated it was "very good" ..
I hope I'll have a figure of French sales in a few months (the game is to be released in stores in November).