Dominions 5 - Warriors of the Faith Reviews

Amazing strategy game. Lots to learn, read, and explore.

At the core it is a very good strategy game, but the problem with it is twofold. The first problem is that the devs are content keeping this game in too much of a sandbox form. They don't seem to realize that most of the fun to be had in this type of game is in optimizing builds given the vast plethora of options. Yet it feels completely pointless to optimize builds when there is absolutely no standardization of maps or modes. So the fact that its too much of a sandbox is an issue. There is absolutely zero incentive for players to be creative to solve a given problem, since they aren't given a problem to solve in the first place. Its a strategy game, so messing around in a sandbox gets old pretty quickly. At some point you're going to want to test out your strategies against other players, but there is no frame or point of reference to even start designing a strategy because there is no map or mode standardization for PVP. The second issue is the community. You would think that a strategy game that attracts a decent sized community would have already set some standards for PVP, but there doesn't seem to be anything like that here. So in a sense, I would assume that the community of this game is like a bunch of DND neckbeard role play addicts that are content to mess around with toys in their little sandbox, and aren't really that interested in actual PVP, when its literally a strategy game.