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Civilization IV has much more money behind it and will undoubtedly be a better overall game than Dom3. The mechanics and gameplay of Dominions 3 might be more attractive on certain levels and I know will be another fantastic game, I don't think it's fair to judge Dominions 3 against a juggernaut like Civilization. Especially after seeing the screenshots and concepts.
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In my opinion... Civilization_III is not as good as Dominions_2 on several levels. First combat and combat strategy is much more unique and detailed. Second there's more of a real feeling to controlling hundreds or thousands of units in dominions... unlike CIV. Third more unit types exist in Dominions. Fourth No real commanders in Civilization just units. The list goes on... but to sum it up currently the only advantages that civilization_III has over Dominions_2 is diplomacy and a better editor. I will probably buy both CIV_IV and DOM_3... but if I could only choose one it would be DOM_3.
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The same goes for HOMM V. While you can tell nothing from the screenshots and you don't know if they failed to recapture the magic of HOMM 3. Ubisoft has poured money into the development and has a very good QA team (not multiplayer servers however).
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Hopefully HOMM_5 will be great... that's more of a wait and see. HOMM_4 was a wreck of design.
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I am certain however that Dom3, just like Dom2 will age very well and provide something that none of the current TBS or TBS-hybrid will. And knowing IW's track record, will be supported much better.
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Hopefully the DOMINIONS_3 editor will be more user friendly... then we'll see more maps. I recall AgeofWonders:SM and Heroes_3 as having the best editors for TBS.