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January 30th, 2006, 10:33 AM
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Re: Dom-III screenshots
Im surprised no one in that group has "called me down" on that post since Dom3 has been "nearing beta" for so long. I think Ive posted something like that 3 times over the space of a year.
But that group is getting so boring with no new games to talk about. I thought I would revive the Dominions threads.
The only response I got was asking if there was going to be a price-break on Dom2 (which would have the same effect, starting the rumble), OR screenshots would be nice also.
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January 30th, 2006, 10:37 PM
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Re: Dom-III screenshots
Screenshots, Developer Chats and Developer Diaries increase the popularity and demand for any game under construction. Developers and/or publishers preventing such marketing causes more harm to their sales then good.
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January 31st, 2006, 05:25 AM
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Re: Dom-III screenshots
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Screenshots, Developer Chats and Developer Diaries increase the popularity and demand for any game under construction. Developers and/or publishers preventing such marketing causes more harm to their sales then good.
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Not necessarily. Dominions III offers no state of the art graphics, so you really can't convince the audience with screenshots.
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January 31st, 2006, 09:18 AM
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Re: Dom-III screenshots
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Screenshots, Developer Chats and Developer Diaries increase the popularity and demand for any game under construction. Developers and/or publishers preventing such marketing causes more harm to their sales then good.
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Well, not necessarily. Dominions III offers no state of the art graphics, so you really can't convince the audience with screenshots.
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I believe that most dom players (myself included) aren't especially interested in the game's gfx.
For me, the point of screenshots is that they hint at new directions the game is taking and in general opens a place for interesting discussions.
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January 31st, 2006, 12:12 PM
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Re: Dom-III screenshots
I can see that point though. Screenshots with nothing else might turn away more of the average gamers than it gains. With Dom2 it was helpful to be "armed" with an available downloadable demo. I could pitch the strategy of the game and say "its at least worth checking out the demo IMHO".
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January 31st, 2006, 01:17 PM
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Re: Dom-III screenshots
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Screenshots, Developer Chats and Developer Diaries increase the popularity and demand for any game under construction. Developers and/or publishers preventing such marketing causes more harm to their sales then good.
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Well, not necessarily. Dominions III offers no state of the art graphics, so you really can't convince the audience with screenshots.
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I believe that most dom players (myself included) aren't especially interested in the game's gfx.
For me, the point of screenshots is that they hint at new directions the game is taking and in general opens a place for interesting discussions.
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WraithLord is correct... how pretty the graphics look is not that important. The screenshots could tell us about possible new battlefields, obstacles on the battlefield, new forgeable items, map and province improvements, new battle orders, etc., .
This type of information would increase the buzz talk about Dominions in the gaming community. Currently the only thing we can tell fellow gamers is 'release date spring_2006'. Not much information to buzz interest in other forums.
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January 31st, 2006, 04:08 PM
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Re: Dom-III screenshots
Most old school gamers don't care about gfx. This is however a small small minority in the market. GFX>>>Gameplay in most cases. Any word on a release date yet though?
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January 31st, 2006, 08:15 PM
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Q1 2006 is all we have iirc
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February 1st, 2006, 11:28 AM
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Re: Dom-III screenshots
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Most old school gamers don't care about gfx. This is however a small small minority in the market. GFX>>>Gameplay in most cases. Any word on a release date yet though?
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It plays a big factor for trying the game, which quite often means buying the game. Gameplay is certainly favoured over graphics in the games which people continue to play. Counter Strike is a good example of old, but still rocking. Unless CS Source has become the new norm, I have no idea and don't even care, to tell the truth.
But yes, better graphics would bring in more customers. The graphics won't be changed this late to the design, although some of the old units might have gotten new sprites.
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