Reviews - Solosol

Well, as a newcomer to Doms world, it may seems an exageration score.
But as a veteran player, more oriented to strategy (TBS mainly: Civ saga, HOMM, Age of Wonders saga, Fallen Enchantres and many more on this style), this game is simply THE GAME.

I've frecuently read that dominions games are not for everybody. The learning curve and the micromanagement required are very important. And they increase as the turns goes on. I think that only by digging deep and reading guides you can get the juice that the game offers.

Reasons: lots of game mechanics (emcumbrance, aging, exclusive abilities for units), great treatment for the magic system (magic places, that must be site-searched, gets distilled into magic gems, that are used to fuel spells, summonings, rituals, item forging, researching, bloodhunting, communions and many other things to discover....), many diverse nations to play (replayability is granted) with unique units, spells and summons,...

Combat is automatic, although it may seems discouraging at first, you have combat orders and formations, and after a time I think it is the best way to deal (thinking in having to control each battle could be insane).

Graphical aspect. Well, if you want beatifull landscapes and modern 3D graphics, this is not the game. But for the purposes of the game (showing us all the information needeed) they are more than ok. As I said before, a TBS gamer usually will prefer simple graphics and lots of stuff, than better graphics and plain gameplay. Anyway, the graphics and the musics are coolenough to get into the game.

Ok, so there is a lot of stuff in the game. That is why micromanagement is so complex, and the game is for those who accept it. But if you are one of those, you should give it a try

I'll note two more things:
- There is an active multiplayer community (I hope i'll join some day)
- Game is currently in beta, so expect bugs. But expect a lot of updates too, with new content (visit developer upgrade list t