Dominions 3 Now Shipping!

Nerfix · #1 October 6th, 2006, 06:46 AM

Congrats!

DominionsFan · #2 October 6th, 2006, 06:53 AM

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Nerfix said:
Congrats!

Thanks Nerfix, you will have your copy very soon also, and then we can play some MP games via TCP/IP.

WraithLord · #3 October 6th, 2006, 06:56 AM

Yoohoo!!!

Just got my copy (presumably, the first to have arrived Israel)

no time now, the manual summons my attention

Agrajag · #4 October 6th, 2006, 09:34 AM

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WraithLord said:
Yoohoo!!!

Just got my copy (presumably, the first to have arrived Israel)

no time now, the manual summons my attention

And I just recieved confirmation my copy shipped

Maybe it will be the second copy in Israel

Actually, I wouldnt be too surprised if it was. After linking to the demo on gamer.co.il, a popular gaming website, my responses were: "I saw the screenshots, the demo isn't worth downloading" and "The tutorial is useless, I have no idea what I'm doing. Also, I've lost 6 knight* battalions to 2 archer ones, WTF?"
*-If they were actualy knights, I would find that almost impossible to happen, I suppose he meant some other unit. Remember this is just a translation from hebrew.

Nerfix · #5 October 6th, 2006, 10:11 AM

Eponi Knights I think. I suppose they could lose to longbowmen...

Daynarr · #6 October 6th, 2006, 10:17 AM

Well, if you saw some of reports from local gaming sites you would really get angry. A guy there was spitting all over Dom3 before even demo came out because, catch this, he didn't like jokes in Dom3 advertising. Bad humor he says. They couple days later he posts that demo came out for turn based RTS Dom3.

I say that there should really be IQ test for ppl who post news and do reviews. Oh, and no drugs and alcohol test too.

Nerfix · #7 October 6th, 2006, 10:18 AM

Oh lolz. Well, Dominions series has got idiotic reviews before. I trust you heard of the one where the guy though Dominions was an RPG...

DominionsFan · #8 October 6th, 2006, 10:39 AM

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Daynarr said:
Well, if you saw some of reports from local gaming sites you would really get angry. A guy there was spitting all over Dom3 before even demo came out because, catch this, he didn't like jokes in Dom3 advertising. Bad humor he says. They couple days later he posts that demo came out for turn based RTS Dom3.

I say that there should really be IQ test for ppl who post news and do reviews. Oh, and no drugs and alcohol test too.

Lol!

Archonsod · #9 October 6th, 2006, 01:44 PM

There's only a few online game review sites I ever pay attention to. You tend to find most of them on the net are full of aspiring game journo's who failed to actually get into print, and phrases such as turn based rts show you why...

cookroach · #10 October 6th, 2006, 04:59 PM

Yesterday I installed the demo, because I thought I'd still have a few weeks' wait ahead of me - mailed on Tuesday to Germany via Global Priority Mail.

Well, the game arrived today. I paid only 5$ for delivery, but the stamps on the envelope amounted to about twice that amount. Great service! Thank you very much!

My first impressions are from the demo and the handbook:

My 12-year-old watched me play the tutorial and now is really excited about the game, although it is not in German! I am glad that hotseat is an option.

As for the handbook, I can't remember one this good. Ever. And I play strategy games since the days of the C64. Previously I had only dabbled a bit with the Dom2 demo, given up mainly in awe of the huge map and the vast amount of micromanagement necessary. Therefore I know very little about how Dominions actually works. But now, reading the manual, it is as if all the pieces are falling into place and everything becomes crystal clear. I'm probably too optimistic here, but you get my meaning ;-)

cookroach