D2 vs Aow:SM

licker · #1 November 25th, 2003, 06:48 PM

Heh, I'm a fan of it in passing, I do enjoy some of the lingo though, it entertains me to no end

Though without cable, and with my wife booking up the TV on Thursdays I rarely if ever watch, and it's been a long time since I had my descrambler to watch any of the PPV stuff

I do kinda like the WWE vidio games, though I never play them, stupid Best Buy never has them on their display units anymore, its all that Soul Caliber crap

Saber Cherry · #2 November 25th, 2003, 10:49 PM

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Originally posted by Altus:
SM is a great 'beer and pretzel' fantasy wargame. I've had a lot of fun with it.

A lot of people talk about beer and pretzel strategy games. What does that mean? What's the origin? Is it more fun playing Dominions II while consuming beer and pretzels? I don't think I've ever ingested them together.

-Cherry

HJ · #3 November 25th, 2003, 10:54 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Saber Cherry:

quote:
Originally posted by Altus:
SM is a great 'beer and pretzel' fantasy wargame. I've had a lot of fun with it.

A lot of people talk about beer and pretzel strategy games. What does that mean? What's the origin? Is it more fun playing Dominions II while consuming beer and pretzels? I don't think I've ever ingested them together.

-Cherry

AFAIK, the term describes a game that you can play casually, without much mental effort, and finish in a short time span. I've seen it mentioned a lot on the Underdogs site.

[ November 25, 2003, 20:55: Message edited by: HJ ]

PvK · #4 November 25th, 2003, 10:55 PM

I own Doms and Doms II. I've played AoW, but only the demo, because one game of the AoW demo was enough to enjoy what it had to offer and become pretty sick of it. Others have different tastes, though.

AoW is very derivative of MoM. Doms has tons of original ideas.

Doms has massive quality of play advantages over AoW, as far as I'm concerned. But different people have different tastes, and they are very different games, so try the demos and decide for yourself.

PvK

SurvivalistMerc · #5 November 25th, 2003, 10:56 PM

I think they mean that SM is more relaxing.

If you drank too much beer while playing dominions, you'd probably make a mistake and lose. SM gets predictable after a point, such that you can have beer, eat some pretzels as a snack, and beat the computer opponents at a leisurely pace.

I like Dominions. It's a very deep game and quite challenging. I'm not a fan of the downward ecomonic spiral or the extreme disaster luck events (which lack positive counterparts), but overall the game is spectacular.

Nerfix · #6 November 25th, 2003, 10:59 PM

If you want an Illwinterian Beer n' Pretzel game, try Conquest of Elysium.

Saber Cherry · #7 November 25th, 2003, 11:00 PM

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Originally posted by Particle:
Hum this is weird. I asked like 20 ppl about dominions 2, and all of them said that what the **** is this piece of ****! I don't agree with them of course..

Who did you ask? Barbie: Fashion Designer fans? Or even worse, Final Fantasy 7+ fans? The former tend to be mindless (or at least feebleminded, or possibly just very young) while the latter tend to value graphics, cutscenes, dumb plots, and bad music over gameplay, coolness, good plots, and good music (or else they'd be playing Square's good games). Or perhaps you asked Warcraft 3 fans, who don't necessarily understand the concept of a strategy game.

I know a lot of people reacted the way you describe to Doms I, but I have not seen that reaction to Doms II in the forums I frequent=)