DomiNations

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 (2015-04-01)[1]
Android
April 1, 2015 (2015-04-01)[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

A home base in Dominations. The player is playing as Koreans and is in Enlightenment Age

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.

Nations

There are 8 nations to play as,[5] with each nation having their own advantage. Currently, the following nations are available in the game:

Resources

Resources are used to upgrade buildings and troops, to research various enhancements, and train troops and tactics. The resources in the game are:

Except Crowns, all other resources are also obtained in huge amount from multiplayer battles. Crowns can be purchased for real money.

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. 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.

Ages in DomiNations
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 4.0,[6] there are four kinds of factory units and three 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.

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,[7] where two alliances can engage in war with each other.[8]

Reception

As of March 2016, the game had been downloaded over 19 million times.[9]

References

  1. 1 2 "DomiNations". Slide to Play. Retrieved November 30, 2015.
  2. http://www.bighugegames.com
  3. bighugegames.com, Big Huge Games, big huge,. "Big Huge Games". www.bighugegames.com. Retrieved 2016-03-29.
  4. "Nexon M Community Forums". forum.nexonm.com. Retrieved 2016-03-29.
  5. "DomiNations on the App Store". App Store. Retrieved 2016-03-29.
  6. "Nexon M Community Forums". forum.nexonm.com. Retrieved 2016-04-06.
  7. "DomiNations". Nexon M Support. Retrieved 2016-03-29.
  8. "Nexon M Community Forums". forum.nexonm.com. Retrieved 2016-03-29.
  9. "Nexon acquires DomiNations developer Big Huge Games". VentureBeat. Retrieved 11 March 2016.

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