Dominions games

[visions]

Which of the three Dominions games is best in your opinion and which would be the best choice to someone who's not familiar with the series?

I downloaded the demo of the first game and it seems interesting, however I'd appreciate any opinions/advice on these games.

 

[Chef_Hathaway]

I'd say Dom3 is your best bet and to get the best experience with the game find people to play with. I found them to be pretty boring without playing against people.

To become familiar with it, read the manual and play the tutorial, they help immensely.

 

[Phelot]

Haven't played any of the first two, but from what I've heard, 3 simply adds more and improves upon the last two so may as well start with that.

 

[Monocause]

There's no point in reaching for Dom 1 or 2 when you can go straight for 3. Forget about the earlier ones.

 

[Haba]

There's no point in reaching for Dom 1 or 2 when you can go straight for 3. Forget about the earlier ones.

I started with Conquest of Elysium II (Which is still p. good, btw) and then have gone through Doms 1-3.

There is a clear "evolutionary path". Some features/playable races are pretty much the only thing you'll be missing out on if you skip the first two games. Dom 3 has grown to be quite a monster content-wise (each patch adding more races/units), so it can be debated that earlier parts of the series are more balanced.

 

[visions]

Thanks for your input, I'll consider ordering the third one then, when I can afford it. Heard that it has a thick 200 pages+ manual, which makes it somehow more appealing for me.

Downloaded the demos of Dominions 2 and 3 too, but haven't yet played around with them much.

 

[mondblut]

2 and 3 had little difference between one another, 3 just has more content and slightly improved interface. 1 was smaller and ugly as fuck. Conquest of Elysium is quite a different kind of game, one not to be ignored (it's free anyway).

2 had optional "themes" for races whereas 3 had those themes as separate races scattered among 3 "ages", but you can easily mod them into a single age for a monstrous 72-side free for all.