Dominions 4: Thrones of Ascension

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Dominions 4: Thrones of Ascension Lucas McIntyre

Title: Dominions 4:Thrones of Ascension Dev: Illwinter Game Design Game Information Title: Dominions 4:Thrones of Ascension Dev: Illwinter Game Design Genre: Grand Strategy Price: $40

Requirements Game Information OS: Windows XP/Vista/7 Processor: 1GHz Memory: 1024MB Storage: 500MB

Story/Lore The God of the land (Pantokrator) has left the World Play as a Pretender God left behind by Pantokrator Defeat the other Pretenders and claim the throne of the World for yourself

Gameplay/Scoring Turn-Based Grand Strategy First part of the turn has you constructing buildings, recruiting, and managing units Second part of the turn automatically resolves battles based on where the armies moved the first part of the turn Game finishes when the win conditions set before the match are completed Main mode involves taking and holding the thrones of Ascension on the map

Graphics/Sound Entirely Sprite based and static images No animation at all Sounds effects are only used for the user interface and battles and are both low quality, and do not fit the action they’re used with Music is nice, but quickly becomes repetitive since it is a 30 minute loop

User Interface Top down view of the world map Lots of mouse driven menus with few hotkeys Buttons are ugly and do a poor job of communicating function

The Good Amazing Variability every game Procedural Generation Dozens of factions, pretenders, and abilities Balanced gameplay with a little bit of luck Defeating other players is mostly due to skill, but even a worse player can get lucky with the RNG and come out on top Play the game you want to play Finding your own strategies and synergies is very satisfying

The Bad Poor Presentation Confusing User Interface Sound/music and graphics lessen the experience Confusing User Interface Poor UI controls and visuals make the game frustrating to traverse through Late game management Due to poor UI and few in game tools the end of a game came be very difficult to manage all of the different units you have

Compared to other games in the genre (Civilization 5) Why is it Better? More customizability and choices in a genre famous for its meaningful choices More strategy involved in battles Why is it Worse? Very poor Interface Poor and confusing visuals Bad sounds/music Poor late game management

Is this game worth buying? Intended Audience Hardcore Grand Strategy Game Fans Not an introduction game $40 is still a little much wait for a sale

Improvements Improve Visuals More Efficient User Interface Keep a consistent art style and clearer images More Efficient User Interface New names and visuals for buttons More hotkeys to navigate through menus More Management Tools Automation or better group selections and actions