Previews!

Annette · #1 September 25th, 2006, 08:30 PM

So what do you guys think of this comment?

Quote:

The preview is pretty short and is much more of a presentation of the Dominion serie...

From what I heard, and from what I can figure out from the screenies, Dominion 3 should rather be called Dominion 2.5... Does not seem to add much to the game (even though I shall buy it ).

Can you confirm or infirm?

Granted, it's posted over at Wargamer which is owned by the same interests who own a competing publisher.

RonD · #2 September 25th, 2006, 08:51 PM

To some, only a serious upgrade to the graphics engine would make Dom3 anything other than Dom2.5. I'd bet my copy of Dom3 that many of the same people would have whined about "Civ3.5" if Civ4 had used the same graphics engine as Civ3, regardless of the gameplay changes.

Gandalf Parker · #3 September 25th, 2006, 09:31 PM

Yes thats a strange comment. The game more than tripled. Plus added tons of solo-player support (finally). And rewrites for things that we couldnt get patched into Dom2 (like AIs). I added a comment there.

Its as GP1628 is my usual login on systems since Gandalf is usually not allowed. GP1628 is my Internic ID in the whois database (old internet official white-pages)

Endoperez · #4 September 26th, 2006, 04:44 AM

It's not that strange a comment. Something very similar has been said in here as well. I disagree, and try to argue against such comments, but as long as others are seeing only new units and creatures and variables it's hard to comprehend how much has changed.

Nerfix · #5 September 26th, 2006, 05:00 AM

I shared my thoughts there.

Nerfix · #6 September 26th, 2006, 05:26 AM

Quote:

Endoperez said:
It's not that strange a comment. Something very similar has been said in here as well. I disagree, and try to argue against such comments, but as long as others are seeing only new units and creatures and variables it's hard to comprehend how much has changed.

That's why we must point out what has changed and how much.

DominionsFan · #7 September 26th, 2006, 06:00 AM

Quote:

RonD said:
To some, only a serious upgrade to the graphics engine would make Dom3 anything other than Dom2.5. I'd bet my copy of Dom3 that many of the same people would have whined about "Civ3.5" if Civ4 had used the same graphics engine as Civ3, regardless of the gameplay changes.

Depends on the playerbase. Personally I absolutely don't care about the graphics in a turn based strategy game.
In fact there is Dwarf Fortress, an ASCII based game. That is definitely the game of the year for me, and of course Doms 3...and maybe Heroes of Annihilated Empries.

Agrajag · #8 September 26th, 2006, 07:02 AM

I think that Dom3 does seem like more of an expansion than a full game, to the untrained eye.
That is because usually (that is, in the more commercial side of the industry

) expansions are merely modpack with a few more units and a new campaign, while often a new game just has less units and content (but better graphics).
Dominions 3 however, adds lots of units (and thus seems like an expansion) without adding new graphics (just seeming less like a new game).
In reality (rather than how things seem), Dominions 3 does add a lot, a new aging system, UI improvements, new shields, a random map generator, redone castles (and an AI that uses them), Dormant/Imprisoned gods, gameplay tweaks (costs/supply), much improved mod support, and I guess some more stuff I can't think about right now

That sure seems enough to me.

Nerfix · #9 September 26th, 2006, 08:06 AM

I made a big list of changes at Wargamer and I forgot stuff from the list. Like the Awakening.

Arralen · #10 September 26th, 2006, 12:56 PM

Quote:

Annette said:
So what do you guys think of this comment?

Quote:

The preview is pretty short and is much more of a presentation of the Dominion serie...

From what I heard, and from what I can figure out from the screenies, Dominion 3 should rather be called Dominion 2.5... Does not seem to add much to the game (even though I shall buy it ).

Can you confirm or infirm?

Granted, it's posted over at Wargamer which is owned by the same interests who own a competing publisher.

Check out my comment from 28/03/06 here

I hope I find the time and energy to write something up about the lates 3.00gold version, but I'm pretty burned out atm concerning Dom3 and concerning writing .. .

In short - I've gotten used to the game, some of it's nifty new features and basic improvements which I don't want to miss - I really don't want to go back to Dom2 any more.