Dominions 4!

[TheCommandTent]

This news might get me off the hook from buying Dominions 3.  I've been tempted with all the fuss about it here at GrogHeads.  Now I can just say I am waiting for #4.  :)

[Nefaro]

This news might get me off the hook from buying Dominions 3.  I've been tempted with all the fuss about it here at GrogHeads.  Now I can just say I am waiting for #4.  :)

As cheap as Dom3 has been.. it's still a no-brainer.  Who knows how long it'll be before #4 shows up and gets the extra bug workover.

In all ways, that looks to be the case.  Hell.. I see their older Dominion titles are even on sale now on Desura.  ???  They obviously had a big influx after spreading the joy.

Hopefully it doesn't take another four years for Dom4 to see the light of day.  :D

From what is sounds like, it may have already been in production for four years at the moment. Quarter2Three has a beta tester talking and I swear he was discussing changes made from 2008!

That's what I was alluding to... another four years.   It seems like the increase in outlets & sales has lit the fire a bit so hopefully it won't be.  :D

[Faux]

I saw somewhere that Dom 4 was going be a F2P on-line game, where you buy slots for pretenders and new races. Anyone know if this is true or have more info?

This was just a joke in the QT3 forums.

[PanzersEast]

This news might get me off the hook from buying Dominions 3.  I've been tempted with all the fuss about it here at GrogHeads.  Now I can just say I am waiting for #4.  :)

Go for Dom 3 now.... maybe I will learn it by the time 4 comes out  ::)


PE

[JasonPratt]

This comes as no surprise to me at all; but everyone should still go vote Greenlight for Dom3 at Steam and leave a comment. :)

I showed my support by voting yes on Steam for Dom3.   ;)

It's important to leave a comment, too; the Llamaserver guys sent out a note to the effect that Steam pays more attention to the number of (positive) comments than votes per se.

[vyshka]

I guess they managed to start making some money after finally getting out from under Shrapnel games mummified thumb.

In all ways, that looks to be the case.  Hell.. I see their older Dominion titles are even on sale now on Desura.  ???  They obviously had a big influx after spreading the joy.

Hopefully it doesn't take another four years for Dom4 to see the light of day.  :D

Bruce Geryk, the guy who wrote the manual for Dom3 said he has been working on the manual for Dom4 the past 6 months, so hopefully that means they are pretty far into the work.

[Faux]

The official site just got updated with some more juicy info.

• Teamplay, one pretender and one or more disciples per team.
• Thrones of Ascension. Claim thrones to gain extra powers and to win the game eventually.
• Many sprites have been redrawn and the 3d terrain is also improved.
• Many user interface improvements.
• Formations like line formation or skirmish formation.
• Improved random map generation with wraparound maps, caves, rivers and mountain passes.
• Rivers that can only be passed when frozen, mountain passes that can only be passed by special units and when it's warm.
• Pierce, slash and blunt weapons have slightly different quirks. E.g. don't shoot arrows at skeletons.
• Darkness and dark vision plays a more important role. Notably in deep seas, caves and sometimes during assassinations.
• Range restrictions on magic rituals and items and spells that can be used to boost ritual ranges.
• Improved network support, turns can be resumed from any computer and turns can be marked as only half finished.
• Global random events
• Can build castle improvements like extra towers or extra supply storage
• Province Defence dependent on the local population and some nations have easier or harder to organize it.
• Improvements to AI and to modding.
• Many new monsters, spells, magic items, sites, random events and some nations too.

[Martok]

• Many sprites have been redrawn and the 3d terrain is also improved.
• Many user interface improvements.


• Improved random map generation with wraparound maps, caves, rivers and mountain passes.


• Improved network support, turns can be resumed from any computer and turns can be marked as only half finished.


• Province Defence dependent on the local population and some nations have easier or harder to organize it.
• Improvements to AI and to modding.

These alone would make a sequel worthwhile. 

[Faux]

I'm excited to see how they are going to implement teamplay -- it could make for some interesting multiplayer games. Sounds like the disciples are like different factions within a nation.

[Huw the Poo]

They've implemented some cool stuff from CoE3.  Nice to see.  This game is sounding awesome, but for once I can wait for it to come out; Dom3 will keep me going for ages!

[W8taminute]

^That's the beauty of Dom3.  Such a deep game and each nation is radically different from the others that the replay value of Dom3 is excellent.  Still looking very forward to Dom4 and this will definitely be a day one purchase no matter what the cost.

[Huw the Poo]

Probably no chance of a boxed copy though. :(

Yeah, it will take me until the end of this year just to not consider myself a complete noob any more.  Then there are all the nations (and ages) to try!  Crazy.  We know we'll all buy Dom4 anyway though! :D