Dom II gets "Editor\'s Choice" award in gaming mag
 

Excuse me if this has been posted, but I just received the new (February) issue of Computer Games magazine and it has a rave review of Dominions II. I had never heard of the game -- this is my first time here (I've been to Shrapnel forum for other games, tho) and this review prompted me to check out the game.

The magazine gives Dom II 4.5/5 stars and an "Editor's Choice" award. Tom Chick wrote the review. Here are two excerpts that I transcribed (its not Online):

<font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana"> <font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">So congrats. As a long-time fan of turn-based strategy, I look forward to trying it out. I will download the demo tonight!

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Coolness!

I'm going to stop by today and see if there's a copy on the newstands yet. I remember Mr. Chick was actively gathering info, asking questions, and so forth with the proto-manual even before the game was published. It's great to see a reviewer really doing his homework, and the fact he really likes the game after digging so deeply into it is even better! http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon7.gif

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And not only did Tom Chick do his homework, but the magazine editors clearly were hot on this, because they devoted one and 2/3 pages to the review, with a huge screenshot. That's more space than they give some high profile games.

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Thanks for posting that. Its great to know about things like that.

I was considering posting a note that Alexa shows a large increase in traffic and linkages to www.illwinter.com but it didnt seem worth noting all by itself.
http://www.alexa.com/data/details/?u....illwinter.com
Now I wonder what this review will do to their poor overworked web site. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon7.gif

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Excellent! Always nice to see something other than eye-candy occupying the pages of a major gaming mag. Dom II is certainly deserving.

~Aldin

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Related to this, in CGW this month Tom Chick and Bruce G play a game of Dominions 2 in that end of the mag section.

olaf

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Oooh, Illwinter is finally getting some much-deserved critical acclaim! Congrats!

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<font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">Just a note - in the same issue of Computer Gaming World with the three-page Tom vs. Bruce article, Dom2 is reviewed and gets 4 1/2 stars (out of 5 possible).

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Computer Games has given Dominions 2 4 1/2 stars and Editors Choice. I will be getting the demo right now http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon7.gif

[ January 08, 2004, 20:32: Message edited by: Hadberz ]

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Nice, congratz to Illwinter and Shrapnel. Lets hope the lovefest continues http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon7.gif