What do you like most about Dominions (top 5 list)

[MythicalMino]

Here is my "Top 5" list of what I do like about Dominions II. I haven't really played enough to really know what I dislike about it yet....but I do know some things I DO like....

1. Shrapnel published it...hey, I really like how these guys do busines...thanks Annette for the help with upgrading my delivery option!!

2. An EPIC turn-based FANTASY strategy game....not a "party adventure" strat game....this game is epic in feeling...

3. The complexity, yet simplicity of the design....this game just "fits" together. The whole design does actually...from the spells, to the religion, to the fantasy themed nations....Illwinter I think did an outstanding job...and, oh....how I hate spiders...

4. The maps...I do think the maps are beautiful...really, I do...They really have that "fantasy" feeling to them...

5. The "2 M's"....The "2 M's" you ask? The Music and the Manual :-) I really love the music...superb (I know, we heard it in the demo...). Also, the manual is something I think is worth noting. The manual is also great...a VERY good reference book for spells, items, and just tables and charts for stuff...kudos to the person(s) who put the manual together. If only other companies would follow this example and put out manuals like this....you know what we need now, Shrapel? We need an "Dominions II Official Strategy Guide"....go one, I would buy it....

There are plenty more that I like about this game....I read that some spells are unbalanced...possibly they are...but I haven't noticed so far....The AI is weak? Again, I really haven't seen the AI's armies really being weak....Man by turn 12 in a game earlier had 50+ Longbowmen/Heavy Infantry in just one province. Manchaka had several Spider Knights and a couple Hunter Spiders, mixed with other troops in that same game...and all this by turn 15....all I know is, I do like the game....even if it does have faults....

So, go on...don't be shy...talk about the things you do like!!