Top Secret Magazine Dominion

This sure is a great Real Time Strategy Game. In fact, I would even rank up to one of the best strategy games I have ever played. This game has a lot of cool features that make it worth buying, but also has downsides. The game's graphics are outstanding, and the game still runs Fast (I mean totally lag free)! Another cool thing in the game is how the buildings change as you destroy them...for example, if you start attacking a building, it will show a little damage. After a while, it will show flames and severe damage indications (dark building, cracked and flaming, fallimg apart). Lastly, after you destroy it, it explodes.

This Game includes a ton of stuff...over 95,000 frames of animation...4 resolutions (640x480, 800x600, 1024x768, 1280x1024), and the game runs perfect in each resolution, lag free...8 Player multi-player with deathmatch and cooperative modes... an awesome AI...4 races, each with distinctive traits, strengths, and weaknesses....6 personnel unit types per race, 44 vehicles, 8 creatures, 60 Missions (Additional missions at ION Storm web site), and lots more!

This game has lots of cool things about it. Blood splatters all over the ground when you kill people (and it stays there, too)...you can use vehicles to run over infantry units (very funny), the road graphics, grass, trees, and other scenery looks realistic...you can select an infinite number of units and send them into battle (no 12 unit selection limit)....you can sell things for money and/or fighters, and when your buildings get destroyed, fighters appear out of them to actually give you a fighting chance...Races include Human, Darken, Mercs, and Scorp, plus there are special units for each race.

In the end, this is a great game. It has a "Command and Conquer" feel to it, because of selling things, running people over with vehicles, etc. If you liked Command And Conquer, or are a great real time strategy fan, you should get this title without a doubt. Otherwise, you should download the demo and see if you really want it. I didn't find many downsides to this game, and the ones that I did find were extremely minor. Just try it out...you'll probably like it.

Company:
Eidos Interactive www.eidos.com

Category:
Strategy

NOTES:

Interest: 90 %
Maniability : 90%
Graphics: 85%
Sound : 90 %
Originality : 75 %

TOTAL : 88 %

Requirements:

Operating System:
Windows 95/98
w/ DirectX 5.0 or Higher and
Direct Play 5.0a Patch

Processor:
Pentium 133 MHz or Higher

Memory:
16MB RAM
(32MB Recommended)

Video:
1MB Fast SVGA Video Card

Hard Drive:
At Least 52MB Hard Drive

Michael Pieczynski

DEMO