Summary
Domina is a Gladiator management game.
The graphics are definitely stylish (a type of pixel art very popular at the time) and the music mixes modern rhythms with ancient sounds in an exceptional way.
The gaming system is based on limited time and resources. Each day runs rather quickly and the player can play only a few activities. Training your fighters is essential, as is winning in the arena and obtaining prizes and resources that will allow us to better equip our gladiators and obtain favors from the authorities.
The fights are always risky because no result is perfectly guaranteed and losing the best fighters is a tragedy from which you recover only with great difficulty, especially when you are defeated in fights between teams of gladiators. Over time their ludus will grow in celebrity (in case of success) and we can compete with increasingly complex challenges, including participation in tournaments in various parts of Italy of increasing difficulty against opponents.
Finally, there are the touches of class as gladiators who get drunk in the arena (if you insist on rewarding them with wine during training), weapons launched by the public to help a fighter, severed limbs and the ability to post on facebook and twitter replays duels.
But Domina also impresses with a different aspect from that of mere gameplay or production values. Domina is in fact a title designed to be played in a stream and offers several moments of meaningful interaction with the spectators. First of all, once the Twitch mode is activated, the game collects the names of the stream viewers and uses them for the various gladiators that the streamer manages during the game; both the first batch of fighters and all subsequent new arrivals will be identifiable as the stream viewers.
Already this, by itself, allows Domina to acquire a new level of interaction with the public and, therefore, of entertainment. The viewers follow the story of their character, require training, new equipment and invoke the use in the arena. As has already happened in an unstructured way in games like X-Com (the streamer created the characters in the image and request of the viewers), so it happens in a structured and automatic way in Domina.
But that is not all. In Domina the viewers vote in the various multi-choice events proposed by the game using a mechanism similar to other 'stream based' games. And then you enter the arena and the fun is multiplied because not only spectators can participate by launching incitements and insults (thus determining other game statistics), but, in case a gladiator surrenders without being killed, they can vote for death or life through the classic thumb up / down.
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Domina Reviews & Ratings
Okay game, bad developer. Like, one of the scummiest I've seen. From cutting free content and releasing it as DLC, to forcing anti-maskerOkay game, bad developer. Like, one of the scummiest I've seen. From cutting free content and releasing it as DLC, to forcing anti-masker rhetoric and COVID-19 disinformation in patch notes that can very well end up killing people.Skip this game, its not worth your time or your last two brain cells because of the actions of the developers alone using steam as a pseudo MAGA rally.
As a fan of the theme of ancient wars, I am very pleased with every good game on this topic. And Domina was no exception. This is a damn goodAs a fan of the theme of ancient wars, I am very pleased with every good game on this topic. And Domina was no exception. This is a damn good game. Yes, at the moment there are problems with balance and minor mistakes, but all this is so lost against the background of a simply beautifully created atmosphere that it is impossible to get angry.In addition, developers are working on updating and fixing the game and at the same time do not forget to pay attention to their audience, joking on Twitter, in the game itself and even changelogs. More than once, a new Easter egg made me smile, or an arrow with a note of uncultural content attached to it SUDDENLY stucks right in front of me :)The fights in the game are extremely fast, but it’s interesting to watch and cheer for their champions every time. Sometimes pixel warrior can really surprise when, in his dying state, he suddenly become furious, knock out all of weapons from the hands of the enemy and literally tear victory out of the clutches of the enemy with his teeth.... and then he returns to ludus. Licking wounds, training, repairing battered ammunition, sharpening a gladius to shed blood again in a week to the joy of the crowd.As for music, a separate respect to the composer. The soundtrack just fits perfectly into the atmosphere and mood of the game. Making the melody "warm up" at the preparation stage, then during the countdown to the start, and finally, DROP - To Battle !! The melodies themselves are quite energetic and stuck in the head.But, when you return to Ludus, when the rumble of the crowd and the ringing of iron become left behind, they become silent, they are replaced by a calm, melancholy melody, which sometimes leads to thoughts about what the life of a gladiator is - weeks, months and years of training for that key moment there in the arena, a moment of his Exaltation. No matter to glory or to heaven, not so important. At such moments, the hand itself reaches for the mouse to treat its champion with a bottle of wine and reward a few coins for his courage and stoicism..
Domina is so indolent that some might describe as a bad game. I don’t necessarily disagree. You might as well watch Spartacus on Starz. The graphics are probably better. The thrills of occasional action are probably more elaborate. But when it comes to RPing a lazy Roman noble who can barely be arsed to lift his arm high enough to give the wrist enough play for a dismissive flick, there’s nothing better than lolling around in the shade with Domina.
Domina frustrated me beyond belief, but in the best way. I thought I had planned a match out to perfection, got slaughtered, but loved every minute of it. I only wish there was more to the game, as restarting again at square one became a little tedious after a while. Despite that, I will still revisit it time and again for a quick fix of blood and profanity.
Its a solid strong simluation which is really easy to learn but hard to master and I realy like it. Thing is, most people hate the lack of aIts a solid strong simluation which is really easy to learn but hard to master and I realy like it. Thing is, most people hate the lack of a save function, but give it a chance: its only 2 hours playtime:What you do: you are the "manager" of a ludus, the place where gladiators are trained. you have only one year time to prepare for the big final fights, to be accepted for them you have to beat several heroes called champions.the tough thing is the multiple micro management and the handling of the ressources - like in all sims.It has a great soundtrack, does never lag or crash, the fights are always exciting - and yes you can control a fighter as soon as you have learned it.A hard rougle like simulation game with more depth as it looks like in the first second!Worth it if you like indie games ;)here you find my first look at the game in German:https://youtu.be/bJ-OCBWxksg
| Release Date | April 3, 2017 |
| Publisher | DolphinBarn |
| Game Modes | Single player |
| Player Perspectives | Side view |
| Genres | Simulator, Strategy, Indie |
| Themes | Action, Business |
| Platforms | PC (Microsoft Windows) |
