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dominions 3 | 
 enlarge | From: Shrapnel Games
Category: Video Games
Buy New: $49.99
Rating:  13 reviews
Sales Rank: 7235
Format: Cd-rom
Platforms: Macintosh, Linux, Windows Xp
Genre: Online Massively Multiplayer Games
ESRB: Teen
Media: CD-ROM
Operating System: Windows XP
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.9
Dimensions (in): 8.4 x 6.3 x 0.9
UPC: 808003451108
EAN: 0808003451108
ASIN: B000K0OSFS
Release Date: November 17, 2006
Shipping: Eligible for Super Saver Shipping
Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
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| Features:
| • | Players can design and save gods for later play | | • | Map filters now allow players to easily locate scouts | | • | Over 1500 units to wage war with -- deep combat model encompasses everything from battlefield morale to the use of magic | | • | Nation specific spells and summons - More than 600 spells and 300 magic items, all with evocative descriptions | | • | Make and remake nations as you see fit, with more powerful modding capabilities |
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Product Description
Dominions 3: The Awakening gives you a chance to save your world from the coming chaos -- or take advantage of it to see your god ascend and rule. Awakening from a slumber beyond comprehension to mortals, the gods promise much to their followers -- and to their enemies they will deliver blood, fire, and death. The war for true ascension to godhood begins and a new chapter in the Akashic records is about to be written in the tattered flesh of the fallen... Turn any image into a map -- battle across Faerun or Middle Earth Choose whether you want you chosen god awake or dormant when the game begins Rebalanced rates for income, supply and resources to enable larger conventional armies Streamline play by checking for taxes & unrest automatically, through the Autotax function New music from Erik Ask Uppmark and Anna Rynefors, the duo behind Dominion 2's lilting musical score Features 300-page printed manual with a play-along tutorial, spells reference, nations info and so much more
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| Customer Reviews: Read 8 more reviews...
 the deepest, most replayable strategy game on our planet March 11, 2008
Sprout
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
Dominions 3 is an an amazingly deep game, there is nothing like it at all on the shelves of your local software store. If you at all enjoy strategy games, you are doing yourself a disservice by not owning this game. Personally, I place it alongside such legendary titles as: the Total War titles, the Civilization series, and Alpha Centauri. It's that good.
In an era of sleek overproduced software titles, software companies have largely failed to deliver a title which rewards patience and a thirst for depth in a fantasy game setting. This is an exception. It's certainly a throwback, and possesses what I feel is a great retro and authentic game feel. With playable nations based on real-world myth and legend, this game can teach as well as an entertain. With around 20 nations per age, and 3 ages, there are somewhere on the order of 60 different nations to play. A staggering number, considering that the differences actually *do* make a very big difference in game play, I'm not talking about most games having 'different' units which simply dittle the graphics but basically fulfil the same role. You get actual replayability here, moreso than any game I've ever played before.
Fair warning: the sound and graphics of this game are clunky when considered against modern standards, and the AI is a bit predictable (of course) but it more than makes up for it in almost every single other aspect of game design and game play. This is a game that after you play it, you want to quit your job and become a game designer.
Unbelievable Depth, Incredible Soul, MP via Email is a Blast! November 10, 2007
R. Hart (CHICAGO, IL United States)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I hesitated on buying this game for a while. The interface seemed a little klonky, the graphics are not great to say the least, and the price is steep. Yet everything I heard made it sound like the kind of game I have been looking for...so I had a coupon to bring the price below $50 and went for it.
Beware, if this is your type of game (turn-based, epic fantasy war) then this game will suck you in like no other. Especially fun is the community and ability to play MP games via email and through servers. You can create a pretender diety ranging from an ancient witch, to a mighty titan, to a mysterious statue. You will recruit heroes, forge magic items, scout exotic lands, find magical sites, assassinate enemy commanders, raise gigantic armies, research spells that can cast the land in darkness, siege fortresses and on and on...It has an epic feel and reminds me of the excellent Mazalan Book of the Fallen series.
So that is it. I love the game.
UPDATE August 2008
Almost a year and I am still playing Dom 3. The forums are very active and helpful and the multi-player games are a blast. There is so much to learn and so many tactics and counter-tactics that the game continues to captivate me unlike anything I have ever played. IMHO it is the best game of all time. Nothing else compares in terms depth, strategy, fun, humor and learning. The closest game to Dom 3 in terms of fun and longevity is MOO2.
too much to talk about! July 17, 2008
Gandalf Parker (Vacaville, CA USA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
If you love deep strategy more than flashy graphics and sounds then at LEAST try the demo.
Years after its release, its still going strong. The developers have
regularly released patches which are more like upgrades than they are patch. Whole new nations, spells, equipment keep getting added. And thats not counting what the players do as more and more modding commands get added with each patch.
But what made me think of coming here and posting was this comment I made in the Dom3 forum...
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Thanks for pointing the "winners list" out. That makes me feel better. Anytime a discussion pops up here where various experts proclaim some nations worth or worthlessness I get concerned. But luckily, it tends to actually average out that no matter how strong the opinions are that fly around, the saving grace is that they dont seem to agree with each other. :)
I am still amazed at how rare that is. Ive been gaming for decades. I can remember many many games where 1 month to 1 year was just about the whole life of the game because some ultimate strategy was developed and posted. Or great games that I found out about too late because by the time I got there the expert players had their tactics so down perfect that you couldnt last long enough in a game to learn the game.
Call me a fanboi if you want but any game that can keep me trying new
things and finding new useful tactics years after its release is well
worth it.
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I thought that maybe other people here might remember having such an
experience in games. :)
Some things not pointed out by others:
Its Windows AND Mac and Linux all on the one disc. Its excellent as an internet host server for multiplaying. And its very laptop friendly (not full desktop machine needed to run it). You can load it on your windows desktop or mac laptop AND on your linux server to use one as player and one as server without needing another serial. Legally! And this is very web friendly if you run a server and want to host games.
The command switches is PAGES long if you are into such things. For fancy desktop icons that set the game parameters or automating things with scripts. For an old server person like me thats a game unto itself.
The support forum at the publishers site is FANTASTIC. And there is an IRC (direct chat) room.
In final, Ive paid this much for many games that lasted a month on my machine. This is one of the 5 games that refuse to die even after years of playing it. If you are into deep strategy and coming up with weird tactics or you love religio-historical-mythology-fantasy then at LEAST get the demo
Too good! June 29, 2008
D. Anderson (Chaska, MN)
I've played many many PC games over the years. This game is crushingly good especially in the multi-player (MP) arena.
1.Surf the forum at Shrapnel games
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2. Feed the cat.
3. Buy the game.
4. Play the game single player (SP) for a week.
5. Join the forum (above).
6. Join an MP game (but just one!)
Cheers!
Best Game Ever! October 9, 2007
Beverly Wilkes (Glens Falls, NY USA)
2 out of 7 found this review helpful
Dominions 3 was delivered promptly and is great condition. I highly recommend this seller and this game.
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