The inteface of Dom2 is great

Wauthan · #1 March 9th, 2004, 02:58 AM

I know what you mean. Before purchasing Dominions 2 I made the mistake to buy Master of Orion 3. On the other hand, had Moo3 not been what it is I wouldn't have returned it, gotten my money back and been able to afford Dom2.

Not to shabby by three part time game developers to be able to create a game that thrumphs such a heavily hyped and funded game as the sequel of Master of Orion 2.

Perhaps Dominions 3, if such a project ever take place that is, will finally knock Master of Magic of the Fantasy Wargame Throne?

PDF · #2 March 8th, 2004, 03:00 PM

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Originally posted by Wauthan:
...Perhaps Dominions 3, if such a project ever take place that is, will finally knock Master of Magic of the Fantasy Wargame Throne?

WTF ?

Dom2 already knocked MoM out of the throne !

Wauthan · #3 March 8th, 2004, 03:22 PM

I don't know yet PDF (somehow I knew you would be the first to make the inevitable comment).

Dominions 2 haven't been around long enough to be a contender for that the title. Perhaps one could call it a Pretender?

People are still feeling very strongly about MoM. And a sequel would surely draw quite a crowd.

But it's just my personal opinion of course. It's rather like discussing whom the best fantasy writer is.

Endoperez · #4 March 8th, 2004, 03:32 PM

I thought Dominions 1 was the game that knocked MoM from its throne...

But then, I played Dom before MoM and that does affect my view. Quite a few of my friends who are not that interested in a game as complex as Dominions find MoM a great game, though. Pity, because it doesn't have real multiplayer...

[ March 08, 2004, 13:33: Message edited by: Endoperez ]

PDF · #5 March 8th, 2004, 03:45 PM

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Originally posted by Wauthan:
I don't know yet PDF (somehow I knew you would be the first to make the inevitable comment).

Dominions 2 haven't been around long enough to be a contender for that the title. Perhaps one could call it a Pretender?

People are still feeling very strongly about MoM. And a sequel would surely draw quite a crowd.

But it's just my personal opinion of course. It's rather like discussing whom the best fantasy writer is.

Don't call me "fanboy" please !

Seriously, I'm an old MoM fan (still played it Last year ...) but now I'm sure Dom2 is superior in every aspect - except maybe learning curve !

Endoperez,
Dom1 was a very good game (after all 90% of Dom2 were already in) but IMHO was very handicapped by a poor interface, antiquated graphics and lack of info/management screens and features.

Arryn · #6 March 8th, 2004, 04:21 PM

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Originally posted by vanedor:
Well, actually, it's not that great. But it's after playing a game such as BattleCruiser3100 that you realize that the learning curve of Dom2 is far from being that bad.

Comparing *any* game to any Version of BC would make the other game look good. BC is one of the worst games ever made ...

If you want a better comparison, try Dom2 vs. Civ3. Dom2 still has a long way to go by that measure. OTOH, Civ3 had a *huge* development budget, and some of the best programmers and designers in the gaming industry, including Sid.

[ March 08, 2004, 15:41: Message edited by: Arryn ]

Endoperez · #7 March 8th, 2004, 05:16 PM

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Originally posted by PDF:

Endoperez,
Dom1 was a very good game (after all 90% of Dom2 were already in) but IMHO was very handicapped by a poor interface, antiquated graphics and lack of info/management screens and features.

In what way the graphics of Dom1 are more antiqued than those of MoM? I agree that MoM was easier to get into, but I found some really frustrating things from it too. The biggest one was that I could only be casting one spell at any time... Besides that, I don't recall that many "info/management screens and features". You won't get as detailed province information in Dom as you get from cities of MoM, but the province-city difference is one of the big ones between the two games. Do you mean some of the Advisors?