New to Dominions 3 any thoughts

thorfrog · #1 October 4th, 2006, 09:03 PM

I'm thinking of getting into Dominions 3 what is this series like? Any reviews? Any thing like Master of Magic?

Gandalf Parker · #2 October 4th, 2006, 10:17 PM

I think it has many things like Master of Magic.

It has extensive setup in the beginning. In Dom3 you are creating your "pretender god" by picking the image, the magics, etc. That pretender, in combination with the race you choose, gives you alot of variety in how you can play the game.

I loved Master of Magic and kept it alive on my machines for years. Same with Dominions. Dominions is much more involved than MoM but I think its fun for the same reasons that MoM was.

Oh, one big difference. In DOm you dont direct the battles.

Gandalf Parker

BigJMoney · #3 October 5th, 2006, 12:38 AM

You don't direct the battles, but I will add that you can script them. You give your armies orders ahead of time, and the AI does its best to carry them out properly. So the good thing there is that you do have some tactics in this game as well as strategy.

I might actually review this game for a site I have a membership on. To be fair, though, I will have to play it EXTENSIVELY for several weeks. I'll probably link to my review from here. Also, look for the demo coming out possibly next week.

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TheBigBlueBox · #4 October 5th, 2006, 01:49 AM

Master of Magic...

A game I still have on my hard drive and I still play... With the improvements in Dom 3 I hope it will finally make me forget about MOM...

What you'll never get in the dominions series though is tactical combat, diplomacy, and civ-style construction/building like you do in MOM. What you do get is a spell and combat system that makes MOM pale in comparison. And now you get deep hero development and magic item system that harkens back to MOM.

Frostmourne27 · #5 October 5th, 2006, 01:56 AM

I would have to say that you should really try the Dom2 demo, or wait for the dom3 demo, since it looks like it will show most stuff to. Both of the demos show most core aspects of the game, ie you get a LITTLE bit of everything. For me at least, they showed very clearly what the game was like. Expecially the combat system, which i loathed at first sight, but have learned to love to hate. It can be frustrating at first, but once you finally realise thta it does EXACTLY what you tell it to, 95% of the time, and you can predict when the 5% of the time that it doesn't will be, it actually is kinda neat. And more realistic than perfect controll over troops like in some games. People don't allways do what you tell them. Especially if its attack the dragon with your sticks or something to that efffect.

B0rsuk · #6 October 5th, 2006, 02:09 AM

Please don't forget about Master Of Magic. Stardock is making Master Of Magic 2, and because they're both developer and publisher they say they can afford to do the game right.
MOM2 is currently on hold since Stardock focused on (presumably) Galactic Civilisation 2.

TheBigBlueBox · #7 October 5th, 2006, 02:12 AM

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B0rsuk said:
Please don't forget about Master Of Magic. Stardock is making Master Of Magic 2, and because they're both developer and publisher they say they can afford to do the game right.
MOM2 is currently on hold since Stardock focused on (presumably) Galactic Civilisation 2.

They MIGHT be doing MOM2...

They haven't got the rights yet, and they are not only working on GALCIV 2 and the expansion first, but also an online game called Society. MOM2 isn't really even in the pipeline for them.

Meglobob · #8 October 5th, 2006, 02:15 AM

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B0rsuk said:
Please don't forget about Master Of Magic. Stardock is making Master Of Magic 2, and because they're both developer and publisher they say they can afford to do the game right.
MOM2 is currently on hold since Stardock focused on (presumably) Galactic Civilisation 2.

This is unfortunately WRONG.

Stardock had problems getting the rights to MOM. So have no plans to do MOM2.

Nerfix · #9 October 5th, 2006, 04:12 AM

The Dominions series are massive, they are perhaps one of the most massive games ever produced. The amount of various magic spells, monsters and items as astonishing. there are three eras in Dominions 3 and each era will have roughly 17-20 different nations to play with

Yes. The game has nearly 60 nations in total. Every one of them is different from each other and requires a different aproach. You must find what suits your style and likings.

And you must design your Pretender God. It's not like what you do in MoM with your wizard, it is way more than that. You pick your physical form, your magic skills, your Scales of Dominion, whether you are awake at the start of the game and so on...

The game is very extensive and I recommond trying out the Dominions 2 demo. Or waiting for the Dom 3 demo

Jack_Trowell · #10 October 5th, 2006, 08:24 AM

No more waiting : dom3 demo has just been released !

Champagne for everybody !