Domination: Massive Assault

by DreamCatcher Games

Product Features

• Innovative Secret Allies political campaign
• 2 huge campaigns wrapped in absorbing storylines
• More than 20 non-linear scenarios, 8 planets for a World War mode
• Brand new Assault and Career modes
• All unit movement, firing and explosions are vividly animated using 3D graphics and sound

Product Details

• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B0007W668G
• Item Weight: 7.2 ounces
• Media: CD-ROM
• Release Date: April 1, 2005
• Average Customer Review: 3.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #36,983 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

Massive Assault Like Never Before!Product InformationPrepare yourself for a strategy game of complete and utter domination as youtake command of powerful combat legions in an all-out war for globalsupremacy.  Battle across gigantic planets mobilizing your land sea andair units in an attempt to overthrow you enemies' forces once and for all. We know who we are we know our enemy and I promise you...Domination! Product HighlightsOver 200 Hours of DominationOver 200 hours of single player action.  Endless gameplay in Multiplayermodes.Planet on Planet Massive AssaultChoose your side and begin your conquest for total Domination!Grand StrategyThe latest in global weaponry awaits.  Conquer each planet one battle at atime overcoming your opponent as well as harsh and challenging terrain. Utilize different environments to your advantage as you battle over land andsea in the air and in space.Endless GameplayThere are many pathways to victory.  Each time you battle for planetarydomination you will need to mobilize your forces in unique and cunningways.  Battles never play out the same way twice.Hot Seat LAN & Internet Play ModesThink you have what it takes to conquer the entire universe?  Challengeother Domination players in Live Internet battles around the world!Career ModeFace fearless military leaders in head-to-head strategic battles to conquer andrule new planets.Land Sea Air & Space WarfareCommand thousands of mech troops and combat assault vehicles including:Battleships Carriers Destroyers Bombers Jetfighters Tanks Submarines andStarships.Product Features Highly detailed units Spectacular 3D graphics Awesome weapons to control 8 planets to battle across for more than 200 hours of gameplay! Engaging single player modes including: Scenario Campaign World War Assault and Career 5 Challenging multiplayer modes including: Hot Seat Internet and LAN play 3 single pla

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Could have been good, but is fairly worthless., April 24, 2005

By 

Rivercrap (Rivercrap dotcom) - See all my reviews

= Fun:2.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Domination: Massive Assault (CD-ROM)

If you liked Massive Assault - DON'T BOTHER.

This game has very little new compared to the original MA. A few new units, a half-dozen new maps. The graphics are better, but, is the focus of this game graphical? Not really. It's a graphical interface to basically a PBEM game, for tacticians. The "improved" graphics aren't much of an addition, the main reason for purchasing this is primarily the new maps (since MAN failed their promises on providing a new map every month) and incidentally the new units.

Second, the game comes with "copy protection" (I use that term loosely) called Starforce. Not only is this "copy protection" invasive spyware, it also can potentially render your CD/DVD writeable drives useless. Meaning, you can't write to writeable drives any longer. Nice "copy protection". Also, Starforce is NOT listed in the EULA or anywhere on the box. Finding out that it is included is either through research or, unfortunately, after you've installed the game. Getting Starforce out of your system is near impossible too.

Lastly, the BIGGEST problem is this game was no where near complete when released. After owning this software for 48 hours I have finished one game out of 17 (the rest had fatal crashes). 10 of these unfinished games came after the game was patched. I haven't completed a single game after patching.

My advice: stick with Massive Assault or find comparable software that's written to provide a positive user experience rather than simply to line the publisher's pockets.

11 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Domination Single Player - The king of strategy, June 6, 2005

By 

D. Stevens "Wargame enthusiast" (Virgina) - See all my reviews
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= Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Domination: Massive Assault (CD-ROM)

First of all, I don't know where the other users using this program had their crashes, because I never once had a problem with this game. I find this game to be highly polished in functionality and maturity. My advice is get the demo, and if the demo works just fine for you, the game will work just fine. If you're a strategy buff, this is a game you will NOT want to miss.

Now let me focus on the positive aspects of this game, as I don't think it has been fairly treated by the other reviewers. In a nutshell, the Massive Assault sieries is the pinnacle of turn based strategies in my mind, and Domination builds upon this and takes it to a whole new level.

* New Units - Part of what makes Massive Assault so good is its elegent simplicity. In accordance with this, there are only a few new units. But also a part of Massive Assault is how many uses those units have. These new units are superbly balanced with the previous units to make the game that much more fun. While original MA battles tended to boil down to border fights that last until someone runs out of money, the new units such as helicopters change the dynamics of the game so that these border fights are much more interesting and a lot faster paced. Naval battles are much more interesting as well with the new PL Leviathon and the FNU Subs and Battle platforms.

In short, the new units add a lot of strategy to the already deep strategy of Massive Assault, without adding needless complexity.

* New Environments - The new rivers and bridges, as well as new terrain types, all add interesting new strategy to the mix. While the Original Massive Assault had cool maps, these new features give even more personality to the new maps that come with Domination.

* The little details - Domination really draws you into it with all the little improvements they've made to the game. New commander units give you more of a sense of possesion, and draw you into the plot. The new camera views when you finish off that nasty Leviathon are gratifying. The replay going on when you finish a mission is nice. The graphics are astounding, from the waterfalls to the unit attacks. The new game modes all add tons of play to this game. In fact, its been stated that there are over 200 hours of play in the Single player mode, about 10 times what a lot of games give you nowadays. Thats pretty good value in itself.

In conclusion, I find Domination to be a brilliantly designed game with a strategic depth that surpasses every other game out there. Its not without its flaws (such as bad voice acting and poor dialog), but the value of this game to the strategic buff far surpasses its negative aspects.

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Massive Dissapointment.., June 2, 2005

By 

mr garf (canada) - See all my reviews

= Fun:1.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Domination: Massive Assault (CD-ROM)

I'll just come right out and say it. This is by far the least complete/most buggy game that I have ever played, bar none. I wouldn't recommend it to my worst enemy.

Where to start.. How about with the latest patch (released over a month ago) which is required for multiplayer but renders the single player game modes unplayable. Maybe the host of non-patch related freezing/crashing bugs, a large portion of which cause even ctrl-alt-del to not respond forcing me to hit the reset button. Then again, maybe I should lead off by talking about Starforce copy protection, how it was the cause of major system instability and forced me to reformat.

Sorry if I got carried away there but it get's even worse. There have been several posts on the Domination forums asking if these issues are ever going to be fixed and outside of one thread where a developer stated that they were unable to reproduce the problem they have completely ignored the whole issue. I've personally been waiting over a month for a response/patch but obviously I'm being naive.

The original MA still has several bugs to this very day (over a year since the last patch), some cause crashes to desktop/game freezing and some single player campaigns break half way through making them impossible to finish, I don't know why I expected any more from the sequel. On top of that I distinctly remember when the pay-to-play online service MAN (massive assault network) was introduced and people who signed up were promised a free new map every month. In over a year I don't think more then 2 or 3 new maps have been released.

To sum it all up I have literally never had a worse experience with a single game in my life. I can't help but feel slightly betrayed by a small time company that I remained loyal to despite numerous problems with previous products.