

Initially focused on combat between units, battles increasingly become influenced by magic as the game progresses and more advanced spells are researched. Combat īattles in Dominions 5 are auto-resolved, with armies executing simple scripts prepared in advance by the players these battles are resolved between turns and can be watched as replays. Gameplay ĭominions 5 is a turn-based strategy game in which players control a pretender god, their chosen nation, numerous individualized mages and commanders and armies eventually counting hundreds of units. Compared to its predecessor, Dominions 4: Thrones of Ascension, Dominions 5 has been described as mainly a refinement, introducing real time combat for battles between armies, revising map generation, and a new system for blessings allowing the bonuses bestowed by gods to their nation to be customized.

Their goal is to spread their faith, eliminate rival Pretenders and ascend as supreme god of their world. Players take on the role of pretenders, immortals with vast magical powers who are venerated as gods by a given nation. It is characterized by simplistic graphics, a functional UI, and deep gameplay, with a roster of over 80 playable nations able to interact with more than 900 unique spells, 400 magic items, and thousands of different unit types.
Dominions 5: Warriors of the Faith is a 4X turn-based strategy game created and published by Illwinter Game Design in 2017.
