General Dominions 3 comparison...

[Saxon]

You can play CIV without thinking. You won�t win all the time or do that well, but you can do it. It is a pretty simplified version of the world we know and it is not that deep.

You MUST think playing Dom. You simply can not play without applying your brain to the game. It is very deep, makes magic and fantasy �real� and does not use the same laws of nature we use. You will be challenged by the game.

I happen to think this is a good thing, but you have to make your own mind up. Sorry, more thinking!