Any news on DOM-III

[WraithLord]

Kristoffer O said:
Thanks for the interest. I think I needed some to get me going.

Well. I'm sure there is interest in plenty.
Besides the fact that dominions is a great game, there's also a "vacum" in the market of fantasy TBS games.
Now that stardock has put MOM-II plans on hold and Triumph studios won't be continuing their AOW series (blend and boring imo but fantasy TBS nonetheless), there's really nothing for a fantasy TBS fan to look forward to besides dominions.

So here's for the dominions devs . for giving us such a great game.

[Alneyan]

The only other such game I can think of is the Heroes of Might and Magic series, but they are not exactly in the same market (the sequel is currently underway). There might be a sequel to Disciples too, but I am not sure on that.

[WraithLord]

Alneyan said:
The only other such game I can think of is the Heroes of Might and Magic series, but they are not exactly in the same market (the sequel is currently underway). There might be a sequel to Disciples too, but I am not sure on that.

I agree on both games. Both are simplified in many ways but have added value of great music and gfx (especially disciples!).
Ok, so there's also HOMM-V and Disciples 3? to wait for

[Olive]

Alneyan said:
There might be a sequel to Disciples too, but I am not sure on that.

It's scheduled by the editor (there's a dedicated page and you cans send disciples 3 postcards), but there's few about it (no screenshots yet). It's certainly very early in the game development.

[NTJedi]

I didn't like the battles and battle maps in the Disciples series. Heroes_III was the best of the Heroes series so far.
Dominions_III will most likely be greater than Civilization_IV... hopefully they are planning some marketing strategy.

I recommend dropping of CD-Demos at the big software chains like Software Etc. , E.B. , and Best Buys.

[PrinzMegaherz]

If you like the fantasy strategy with a bit more depth than homm or disciples, I recommend you Ogre Battle for the Snes. You can find both the emulator and the game on the net, and believe me - it will keep you busy until dom 3 has been released. Granted, the graphics are not up to date any more - but I consider Dominion players to prefer gaming depth over cutting edge technology anyway.

[Zen]

NTJedi said:

I didn't like the battles and battle maps in the Disciples series. Heroes_III was the best of the Heroes series so far.
Dominions_III will most likely be greater than Civilization_IV... hopefully they are planning some marketing strategy.

While I appreciate your devotion to Dominions I think that last statement is ludicrious. Civilization IV has much more money behind it and will undoubtedly be a better overall game than Dom3. The mechanics and gameplay of Dominions 3 might be more attractive on certain levels and I know will be another fantastic game, I don't think it's fair to judge Dominions 3 against a juggernaut like Civilization. Especially after seeing the screenshots and concepts.

The same goes for HOMM V. While you can tell nothing from the screenshots and you don't know if they failed to recapture the magic of HOMM 3. Ubisoft has poured money into the development and has a very good QA team (not multiplayer servers however).

I am certain however that Dom3, just like Dom2 will age very well and provide something that none of the current TBS or TBS-hybrid will. And knowing IW's track record, will be supported much better.

[Boron]

Zen said:

While I appreciate your devotion to Dominions I think that last statement is ludicrious. Civilization IV has much more money behind it and will undoubtedly be a better overall game than Dom3. The mechanics and gameplay of Dominions 3 might be more attractive on certain levels and I know will be another fantastic game, I don't think it's fair to judge Dominions 3 against a juggernaut like Civilization. Especially after seeing the screenshots and concepts.

Almost anybody i know was extremely disappointed by Civilization 3.
And though Civ 4 has a bigger budget i don't think it can beat dominions 3.
I have not read anything about Civ 4 but i know Civ 1-3.
Civ 4 compared to Dom 3 will be like sudden strike compared to combat mission. It will just lack depth.
Warfare in Civ 1-3 was extremely simple and i doubt that it will change a lot in Civ 4.

[RibbonBlue]

Um? Zen are you connected with illwinter? Cause your last post sounded like you where?
Sorry, for asking but im new here.
And in my opinion:
Dominions2>all games
If dominions3>dominions2
Then Dominions 3 > all.
I have jsut never played a game with so much strategy and tactics and content.

[FrankTrollman]

Civ III was indeed a dissappointment. It was more complicated and pretty, but not actually better than Civ II.

Indeed, the best that series ever got was Alpha Centauri (which was made by a different company, but the same people, so it's part of the series). Brian Reynolds is doing Rise of Nations, which is real time, and Civ IV promises to still not actually have the original staff that made Civ II so astoundingly awesome.

Alpha Centauri II is not on the table, and the people doing Civ IV seem to still not actually get it, so there's no help from that quarter. HoMM in all its incarnations has always been a great game, but has also never ever been good in multiplayer and there's just no reason to play it that way.

Seriously, other than Dominions III, what turn-based strategy would you actually play with and against your friends? My Crystal Sphere doesn't see all that far into the future, but I'm just not seeing anything else even being offered that is going to be a decent TBS multiplayer game. This is a genre that has been completely lost to the Playstation Generation.

The closest competition Dominions III is going to have from anywhere is the next installment of Advance Wars for the Nintendo DS.

-Frank