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Zeldor · #1 October 16th, 2007, 02:38 PM

It is much more expensive to release small amount of copies than a huge one. Dominions is not made by huge corporation. So on one side you pay more but on the other you get a great game, not rushed on shelves, not made for public masses.

Aezeal · #2 October 16th, 2007, 03:14 PM

still there are more great games, and most are cheaper

that is just the thing I'm trying to say

Sensori · #3 October 16th, 2007, 03:20 PM

Yeah, there are many great games that are cheaper.

But there aren't any cheaper and better turn based fantasy strategy games of this magnitude, especially ones with the depth, moddability and the MP capability of Dominions 3. Heroes of Might and Magic series, the Warlords series... They just don't compare. Dominions (even Dominions 1!) trumps them all in my opinion.

Endoperez · #4 October 16th, 2007, 06:52 PM

Shrapnel Games' blog started with a few articles on niche games. They detail why niche games can't be sold like the mass-market games. And despite everything else, Dominions is a niche game. IMO reading these will give you a little insight to the world of those people who have decided not to lower DomII's price.

http://www.shrapnelcommunity.com/blo...mes-dont-work/

http://www.shrapnelcommunity.com/blo...mes-dont-work/

Aezeal · #5 October 17th, 2007, 02:16 PM

master of magic rocked too though... haven't played it for years.. but it ROCKED

Endoperez · #6 October 17th, 2007, 02:49 PM

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Aezeal said:
master of magic rocked too though... haven't played it for years.. but it ROCKED

Played it today, actually. It was painfully slow with DosBOX, but I recently played it on an old Win NT computer, and it worked like a charm on that one. It's great all right!

lch · #7 October 17th, 2007, 04:05 PM

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Endoperez said:
It was painfully slow with DosBOX

That's due to a setting in DosBox. Increase your cycles in your DosBox configuration file to get it up and running at normal speed. There is some other program that you can use to play old DOS games in WinNT, too, it's named VDMSound.

DenStoreFrelser · #8 October 17th, 2007, 05:16 PM

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Endoperez said:

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Aezeal said:
master of magic rocked too though... haven't played it for years.. but it ROCKED

Played it today, actually. It was painfully slow with DosBOX, but I recently played it on an old Win NT computer, and it worked like a charm on that one. It's great all right!

You do know about the command to increase cycles in DosBox (ctrl-F12), right? I'm pretty sure it can run MoM at proper speeds.