Dominate

Dominate is a 2021 free-to-play multiplayer first-person shooter game developed and published by Clever Interactive for, , , and.

Gameplay
Players are tasked with completing an objective in a game mode in order to win a match for themselves or their team. They pick a weapon from their primary, secondary, and melee slots, each with different stats and abilities, which they can switch to different weapons during the match. The player can select their weapon to use by using the weapon selector by tapping their weapon or by holding down the weapon selector to quickly scroll and pull out their weapon (or by using the X, A, and B buttons on Switch). The weapon will reload automatically when it's not being fired and can detect what state it's in when it’s switched back to allow the player to not fully wait to reload if they switch to a different weapon in the middle of a reload. The player can move their character forwards and backwards and can turn left and right using the joystick and can turn 180 degrees by tapping the turn button (on Switch, it's by pressing the control stick).

Core game modes
Dominate comprises of these game modes.


 * Deathmatch involves players killing each other in order to get as much kills within the time limit. It can be played in PvP or in teams.
 * Attack/Defend involves GOOD defending their control points from BAD in which they try to capture all of their control points before the timer runs out.
 * Capture the Flag involves both teams trying to get to their enemy’s base in order to steal the briefcase so they can bring it back to their base. They win after taking the enemy briefcase to their base three times.
 * King of the Hill involves both teams trying to capture the centre control point and must defend it for three minutes.
 * Payload involves BAD pushing a bomb towards GOOD’s base and must get it to the final checkpoint to win. GOOD has to prevent BAD from pushing it to a checkpoint and has to wait for the timer to run out. If a checkpoint is captured by BAD, they'll receive extra time.
 * Hostage involves GOOD having to rescue all the hostages captured by BAD while they have to wait for the timer to run out in order for them to win.
 * Gold Runners involves picking up and carrying a pot of gold in order to score points. Points are awarded every second as long as someone is carrying the pot of gold. The one with the most points after time is up wins. It can be played in PvP or in teams.
 * Escort involves GOOD escorting a government leader (controlled by another player) back to an exact location, and BAD has to kill them to take away time from GOOD. BAD wins when time runs out.
 * Boxing involves players put inside of a boxing ring and can only use boxing gloves. It can be played in PvP with two players, or in teams with two players each. The player or team who wins five games is the champion.
 * Guns & Weapons involves players killing each other similar to Deathmatch, but in order to level up and use a new weapon. Players that reach the maximum level wins. It can be played in PvP or in teams.

Battle
This is the online mode where players can get into an online match against other players. It can be played in these modes.
 * Casual let's players join a match and can leave at any time they wish.
 * Ranked puts players in with other players with the same rank. Winning matches increases their rank, whilst losing decreases it. Leaving a match mid-game results in a temporary matchmaking ban.
 * Private let's players create a private game lobby for their friends or other players to join, with the host being able to choose any game mode and map they want to play on. Players can also join other people's lobbies through their friends list, entering a password, or both.

Training
This is the offline mode where players can practise their skills. It features these modes.


 * Battle Course let's players fight against player bots on any game mode and map they choose.
 * Test Run let’s players test their weapons against stationary targets.
 * Score Attack puts players in a whack-a-mole like minigame in which they have to destroy as many inflatable targets using their weapon loadout to score points within the time limit.
 * Assault Rush makes players go into a shooting room in which they have to use their weapon loadout to hit all of the targets and rush to the end as fast as possible.
 * Training Room puts players into a training course by Sergeant Dickens who teaches them how to play the game.

Local Dual
Exclusive to the Nintendo Switch version, this mode allows players to play local multiplayer matches with one screen with up to 4 players, or through local wireless with up to 8 players.

These are the game modes that are available in this mode. Some modes require a certain amount of players in order to be played.


 * Deathmatch (2-8 players)
 * Attack/Defend (6-8 players)
 * King of the Hill (4-8 players)
 * Payload (6-8 players)
 * Hostage (6-8 players)
 * Gold Runners (4-8 players)
 * Boxing (2 players or 4 players)
 * Guns & Weapons (2-8 players)

Item qualities

 *  Regular : Items that are already given to you.
 *  Special : Items that have been bought in the in-game store or received through awards.
 *  Official : Items that are based on third-party properties that were officially licenced or are used on generic items that are associated with said property.
 *  SmartStats : Only applying to weapons, SmartStats items can track the amount of things that happens in a match, such as the amount of kills, damage done, or other things.
 *  Personal : Items that are given to you by Clever as an appreciation for what you did. These items also have SmartStats for weapons and they also sparkle. Personal items carry the player’s username (e.g. MaxAndrew's Shotgun ).

Customisation
The game allows players to create their own characters and can customise their gender, skin colour, hair, eyes, face, and voices, as well as what dominant hand they use which is represented in both the viewmodel and the player. They can also customise their character’s clothes and add accessories, with additional cosmetics being available for purchase in the in-game store.

Setting
Within the game, there are two organisations fighting each other, which the player can choose in team-based game modes. There's GOOD (short for Governments Opposing Organised Disorder), an international agency formed by the to combat high-level crime all around the world, and BAD (short for Brutal, Armed and Dangerous), a multinational criminal organisation that sells drugs, weapons and other things throughout the world and also conspires with other criminal and terrorist groups in order to grow their criminal empire.

Dominate Coins
Dominate Coins are the in-game currency for Dominate that can be used to purchase items and other stuff in the in-game store, such as cosmetics, emotes, reskins of weapons, weapon skins, weapon accessories like silencers, and SmartStats clocks and microchips.

Dominate Gold
Dominate Gold is a subscription service launched in 14 April 2022 that allows players to access golden weapons with SmartStats+ (an enhancement of SmartStats that tracks everything you do in a match and can be compared to the online leaderboards), golden cosmetics, exclusive items, discounts, and free Dominate Coins per month. It costs 5000 Dominate Coins for a monthly membership or 100000 Dominate Coins for a yearly membership. Players can get access to Dominate Gold as part of Central+ (formally Clever Games Plus).

Release
The game was first released for on the  and  on, , and the Clever Games Player in 6 July 2021.

A port of the game was eventually released on October 2021, featuring a local multiplayer mode named Local Dual, motion controls for certain weapons, and HD rumble support.

A version of the game was announced in 12 August 2022 and was made available on Central (formally the Clever Games Player) in 15 October 2022.

Post-launch
The game has received countless content updates since launch to include new maps, game modes, weapons, cosmetics, and other items.

The game featured many crossover events introducing reskins of weapons, cosmetics, and emotes from their respective series, starting with the anime and then video games like, , , and.

In 31 October 2022, to celebrate the 2nd anniversary of The Foodpocalypse, a major update was released including new weapons from the game like the Pumpershot, the Weakness Potion, and the Hot Torch, and new maps based on locations from the game and featured certain food zombies as enemies.

Trivia

 * The game takes place in the same universe as The Foodpocalypse does, with it being officially referred to as the “Dominate/Foodpocalypse Shared Universe”.