[Chris Byler]

Originally posted by Taqwus:
Past performance is no guarantee of future results, but Illwinter was no slouch about supporting the first Dominions game; patches not only fixed bugs as they were discovered, but also addressed balance issues and added features e.g. Move-and-Patrol. The Last Dom I patch, 1.15, was released Feb 4, 2003; not at all bad for a game released July 2, 2001.

I've only owned one previous Shrapnel-published, "Space Empires IV", but that went through something like... up to Version 1.44 or 1.45 or so before the Gold Version release, and a LOT of feature tweaks and additions happened if memory serves. Shrapnel does not seem to be a "one patch and abandon" company.

For a game with as much replayability as Dom 2 should have -- the 17 sides needing different playing styles, for instance -- and the amount of support I'd suspect that Illwinter and Shrapnel are likely to give, the price seems fair.

Actually, some nations need different playing styles for different themes of the same nation. Ashen Empire/Soul Gates being the most obvious example (Carrion Woods too). Probably also Last of the Tuatha, Diabolical Faith, Miasma, Niefelheim, and others.

I'd expect Dom II to be supported at least as well as Dom I - after all, they now have Shrapnel's personnel to draw on too (at least for some things).