[johan osterman]

None of us, illwinter and associates, play single player strategy games to any significant extent. Dominions 2 is the way it is to a very large extent due to that it is a game that is enjoyable for its makers to test while it is being made. I think you are better of making a game you enjoy yourself rather then trying to create a game for someone else. Dom 2 is essentially a labour of love, and illwinter happens to love multi player games more than single player games. I am not saying that the SP aspect should or will be ignored, just that there is a dom 2 at all because JK and Kristoffer enjoyed making it, and they would not have enjoyed making a single player game, so it is very unlikely that SP gameplay will ever take precedence over MP gameplay, even if it would be more market savvy to go in that direction. Furthermore, as zen pointed out, most of the additions that work for MP work for SP as well. I hope no one will be offended by this, as some people previously were, for both the strengths and flaws of dominions is derived of this approach. Illwinter does not and can not operate as a major design studio does, whether dom 2 fans would like it to or not.

[ January 15, 2004, 00:55: Message edited by: johan osterman ]