Dominari Tournament : Slightly Bland But It Has Some Charm. Space 4X/RTS! (Steam PC Gameplay Review)
Channel: LIFE RPG
Date: 23/03/2018

Let's head to space! Dominari Tournament is all about taking over the galaxy and eliminating your enemy. Two factions face off for domination... But adding more players would significantly increase the depth of the game. Dominari Tournament has some blemishes and seems a bit bland but it functions well enough. It's a half-decent RTS.

Dominari Tournament is a starter game. If you're an RTS master you won't find much to interest you in Dominari Tournament. There are a variety of skills available in Dominari Tournament, and the skills are largely what will be relied on to create your own play style. I'd really like to see some classes of ships or something added.

The developer is called tinyRTS and that name is absolutely accurate. Dominari Tournament is an extremely tiny RTS... There is a skill curve but the gameplay in Dominari Tournament is relatively linear. I would really like to see the game expanded. As it stands I doubt Dominari Tournament will make a dent in the RTS scene unfortunately.

Price point is a bit high for what you get, but Dominari Tournament is available on Steam: http://store.steampowered.com/app/662930/Dominari_Tournament/

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Dominari is a fast-paced war game for RTS gamers that play games like Galcon, yet still desire deeper Starcraft-like strategies and abilities without sacrificing the fast-game adrenaline rush. At its heart, Dominari plays best when you pit your mind against others on Steam, or against your friend by inviting them to a match. You may also practice against the cunning AI to sharpen your skills. Either way commander…you will live, or you will die, based solely on each decision you make.

Dominari is defined as a micro-4x real-time strategy battle simulator where you explore, expand, exploit, and dominate a solar system while your enemy attempts to do the same. Unlike other node-based space war games, it combines quick reflexes, planning, situational awareness, and resource management to deliver an edge of your seat real-time experience.

A vibrant HUD displays the solar map, colonies, resources, and weaponry. Unlock and upgrade 20 unique abilities by paying resource costs. Conquer enemy planets while protecting your own with layered defenses.

How will your war end?

Expand
Expanding your domain early is key to victory, so you must also conquer nearby planets to increase your area of control. Planets increase your fighter and resource production rates. Expanding also gives you an opportunity to cut an opponent’s access off to a region, but be careful not to over-extend yourself!

Exploit
Pay resource costs to construct orbitals such as the Orbital Defense Station. Not only does the orbital itself give you tactical advantages, it also unlocks new abilities such as changing the type of planet to focus on one type of production versus another. The type of planet determines whether its production focus is weighted towards fighters or resources. Ensuring a healthy balance of resource income production and fighter production is essential to winning the game.

Dominate
Unlock tactical and strategic abilities by building each of the four orbitals types. Each orbital type brings with it unique capabilities and also unlocks a tech tree. Abilities cost resources to use, and many only provide temporary advantages.

The universe is out there – still to be controlled. Leaders of successful empires have decided it’s time to take it over … once and for all. With all sharing the same agenda, conflicts rage, wars are waged, and destruction ensues. There can only be one ruler of the universe. Who will it be?

This game is actually pretty fun!

Don't get put off by the variety of abilities, you'll pick it up as you go along. I found this game fairly easy to pick up despite having little experience with RTS games. It would be nice if the orbitals would show an indicator of its size so I would know how many planets would benefit from LCOF, for example, unless this is some kind of game balance that encourages you to memorise the orbital sizes.

More people should try this game, especially those people who got it for free, please don't deny someone else the opportunity of playing this game just because you wanted to +1 your library. This game also has 10 AI difficulties, but I don't even know if Dominari is possible unless the AI just doesn't attack if you don't attack them first.

My opinion might be biased since I'm a cheapskate, but I do think it's a tad expensive at $13. - Your Leader