Do I miss something?

[MrSafin]

Strange question: I'm playing the Dominions 3 demo right now, and I'm already planning to buy the full game when I put some money on my credit card.
Do I miss something if I just play Dominions 3 and not Dominions 1 and 2 in regards of the singleplayer part of the game? Like a campaign or something like that?

[SsSam]

Not really.

[Fantomen]

Nope, there isn't really any campaign. And all the nations and lore from the previous games are there.

[MrSafin]

Great!

On a sidenote, I've taken a look at the pretender god's creation menu and there's HUGE customability! I'm already impressed by the demo alone!

It's a shame that I discovered this game just recently, and by a random chance too.

[Fantomen]

You are very welcome, don't hesitate to ask about anything.

While dom3 solo play is a blast initially, I'd say the real fun is in multiplayer. So don't hesitate to join a MP game when your game arrives and have some real competition, roleplay, diplomacy and scheming.

[MrSafin]

Sure, Fantomen!

Anyway, I'll try the multiplayer part after learning the game's ropes! I've printed the whole tutorial for the demo and followed it through all the way, and I'm still learning A LOT of things.

It's so refreshing to find games so deep. In this time we have suffered a lot from bland and simplistic games, and Dominions 3 was really the game I needed. :)

[Ferrosol]

really the only thing you need to know to play multiplayer semi successfully is how to expand vs the AI. Once you can regularly conquer 15 provinces by the end of the first 12 turns you should be ready to go. Obviously then you will get your arse kicked by players who are better at diplomacy,scripting and strategy than you are but at least you will hopefully learn something from the experience.:D Beyond that ask questions and read the guides helpful players have written and you should do ok.

[thejeff]

Yeah, that's basically it. The first part of the game is very similar, since you're fighting indies. Unless you get rushed or rush someone.

After that, having some basic idea how to build thugs is good, but thugs that would slaughter the AI get killed in their first fight by exploiting weaknesses the AI doesn't even try to find. Pretty much everything after that is counters and counter-counters. You can learn to counter what the AI does, but since the AI doesn't try to counter you, that only takes you so far.

[MrSafin]

Obviously then you will get your arse kicked by players who are better at diplomacy,scripting and strategy than you are but at least you will hopefully learn something from the experience.

By "scripting" you mean giving orders to units before sending them to battle?

[Fantomen]

By "scripting" you mean giving orders to units before sending them to battle?

Yes.

[Eximius Sus]

Strange question: I'm playing the Dominions 3 demo right now, and I'm already planning to buy the full game when I put some money on my credit card.
Do I miss something if I just play Dominions 3 and not Dominions 1 and 2 in regards of the singleplayer part of the game? Like a campaign or something like that?

Yes

[Eximius Sus]

I have no idea what. But you must be missing something. Maybe an achievement you can get more WoW goodies for or some other goobbedygook.

[MrSafin]

Hehe you caught me, but I'm done with WoW and mmorpgs forever, I assure you Eximius :)

Nah, what I was referring to is some kind of storyline... I'm crazy for nice singleplayer storylines ala Warcraft 3!

[thejeff]

No real storyline in Dominions. No plot, as such.

There's history, though. You get to see it in little bits and pieces in nation/unit descriptions. Many of the nations have shared history, much of it revolving around the Fall of Ermor. It really is a fascinating, and fairly coherent world.