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Hey I just bought this game! by Bananadine 10/21/2007, 3:10pm PDT
Mischief Maker wrote:

I've heard that it's supposed to be the greatest fantasy 4X since MOM with over 1,500 units and created by a 2-man team. $55 for an indie game with DOS-era graphics??? WHAT'S THE REAL STORY???


That's right, I'm a masochist! The manual certainly makes it sound cool. I'm a sucker for lists of six hundred spells! But thus far I have only played the game long enough to totally get my ass kicked in a way that is 90% reminiscent of similar ass-kickings in Shogun: Total War, which had something like... zero spells. And maybe a dozen-ish units. There's a quote in the game's manual (in the part where the authors actually warn the spoiler-averse against reading their strategy suggestions) from a player who had the impression that the game was so complex its own designers couldn't remember what some of the spells did, which he said summed up some of the appeal of it for him. It's like treasure-hunting with game mechanics, and what you find, you get to use as a weapon! Which sounds awesome. But so far, just a Shogun-esque ass-kicking for me. Maybe I will report further if I ever learn what the hell I am doing, which I probably eventually will... though the game's dead, flat interface does little to aid me in this endeavor. (I don't mean to say it's one of those "spreadsheet" games like Master of Orion III; the menu system is surprisingly spare and elegant so far--it's just that it misses lots of opportunities to display Civ 4-style context-sensitive help and event animations and stuff.)
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Review Request: Dominions 3 by Mischief Maker 01/04/2007, 11:39am PST NEW
    Dominion: Storm Over Gift 3 was similar to but worse than Dark Reign. NT by Jerry Whorebach 01/04/2007, 6:22pm PST NEW
        Why would we OEM Gift 3? We'll LOSE money NT by Bad Idea Jeans 01/08/2007, 12:41pm PST NEW
            I wrote this post. NT by Ice Cream Jonsey 10/21/2007, 3:47pm PDT NEW
    Everytime I start a new turn, the game hangs >:( NT by NEGATIVE! 01/08/2007, 12:30pm PST NEW
    Hey I just bought this game! by Bananadine 10/21/2007, 3:10pm PDT NEW
        That's nice. I just bought Ridge Racer 6. (VROOOOOOOOOOM) by Jerry Whorebach 10/21/2007, 8:09pm PDT NEW
            Why make zero choices when you can make nine thousand? by Bananadine 10/22/2007, 12:39pm PDT NEW
                Oops I misread Mischief Maker YET AGAIN! by Bananadine 10/22/2007, 12:44pm PDT NEW
                I have a fever and the only cure is power slides by Jerry Whorebach 10/24/2007, 2:25am PDT NEW
                    Re: I have a fever and the only cure is power slides by Bananadine 10/24/2007, 9:55am PDT NEW
    Re: Review Request: Dominions 3 by Bananadine 11/21/2007, 4:59pm PST NEW
        this game keeps on getting cooler by Bananadine 03/07/2008, 7:07pm PST NEW
            Thanks but Armageddon Empires has me covered. NT by Mischief Former Micromanager 03/07/2008, 8:09pm PST NEW
                This means someone has an install file sitting around! NT by FABIO 03/07/2008, 10:59pm PST NEW
                    Re: This means someone has an install file sitting around! by FABIO 03/08/2008, 12:42pm PST NEW
                        Dude, I'm not pirating an indie game... by Mischief Maker 03/08/2008, 9:08pm PST NEW
 
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