DomiNations
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| Developer(s) |
Nexon Big Huge Games |
| Publisher(s) | Nexon |
| Platform(s) |
Android iOS |
| Release date(s) |
iOS April 1, 2015[1] Android April 1, 2015[1] |
| Genre(s) | Strategy |
| Mode(s) | Massively multiplayer online game |
DomiNations is a 2015 freemium mobile MMO strategy video game developed and published by Nexon and Big Huge Games.[2]
The game was released on April 1, 2015.[3]
Gameplay
Dominations is a massively multiplayer online game. Players build a base with defensive, economic, workshop, and unit training buildings along with several wonders and a Town Centre. After training appropriate troops, players search for suitable opponents to attack and gain loots and medals.
Players can choose to play as any of the 8 different nations - Korean, British, Romans, Chinese, Germans, French, Japanese, or Greeks; and advance through 10 ages from Dawn age to Global age, expanding the base in each age.
There is also a single player campaign where players practice strategies by battling in a historical perspective. DomiNations introduced World War on December 2, 2015,[4] where two alliances combat for victory.
Update 4.7 'The High Seas!'[5] introduced Expeditions where players can send free villagers and a general on Exploration, which brings esources, mercenary armies, and new Troops and Blessings.
Nations
There are 8 nations to play as,[6] with each nation having their own advantage. Currently, the following nations are available in the game:
- British - provides better loot/offense, shooters have +1 range
- Chinese - provide extra citizen
- French - provides better alliance, shorter training time (barracks)
- German - provides better offense, more control on troops
- Greek - provides better economy
- Japanese - provides better defense
- Korean - provides better offense, extra tactic
- Roman - provides better offense, larger army
Resources
Resources are used to upgrade buildings and troops, to research various enhancements, and train troops and tactics. The resources in the game are:
- Food - Generated from Farms, Boars, Deer, Fruit Trees or shipments from the Mills
- Gold - Generated from Caravans, Roads, Bears, Foxes, Bunnies, Gold Mines or shipments from the Markets
- Oil - Generated from Oil Wells, Oil Seeps or shipments from the Oil Refinery
- Trade Goods - Obtained from Animals, Gold Mines, Fruit Trees, as gifts from the League Boat once daily, or shipments from the Store House
- National Trade Goods - Obtained at a fixed chance from beating other nations, each nation gives a different National Trade Good
- Crown - Obtained by hunting Stags and rewarded for game achievements
Except Crowns, all other resources are also obtained in huge amount from multiplayer battles. Crowns can be purchased for real money.
National Trade Goods
National Trade Goods were introduced in v4.1.[7] These trade goods cannot be stolen from Storehouse, and can be used in the Embassy to form Coalitions.
- Tea - from the Chinese
- Timber - from the British
- Cheese - from the French
- Salt - from the Germans
- Scrolls - from the Greeks
- Silk - from the Japanese
- Porcelain - from the Koreans
- Marble - from the Romans
Ages
Players start with Dawn Age, which signifies the dawn of civilization. Purpose of this age is to provide a tutorial of the game. After this age, players advance to next ages by upgrading the Town Center. Each age unlocks new buildings and troops. Currently, the players can reach Global Age, which is the highest available age in the game. Atomic Age has been announced as the next step and Space Age is the final age scheduled to be released.
From Dawn age to Stone age, players gather resources mainly in hunter-gatherer fashion. Starting from Bronze Age, players can loot from multiplayer battles. Similarly, every age correspond to a particular era of Human Civilization.
| Town Center Level | Name of the Age | Significance |
|---|---|---|
| I | Dawn Age | Dawn of Human Civilization |
| II | Stone Age | Neolithic Era |
| III | Bronze Age | Bronze Age of Human Civilization |
| IV | Iron Age | Iron Age of Human Civilization |
| V | Classical Age | Around Classical Greece |
| VI | Medieval Age | Middle Ages of Europe |
| VII | Gunpowder Age | Early modern warfare involving Gunpowder artillery |
| VIII | Enlightenment Age | Modern age following Scientific revolution |
| IX | Industrial Age | From Industrial Revolution to World War I era |
| X | Global Age | Around World War II |
Buildings
The buildings are the basic building blocks of the game. The buildings resemble the architectural design of the civilization of the player, and their appearance change as the player advance through age. However, all players have same set of buildings. The most important building is the Town Center which defines the age of the gameplay. Other buildings are broadly classified into Economic, Defensive, and Military buildings. Players can choose to build a Wonder in Bronze, Classical, Gunpowder, and Industrial age to enhance individual style of gameplay.
The buildings are suitably arranged and enclosed inside walls, and are connected to the Town Center using roads.
There is also an Alliance Gate through which players can join alliances with other players.
Units
Players can train military units using food from barracks. The barracks provide 8 different troops, each with own strengths and weaknesses. Advanced military units can be trained from factory, and aerial units from Airstrip using oil. As of April 6, 2016 release of version 4.7,[5] there are 5 kinds of factory units and 3 kinds of aerial units.
Players can train Generals from the castle and mercenaries from Mercenary camp. Unlike other units, surviving mercenary units cannot be reused. The Embassy allows coalitions to be formed with 8 different civilizations. These coalitions provide various bonuses during World War.
Alliance and World War
By rebuilding the Alliance Gate, players can join Alliances with other players. In Alliance, players can request and donate offensive troops. Update 3.0.x introduced World War,[8] where two alliances can engage in war with each other.[4]
Reception
As of March 2016, the game had been downloaded over 19 million times.[9]
References
- 1 2 "DomiNations". Slide to Play. Retrieved November 30, 2015.
- ↑ http://www.bighugegames.com
- ↑ bighugegames.com, Big Huge Games, big huge,. "Big Huge Games". www.bighugegames.com. Retrieved 2016-03-29.
- 1 2 "Nexon M Community Forums". forum.nexonm.com. Retrieved 2016-03-29.
- 1 2 "4.7 'The High Seas!' Update Notes". Retrieved 4 November 2016.
- ↑ "DomiNations on the App Store". App Store. Retrieved 2016-03-29.
- ↑ "v4.1 Update Notes". Retrieved 4 November 2016.
- ↑ "DomiNations". Nexon M Support. Retrieved 2016-03-29.
- ↑ "Nexon acquires DomiNations developer Big Huge Games". VentureBeat. Retrieved 11 March 2016.