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[Aklyon]

Dominions looks bad? 

Theres worse and better, but from the little I'd seen of dominions 3 I wouldn't exactly call it good looking.

[Frumple]

Doesn't look bad, though. Just... maybe not good.

As for DW, it looks fine for a 2D space 4X -- Maybe not Galciv or whatev', but better than Space Empires. Almost certainly fancier than dominions 4 by most folks' appraisal. If you really want to know, just check out some screenies or vids, there's more than one LP for the game out there.

E: Also, some of the best damn looking games out there were made in the early to mid 90s. There was some hella' impressive spritework done in that era

[Shadowlord]

I'm going to have to condemn some of you to playing DOS CGA games, I think, so you can see something that looks really bad. Or, you know, pong. 

[Toaster]

I got a 75% off coupon for Valkyria Chronicles, a game I already own.  It's free to the first person to PM me.

[Shadowlord]

I think Steam gave one to literally everyone who owns Valkyria Chronicles.

I guess someone thinks getting people to poke their friends might work better than trying to get it to stand out in the deluge of sales.

[Teneb]

I think Steam gave one to literally everyone who owns Valkyria Chronicles.

I guess someone thinks getting people to poke their friends might work better than trying to get it to stand out in the deluge of sales.

Also to people who don't have it, like me. They may have just given it to everyone. At which point it would be easier to just make a regular discount.

[Zorgn]

I got a coupon without owning the game, so it could just be a mass marketing thing. Purchased afterwards, so I hope it's good.

[Sirus]

I've got one too. Anyone who wants it, let me know.

[Akura]

Purchased afterwards, so I hope it's good.

Haven't gotten around to trying it myself, but my impression is that it's like Final Fantasy Tactics, only in a WWI-WWII setting, ie guns and tanks instead of swords and magic.

[Toaster]

It's in my "still to play" list, but here's the obligatory Zero Punctuation review.

[Persus13]

Considering its published by SEGA, its probably part of their Valentines Day sale event. I also got coupons for Alpha Protocol and something called Tembo the Badass Elephant, both which are also SEGA published games.

[Zorgn]

bloated fractal spreadsheet nightmare

Challenge accepted.

[Sirus]

bloated fractal spreadsheet nightmare

Challenge accepted.

I didn't see it as all that bad. Maybe they cleaned up the UI for the PC port, I dunno.

All I recommend is using a controller. Last time I played there was little to no mouse support, and fine aiming with a keyboard is a bit of a nightmare.

[timferius]

Well, let's see. The Universe edition includes all previously-released versions and expansions, so you get basically the full DW experience. You can choose from several different "campaigns" taking place at different points in the universe's timeline. You can choose to play as a pirate faction in most of these campaigns if you so desire, shaking down weak empires and poorly-defended worlds for money and supplies.

As a normal empire, you have two primary types of ships: State-owned and Civilian. State-owned ships are your warships, your scouts, your construction vessels, and space stations. You can give them orders, you can decide when to build such things and how many to build, and you pay out of the empire's pocket for each one. Civilian vessels such as freighters, passenger transports, mining vessels, run around and do their own thing. You cannot directly control them in any way, nor can you order them to be built. However, since they are built at your government-owned shipyards, and they are vital for keeping an empire of any size moving smoothly, the construction of civilian vessels actually puts money in your pocket.

I already said there were more than a dozen races. Each of them have a type (humanoid, insectoid, etc), a preferred planet type, special victory conditions to pursue, racial bonuses, and bonuses from certain resources. Many of them also have unique techs, special buildings, or special government types. And speaking of government types, each one has its own bonuses and penalties to various aspects of your empire's abilities. You can change government types during gameplay, though you typically go through a period of unrest by doing so and unhappy worlds might decide to break off and become independent.

And then there's independent empires! Not only do you have the other main factions running around the galaxy, trying to win the game, but there are also dozens of tiny empires scattered all over the place. Sometimes they can be absorbed peacefully into your own empire, other times you will have to conquer them. And if you enable the appropriate settings, these small empires can eventually grow on their own, becoming new main factions that will also attempt to win the game! Pirates can do this as well.

Would you like to know more? There's still a lot to cover but I'd like to know what to focus on

I took the dive and bought it. Looks really good so far, but i haven't had a chance to actually play, just read up and look at the tutorials. I think I chose well. May try to let's play it at some point.

[Zangi]

@Distant Worlds
List of moddable stuff:
New species classifications.  How each species types see each other.  (Insectoids and Humanoids naturally don't get along in vanilla.)
New government classifications.  How each government type see each other.
Tech Trees, including unique individual components that only X race can research.
Races and go even further, with how each individual race also sees each other. (You can make a custom insectoid race naturally like the Human race, but still dislike all the other humanoid races, for example.)

There are other stuff you can mod too.