This or 6?

[pmemer]

I've never played a Dominions game before but I'm eyeing either this one or 6.

I know that 6 is basically the same game + a few new features, but it's also 4x the price and doesn't have as big of a mod collection yet.

Are the extra features that 6 adds worth the extra money + loss of 5's mod collection, or am I better off just getting this instead?

[Draken]

Personally, it's worth it.

Here is a list of changes:
https://www.illwinter.com/dom6/changes.html

Highlights are a new magic path and a complete rework how cavalry works. The game now also supports multiple planes, and an cavern layer has been added as default.

Mod support is also increased as you can now up and download mods from the workshop, not only maps.

I think the majority of people, players and mod makers, have moved over to 6.

So if you are strapped for cash, or want to use a specific mod that hasn't been ported yet, getting 5 might be worth it.

Otherwise, 6 is just better. That's my opinion.

[Mormacil]

The discount makes it a good entry point but to me 6 is an upgrade in every way. Even with fewer mods neither game is light on content.

[Thad Jarvis]

Why don't they just update the game? How do they get away with charging new versions $40 each?

[Mormacil]

Because the changes aren't backwards compatible and they don't charge for their DLC? Clearly people find it a good value proposition or the player base wouldn't keep going up.

[Draken]

Originally posted by Thad Jarvis:

Why don't they just update the game? How do they get away with charging new versions $40 each?

Each game gets about 3 years worth of free updates.

And are you really asking why a developer didn't just update his game for free for over 20 years?
No one really does that unless you get payed by user donations or something similar.

Though they mostly "get away" with it by adding in $40 worth of new features, content, quality of life, UI and mechanical changes.

[Kamiyama]

Originally posted by Thad Jarvis:

Why don't they just update the game? How do they get away with charging new versions $40 each?

Why does Civilization have 6 different versions? Why doesn't Sid Meier just keep updating the same game?

So what if the new versions of Civilization have lots of new stuff? All Dominions 6 did was add a new type of magic, new pretenders, a new map generator, rebalance blesses, and over a thousand new units. Surely any developer could add this in a monthly patch for the cost of cold pizza.

[Kamiyama]

Both of them are good. I prefer 6 because it's the newest version and will get supported by updates going forward.

If you're new to the series and just want to try it out, 5 is still rock solid. You could certainly buy 5 to try it out, and buy 6 later on if you like it.

[SpacePoon]

Originally posted by Draken:

Here is a list of changes:
https://www.illwinter.com/dom6/changes.html

Basically patch notes

[Draken]

Originally posted by SpacePoon:

Originally posted by Draken:

Here is a list of changes:
https://www.illwinter.com/dom6/changes.html

Basically patch notes

Sure, if you look at it the right way.
After all, the only difference between Stellaris at launch and what it's now are a couple patches.
From Diablo 1 to Diablo 4 it was just three patches, right?
It's completely normal to completely overwork game mechanics and introduce multiple years of content with every weekly patch after all.
Definitely not something a game studio would ever dare to demand money for.

/beware, sarcasm.