What could we steal from other fantasy games...

[sector24]

As far as content, Dominions is miles ahead of most titles. But for graphical, UI, unit management improvements (etc.) I think there's a lot of room for improvement. I would like to be able to recruit from the F1 screen, sort the F1 screen by the column headers, etc.

On the one hand, Dominions is like a fun little puzzle where after playing for 8 months someone tells you that you can press "N" it's the most amazing thing since sliced bread, but it's definitely a daunting and translucent experience.

It's so rare that you actually want a game sequel to be the same thing but with a little corporate polish.

[Omnirizon]

I agree with all who say fantasy could take things from dominions. 99.9999% of all other fantasy titles are just tired cliche drivel hacked together from overused mythology or Tolkien.

[Randvek]

Omnirizon said:overused mythology or Tolkien.

I'm confused. How are overused mythology and Tolkien different things?

[HoneyBadger]

From the Civilization series: I'll add a modifiable and expandable magic system, wherein new magic schools and new paths can be modded in, as well as new gemtypes/resources, and atleast the possibility of modding in new building types-just so that the feature is there to be used or ignored.

And please, more sprites per unit! I have no problem whatsoever with the graphics-the graphics we have now are one of the reasons we have so many excellent mod nations-but there's no good reason that the units themselves can't have the possibility of more movement, if someone chooses to put the work in.

[sum1lost]

You know, as someone who actually plays games besides dominions, I sometimes find assertations that all other games are so much rubbish and the people who play them simple to be a little bit insulting.

[sector24]

Tolkien is awesome because he was not only a successful fantasy writer, but he rewrote the mythology that his story was based on to the point that most people assume that Middle Earth lore is real and the original mythology is false. He ranks up there with Gary Gygax and Wikipedia as far as rewriting history goes.

I still think there are a lot of good fantasy games out there. I think the biggest change is my personal tastes towards games, not the games themselves. My little brother is 10 years younger than me and he loves all sorts of games I think are absolutely awful. But then I remember playing games in the 90s that were awful and thinking they were great at the time.