Dragon Commander is out...today!

[Martok]

How scripted/open is the campaign?  You talk about the game occurring in three Acts.  Are they heavily rails-driven, or do you have a decent degree of freedom?

Huge degree of strategic freedom, but the main story has a progression. So you chose where, who, and how to battle, but you got against the same "bad guys." The first act is against one of your siblings, on a small map. The second act is against several of your siblings (they do fight one another as well) on a medium map. The last act... well... I'm not going to spoil, but you have one adversary and a large map.

Cool. 

I'm blanking out atm -- is there going to be a sandbox mode at all?   

I haven't detected any bugs, but I could see that a little bit of tweaking might be needed. I think Charm is OP and the dragon feels a little fragile.

Well it would of course be the rare game that didn't require at least some tweaking after release (if only for balance purposes).  If that's the worst you've noticed so far, I'd say the devs had done a pretty solid job. 

[Silent Disapproval Robot]

Here's a video showing about 40 minutes of gameplay.  Looks like it could be fun but I'm going to wait for a sale.

http://www.giantbomb.com/videos/quick-look-divinity-dragon-commander/2300-7793/

[son_of_montfort]

Martok, I think the skirmishes and MP are more "sandbox" but they do not include the political portion IIRC.

[Martok]

Thanks Monty. 

[JasonPratt]

My impression from watching the extensive Steam promotional video is that there is a random campaign generator (with some customization options) which creates new campaigns with random story features.

Better than sandbox???

[LongBlade]

I had fun with my first go-round, though I was crushed before Turn 10.

I'm not sure how to produce units. My first decision was whether to implement a draft. I elected not to. It didn't end well.

[son_of_montfort]

I had fun with my first go-round, though I was crushed before Turn 10.

I'm not sure how to produce units. My first decision was whether to implement a draft. I elected not to. It didn't end well.

You crazy liberal! This is war time!

You produce units on the strategy map by clicking on provinces with war factories. There is a "buy units button" you press, then decide how many and what type. A isn't you can produce is limited by province pop and money.

[LongBlade]

I had fun with my first go-round, though I was crushed before Turn 10.

I'm not sure how to produce units. My first decision was whether to implement a draft. I elected not to. It didn't end well.

You crazy liberal! This is war time!

You produce units on the strategy map by clicking on provinces with war factories. There is a "buy units button" you press, then decide how many and what type. A isn't you can produce is limited by province pop and money.

Thanks. I figured that out the second time through - it's a right click.

Have you found the AI hard? I got crushed on Normal and Easy. I'm thinking of going to Casual!

[Windigo]

I had fun with my first go-round, though I was crushed before Turn 10.

I'm not sure how to produce units. My first decision was whether to implement a draft. I elected not to. It didn't end well.

You crazy liberal! This is war time!

You produce units on the strategy map by clicking on provinces with war factories. There is a "buy units button" you press, then decide how many and what type. A isn't you can produce is limited by province pop and money.

Thanks. I figured that out the second time through - it's a right click.

Have you found the AI hard? I got crushed on Normal and Easy. I'm thinking of going to Casual!

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[Gusington]

That's *really* casual.

[Sir Slash]

If that's what you've got to wear to play this game, I don't want any part. That could've been me as a baby but I preferred to be breast-fed. DON'T START THAT AGAIN!

[Windigo]

If that's what you've got to wear to play this game, I don't want any part. That could've been me as a baby but I preferred to be breast-fed. DON'T START THAT AGAIN!

I just couldnèt find the graphic from doom for the Don't hurt me mommy skill level

[LongBlade]

If that's what you've got to wear to play this game, I don't want any part. That could've been me as a baby but I preferred to be breast-fed. DON'T START THAT AGAIN!

I just couldnèt find the graphic from doom for the Don't hurt me mommy skill level

Yeah, I put it on Don't Hurt Me.

But now I can see what's going on without getting completely clobbered. I played it for about three hours last night and started to really enjoy it.

The RTS element isn't so click-festy - at least on Don't Hurt Me. However, the FPS perspective of the dragon? I couldn't mash the left mouse button fast enough in one game.

I managed to take down one kingdom, so I want to play on Don't Hurt Me for a bit longer to see how the game progresses, then I'll restart on a higher difficulty level.

So far I really like this game, but the jury is still out on the RTS side. Personally, I'd rather avoid it. However, it may be like the Total War series that once I have built up a core set of holdings and troops I may be able to turn my generals loose on a battle without too much problem.

[Windigo]

If that's what you've got to wear to play this game, I don't want any part. That could've been me as a baby but I preferred to be breast-fed. DON'T START THAT AGAIN!

I just couldnèt find the graphic from doom for the Don't hurt me mommy skill level

Yeah, I put it on Don't Hurt Me.

But now I can see what's going on without getting completely clobbered. I played it for about three hours last night and started to really enjoy it.

The RTS element isn't so click-festy - at least on Don't Hurt Me. However, the FPS perspective of the dragon? I couldn't mash the left mouse button fast enough in one game.

I managed to take down one kingdom, so I want to play on Don't Hurt Me for a bit longer to see how the game progresses, then I'll restart on a higher difficulty level.

So far I really like this game, but the jury is still out on the RTS side. Personally, I'd rather avoid it. However, it may be like the Total War series that once I have built up a core set of holdings and troops I may be able to turn my generals loose on a battle without too much problem.

I completed the Supreme Commander 2 campaign yesterday... on normal difficulty .... at the slowest speed

then I went into skirmish mode and played two games with the skill setting on hard ... both games ran a total of about 15 minutes total where I was handed my ass


pass the baby bonnet when you're done LB

[BanzaiCat]

I missed most of the hype/discussion of this game as it didn't look all that interesting at first glance. But then I read all of this, and watched The Angry Gamer's review of the game, and now Imma buy this.