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  • #16
    Originally posted by quantum_mechani
    I can't think of a game where the term 'overwhelming gameplay' could be more accurately applied... certainly it's sheer overwhelming options have put off some people I have tried to get to play it.

    I think it's too straight forward of a war game. If there was a little something extra aside from raising troops and fighting...

    Multiplayer can make up for that, though
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    • #17
      Originally posted by quantum_mechani
      I can't think of a game where the term 'overwhelming gameplay' could be more accurately applied... certainly it's sheer overwhelming options have put off some people I have tried to get to play it.

      Even if you take overwhelming to simply mean good, I can only think of two games that can hold candle to dom2: SMAC and Master of Magic.

      Oh, and shame on people who have it but have never played it.
      Both MOM and SMAC had good graphics when they came out.

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      • #18
        Hmm, not sure I agree with that.

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        • #19
          Originally posted by Vesayen
          SMAC had good graphics when they came out.
          No it didn't... the engine itself was good, but the colors were hurting my eyes
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          • #20
            I remember when I bought SMAC, when it first came out in '99.... the graphics were not bad.

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            • #21
              For a TBS at the time maybe, i.e. compared to civ 2, but seriously, they were shocking even then. I still love SMAC though

              The game that came to my mind was Hearts of Iron II, although I guess pretty much any of the series would do it. Graphics are terrible, but it's all about the strategy, which is nice.
              Play hangman.

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              • #22
                Originally posted by DrSpike
                Any really old classic basically.
                Too true.
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                • #23
                  I was in awe when I first played wing commander... the graphics floored me. Granted I was less then 10 at the time(I think, I played it when it first came out), but I was imrpessed.

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                  • #24
                    RGP's: Arena,Daggerfall,RoA,Darklands

                    Sci-Fi: X-wing,TieFighter,AnotherWorld,Exile,Elite

                    Hist/tbs: Colonistation,Ceasar2,Castles(1+2),Lords of the Realm.

                    I had Wing Commander on my Amiga. For a game that moved at about a max of 15fps it was still pretty mindblowing

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                    • #25
                      Originally posted by Vesayen
                      Mount and Blade does not have bad graphics....
                      Compare and contrast.



                      I'm building a wagon! On some other part of the internets, obviously (but not that other site).

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                      • #26
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                        • #27
                          Not as good as oblivion. Still, not bad.

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                          • #28
                            Not bad? I thought this was a game released in 2000 (which would be ok for back then), not 2006!
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                            • #29
                              Dominions 2 sucked. There was a lot of complexity.. not much game.

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                              • #30
                                Methinks the Dominions brigade will come down on you like a tonne of bricks for pointing that out.

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