OT: idea for a new game
I will flag this with the "recycled" icon.
It struck me that an interesting game could be created using almost all of "Space Empires IV" as a base, and maybe adding some of the better parts of "Dominions 2"
Ocean Empires and Domination
The theme would be "we moved to the oceans and took our territorial baggage with us". With a futuristic ocean-colonies theme most of what is in SEIV would work really well. The map might be abit more Dominions-like with provinces but other than that the colonizing, the combat, the resources, the modding, and most importantly the ships (I think we could keep ALL of the ships) would all port over nicely. If most of the base of the game were SEIV its something I would buy.
Id rather see a deeper dominions style of balance (rock-paper-scissors at a national level instead of unit level) which is very hard to do but makes for an excellent game. Also, the major reliance that dominions has on "summoned" (in this case capture/train) creatures as a base to equip into a unique unit could be added. Different creatures with different capabilities (dolphin, seal, killer whale, squid) boosted by the players choice of equipment add-ons to build off of the creatures natural combat or speed or stealth
Gandalf Parker
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