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Mltdwn said:
I see your point Jayd.. My whole problem is while I like the idea of Dom3... It doesn't really strike me as worth the money when another company is providing essentially the EXACT same game in most respects, with higher production values, more gameplay options, and have made a fortune off of 4x games and proven it is anything but a "niche" market with reasonable prices... Basically what I am saying is with the competition releasing the same game in a month with all of those added abilities and production values for a lower price point what makes Dom3 worth it as it adds nothing different really (other than sprite based ground combat you can't control) to the gameplay.
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I guess I don't follow. You say it's the "same game" but earlier you mention that it comes sans the magic/random maps system. Putting aside how fun it is to be able to play with the random maps (I made a random map today and started playing with the map editor to make it a fun custom game scenario), the magic system IS Dominions. It's kind of like saying Dominions is a fantasy-themed Civilization without the technology tree. I like Civ a lot and love learning technologies, so I wouldn't buy Dominions if that was the primary draw of the game for me.
On the other hand, I love magic and fantasy-based games. I also love the hands-off strategic element of battle in Dominions that rewards planning as opposed to twitch. I also love supporting small devs who patch often and do their best to encourage modding in their creative and motivated community. I'm sure you can find things to sell me on where M2:TW is involved. But I don't so much see how we're not talking apples and oranges here.