I played Dom3 a bit and have recently bought Dom4, however I've always been slightly underwhelmed by them compared to other 4x games, and I do wonder if I'm missing something.
I get that there's TONS of spells, and it's great fun to use them and summon hordes of monsters and things, but the AI feels a bit flat, there's no diplomacy as far as I can tell, and the micromanagement is utter hell.
The sheer amount of content is great, but to me that doesn't really equal deepness of mechanics which is always talked about. I really feel I might be missing something or just haven't appreciated some aspect of it properly as it's just never thrilled me as much as it seems to other people. I always seem to be able to mop up the AI just with spamming recruitment, a few summons and a few other spells (as well as some forging), and never feel that it gets that tactical. I get that loads of units have different skills/bonuses and whatever, but it still feels as though I'm mostly just slogging my units at the AI until I win.
Also, does anyone know if there are any graphical upgrades/packs? I'm not normally one to complain, but I find it painful after a while.
Again, I've enjoyed what I've played of it and really do want to go further into the complexity, but mostly it just feels like insane micromanagement.