your thoughts on Dominions II

PhilD · #1 October 28th, 2003, 09:45 AM

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+ Zoomable map. This is great.

Missed that one.

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+ Information about province scales and level of magic searching are great - very very helpful, and a most important addition

Agree totally with this one.

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+ It tells you how many units you have in each squad in the deployment screen. This is another really helpful addition.

Agreed, but I'd like to have a text reminder with the type(s) of units as well. "5 Light Infantries, 5 Archers". Something like that, both in the squad description and in the "commander description" in the nation overview. It's awfully hard to ditinguish these units by sight; imagine how it must be for a newbie like me, when the names themselves aren't immediately linked to a set of strengths/weaknesses...

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- Now here's the big one: The units in the recruitment screen (and the commanders in the main screen) are harder to differentiate between than they were in Dom I. It is noticeably harder to tell which unit is which, because of the extremely light-coloured background they are against. This is hard on the eyes, and makes the units look like blotches. I strongly urge the developers to change the background colour to a darker shade. Darker background makes it easier to see colours, whereas light background drowns out colours. It would be great (for all our eyes, if nothing else) if this could be changed.

Once more, the unit names should be printed as well as the unit icons.

Overall, while the UI is much better than the DomI UI, I still believe it's hard on the new player.

MythicalMino · #2 October 29th, 2003, 02:38 AM

hmmm....here are some more things (little details) that i have liked...

1. it rains during the battle sequences...or did i imagine it? I could swear that there was rainfall...and, if so, does that affect the battle in any way? or is it just for looks?

2. Again, i have to say i really like the main maps...These really do look great...my wife actually said yesterday that she thought the maps were beautiful...hehe...take that as a compliment coming from someone who really couldn't care less about computer games and all...

3. Just the openness of the info...I don't have to click click click like i did before to get info on the province...like, gold and all...especially concerning the overall empre gold...

4. The nation overview...to me, this was a HUGE step up. To be able to see who is in what province....great job...

5. Love the background for the battles...I ended up fighting in one where there was fog...thought that was a great visual affect....

6. Spiders spiders and more spiders...I really do like the Machaka race....Even though i hate spiders in real life...I do lilke the Spiders inthe Machaka race...

7. A great game made even greater....I tip my hat to you guys in this one...I liked Dominions I, but this one I think has become my absolute favorite game...

MStavros · #3 October 28th, 2003, 03:10 PM

My thoughts about Doms II. in 1 sentence:

Doms II. got the worst AI what I ever seen in strategy games.

[ October 28, 2003, 13:11: Message edited by: MStavros ]

Kristoffer O · #4 October 28th, 2003, 05:05 PM

In what way? It is difficult to change it into something better unless you tell us what is wrong.

st.patrik · #5 October 28th, 2003, 05:15 PM

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4. The nation overview...to me, this was a HUGE step up. To be able to see who is in what province....great job...

I forgot this one! This is a really helpful addition. ++++

Zerger · #6 October 28th, 2003, 05:18 PM

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In what way? It is difficult to change it into something better unless you tell us what is wrong.

Kris, I don't know whats wrong withthe AI, but I managed to beat it easily in 4 games. I lost 1, due to bad luck. [3 front war]

licker · #7 October 28th, 2003, 05:51 PM

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Originally posted by Kristoffer O:
In what way? It is difficult to change it into something better unless you tell us what is wrong.

Kris, I don't know whats wrong withthe AI, but I managed to beat it easily in 4 games. I lost 1, due to bad luck. [3 front war]

I'm confused...

I've only had the demo for about an hour of fooling with, so I didn't do much beyond get the feel for the new UI, but...

How on earth is 40 turns enough time to roll over the AIs? I suppose people could be using some of the new victory conditions and getting wins with them (meaning the vic conditions, or the AI's response to vic conditions needs adjusting), but how are people just walking over AIs in 40 turns?

Well kudos to you if you are, but I find it kinda doubtful.