D2 vs Aow:SM

[SurvivalistMerc]

I agree that the Dom2 manual could really use an index for the spell and item descriptions because they're not well organized.

They are organized by magic Category but not alphabetically within magic Category and level. Also, some of the categories of the various spells are not intuitive. Not to say they should be reordered...just that they are hard to look up even if you know the spell name.

For instance, someone says XXXXX is a great overland spell. You have no idea where to find out what it does in the manual.

(The SM manual is better. It contains some inaccuracies but it really explains game mechanics, and the organization of the manual makes more sense. All the death spells are together, for instance. In fairness to Dominions, however, SM has no two-types-required spells and hence had an easier time organizing their manual by type of magic. Dominions would have to use two entries for numerous spells in the event that they organized the manual in this manner. I still wish they had. Or that they would supplement us with spell listings by magic type with reference to the page of the manual that the spell is on. This would particularly help newbies like me decide what magic path to research next, but I guess you can do it from the research screen.)

[MythicalMino]

[quote]Originally posted by licker:

Originally posted by Elmo:
....and visiting smackdowns on anyone unfortunate to be next to them.

LOL....wrestling fan?

I I just bought Smackdown: Here Comes the Pain Last week....

[licker]

Heh, I'm a fan of it in passing, I do enjoy some of the lingo though, it entertains me to no end

Though without cable, and with my wife booking up the TV on Thursdays I rarely if ever watch, and it's been a long time since I had my descrambler to watch any of the PPV stuff

I do kinda like the WWE vidio games, though I never play them, stupid Best Buy never has them on their display units anymore, its all that Soul Caliber crap

[Saber Cherry]

Originally posted by Altus:
SM is a great 'beer and pretzel' fantasy wargame. I've had a lot of fun with it.

A lot of people talk about beer and pretzel strategy games. What does that mean? What's the origin? Is it more fun playing Dominions II while consuming beer and pretzels? I don't think I've ever ingested them together.

-Cherry

[HJ]

Originally posted by Saber Cherry:

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Originally posted by Altus:
SM is a great 'beer and pretzel' fantasy wargame. I've had a lot of fun with it.

A lot of people talk about beer and pretzel strategy games. What does that mean? What's the origin? Is it more fun playing Dominions II while consuming beer and pretzels? I don't think I've ever ingested them together.

-Cherry

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AFAIK, the term describes a game that you can play casually, without much mental effort, and finish in a short time span. I've seen it mentioned a lot on the Underdogs site.

[ November 25, 2003, 20:55: Message edited by: HJ ]

[PvK]

I own Doms and Doms II. I've played AoW, but only the demo, because one game of the AoW demo was enough to enjoy what it had to offer and become pretty sick of it. Others have different tastes, though.

AoW is very derivative of MoM. Doms has tons of original ideas.

Doms has massive quality of play advantages over AoW, as far as I'm concerned. But different people have different tastes, and they are very different games, so try the demos and decide for yourself.

PvK

[SurvivalistMerc]

I think they mean that SM is more relaxing.

If you drank too much beer while playing dominions, you'd probably make a mistake and lose. SM gets predictable after a point, such that you can have beer, eat some pretzels as a snack, and beat the computer opponents at a leisurely pace.

I like Dominions. It's a very deep game and quite challenging. I'm not a fan of the downward ecomonic spiral or the extreme disaster luck events (which lack positive counterparts), but overall the game is spectacular.