i just ordered the game
 

Here is the confirmation I received:

"We have received payment for your order and have submitted the order to fulfillment for review."

Who is fulfillment? Can he be trusted?

Or, is the game being shipped from Japan, cause this sounds a lot like Japanglish.

The manual is well written, correct?

Re: i just ordered the game
 

i wouldn't worry about it, the manual is great.

and the word you're looking for is engrish.

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Yes, the manual is very useful. A description of all nations including sample strategies, general game tips and advice, complete spell and item list and more.

Re: i just ordered the game
 

I hope you pass the review!

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What website did you make the purchase??

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Bet you wish you'd included more literary noteworthy content in your personal details now :lol:

Wonder if Mr Fulfillment's reviews are available to read online anywhere http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/wink.gif

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I guess the English is ok if 'fulfillment' is the name of a department (like 'sales' or 'marketing'). Saying it's submitted for 'review' is a bit weird though.

The manual is quite good and will be really helpful for newcomers to the series. Dominions 1 & 2 suffered from steep learning curves and a lack of a tutorial, but Dominions3 seems to be a drastic improvement.

My only gripe is that the spell manual is a bit of a waste of paper: it's 120 pages long and seems to be generally inferior to the in-game spell lists.

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What??! You must be mad, that's the most useful bit of the entire manual! The rest of the manual I've read through and am done with, but that bit's permanently open by my bed. The extra detail and having things sorted by path is enormously helpful I find.

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The item manual is great, but there doesn't seem to be much extra in the spell manual compared to the game except for the stats for summoned creatures. There are also a few omissions (gem cost isn't included for battlefield spells. not all national spells are listed) and mistakes (one of the ermor national spells listed in general summonings, several obvious mistakes where comments by the writer were mistakenly left in the final draft) and at least one misleading description (undead mastery).
I kind of got the impression it was tacked on as an afterthought, or as padding. I'd much prefer the addition of flavour elements like short stories or vignettes illustrating gameplay elements or backstory. The old manual for sid meier's pirates or the MOO3 manual had bits like these and they really help the world come alive.

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Well you can always give us a taste of what you mean, and maybe you can do the manual for Dom4. Thats how the Dom3 manual got done by a player.