Bet the CGW review helped.

[Lord Hammer]

[quote]Originally posted by tylertoo:
[QB]

I, for one, have a 3-year old and a 4-month old, which means playing time is limited to after they're both asleep and my wife and I collapse. I only wish I was twenty-something again and single, because then I had lots of free time (though no money )

Ha Ha...this is the EASY part . When my kids were old enough i gave them a gaming PC, i'm breeding opponents, now that they're 7 & 9 they are gaming all the time and only bother me for hints and strategies . When i was twenty-something i had lots of money and time yet it was all "empty" now that i look back . Kids open your eyes to the "real" world, enjoy!

[Griswel]

Originally posted by gregarine:
The Computer Gaming World review was what got me to come here and order the game. They made the game sound very/deep and complex which is what I like!

Same here (CGW and the tutorial site).

[Bowlingballhead]

I found the game to be extremely swift to figure out - at least in terms of the basics. I downloaded the demo, and (with particular gratitude to the between-turn tips) figured out most everything you need to play the game in a game or two.

Of course, the game is still springing surprises on me, but that's the sign of a well-made game. It's the same thing that kept Nethack going so long, really - easy to start, but there always seems to be more to discover.

[Teleolurian]

At surface level, I thought the game was sorta like Risk when I first picked up [Dom1]. Reading Usenet, I saw people screaming about sick units and combinations (and of course, SC's); however, having been raised in an age where strong units in video games actually LOOK like strong units, it took me a while to get used to the understated-yet-still-quite-strong units in Dominions.

More complex than Dominions? Only a few roguelikes come to mind. And of course, they're all free.

[tylertoo]

Originally posted by Lord Hammer:
When i was twenty-something i had lots of money and time yet it was all "empty" now that i look back . Kids open your eyes to the "real" world, enjoy!

Oh, don't get me wrong -- I do enjoy parenthood immensely. I just miss having free time.

Now its 10:15pm, everyone's asleep. Back to the demo

[Cthulu13]

Originally posted by Griswel:

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Originally posted by gregarine:
The Computer Gaming World review was what got me to come here and order the game. They made the game sound very/deep and complex which is what I like!

Same here (CGW and the tutorial site).

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It was CGW battle report that cinched it for me. I just got the game and haven't got over the learning curve yet so I spend most of the time crouched in my little provinces, playing with magic and hoping none of the computers notice me.

[Saber Cherry]

Originally posted by Wauthan:
I guess Illwinter will add a step by step tutorial for Dominions 3: Fall of the Gods that explains its detailed and streamlined userinterface?

If it had not been for this forum, and particularly the works of Saber Cherry, I would simply have given up on the game and saved my money for Warlords Battlecry 3. Now I'm glad I didn't. This game is very addictive, and I eagerly await the patch. Learning the game is pretty fast actually. Mastering it enough to beat the computer on easy is a whole other matter.

It's funny you should mention that! I consider Warlords Battlecry II to be an exceptional game... on par with Kohan, if not Total Annihilation. And yet - I've been playing Dominions for a couple years, and am writing (to my knowledge) its only combat sim... and am still completely unfamiliar with most of the spells and 60% of the units

I think that's what I like about it. There are just too many variables to ever do anything "perfectly"... not because it is too hard... but because there is no "perfect way".

-Cherry