Why such a high price?

[Kristoffer O]

Originally posted by izaqyos:
Dominions I is a great game.
But requires a lot of micromanagement and the end game is very tedious.
so much so that I usually stop my single player games at some point when I am sure to win.
I have noticed the same thing happened in most of my PBEM games.

I really hope this was solved in DOM-II.
I have been following the DOM-II progress for almost a year now. needless to say I am very excited about it. I will probably preorder the game

A word about AOW.
I agree it doesn't have an epic feel to it.
But it has it's merits. it has very nice interface (gpx+music), It's very easy to learn and play and it has a large community with tournaments and a (tough) ladder.

Still L liked MOM the best. I still hope to someday see a MOM-II. I do not understand how come it never had a sequel.

Victory conditions have been added. This limits the end game to reasonable times. It is now possible to win by:

* Taking a set number of victory points. VP:s can be edited in the mapfile or randomized. Home provinces can be given VP:s. For example you might give each home province one VP and add two provinces worth three VP:s and set the victorycondition to 12 VP:s. Flight, stealth, farsummons, teleports and fortresses play a greater role in these games.

* Spreading your dominion. Each province is worth 10+domstrength points.

* Research.

* Provinces.

Conditions are set when the game is created.

The VP victory is highly recommended. Especially in MP games.