what the heck is this

Pocus · #1 September 18th, 2003, 09:12 PM

I must confess that Dominions I was not that must geared toward text files with bunch of parameters to tweak...

Instar · #2 September 18th, 2003, 10:55 PM

I like the screenshots, the map screens are pretty nice. The Last one though, the sprites are kinda, well, pixelated. Its pretty good looking overall, but the troops look to be tiny when zoomed out. Of course, this is a game with what looks to be huge battle involving lots of units, so that might not be a huge issue.

PvK · #3 September 19th, 2003, 07:31 AM

The images look like the Dom I images, but scaled for perspective.

Having over 600 different units in Dom I is great. I would much rather use my imagination with simpler graphics, than have "pretty" sprites but be limited to fewer unit types, as in other games in the genre.

If they eventually add a way to import user-made images at higher resolution, then perhaps the fans could come up with nice graphics without sucking all the developers' time away from doing gameplay-relevant work.

PvK

Nerfix · #4 September 19th, 2003, 07:41 AM

I wonder how many new units there is in Dominions II...
Or new spells...

Kristoffer O · #5 September 19th, 2003, 07:55 AM

Just above 1000 units.

Spells. Hmm. Not sure. 50-100 new ones perhaps.

Nerfix · #6 September 19th, 2003, 07:57 AM

Above 1000???!!!

My god, that is incredible amount of new units!

Well, it's 400+ new and 600 old...

[ September 19, 2003, 06:58: Message edited by: Nerfix ]

Psitticine · #7 September 19th, 2003, 04:11 PM

There are 19 nations, all of which can be human or computer controlled (BTW, the game is ultra-multiplayer friendly), and each of the nations has special Dominions (themes) that give them varient units, among other things.

I've been playing for weeks, but I haven't even seen all the units, let alone explored them all. The spells and items that you have access to are equally amazing. It is . . . highly pleasing.