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| From: Shrapnel Games
Buy New: $49.99
Rating:  12 reviews
Sales Rank: 5828
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
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Availability: Usually ships in 2 to 4 weeks
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| Customer Reviews:
Showing reviews 6-10 of 12
 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.
 Peerless Strategy February 15, 2008
D. Schmitt (Utopia, Oregon)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Most software companies fall far short of the mark that Shrapnel Games hits with this title. With only a team of 2 people, they have produced a highly complex and diverse strategy game that has immense replay value. This is not a glossy high profile title with 3D graphics and real time online play, but despite that it is one of the best games I have played in my life.
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
 Primitive But Awesome August 27, 2008
N. Diamon (Lakewood, WA USA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Dominions 3 is the latest gem in the Shrapnel Games fantasy strategy franchise. It's a terrific example of gameplay overcoming graphics.
The premise is simple. You create a fresh-faced new god as your character that leads an army of warriors and monsters to spread your "dominion" throughout th land while your enemies do the same. Each turn, you build temples and castles, move and raise armies, and fight it out over territory against your rival gods. Researching spells, fortifying your territories, upgrading and outfitting your commanders, and spying on rivals are also activites to occupy your time.
The nuances are what makes this game so good. Your god template has a number of variable attributes that can change how you play the game drastically. The range of spells available to you, the preference of territory, the armies willing to swear fealty, and even the mobility and appearance of your avatar has an effect on what you do. Maps can be randomly generated or customized by importing any 2D graphic and drawing territory lines on top of it. (Fight in Middle-Earth! Battle it out it Faerun! Divvy up the lands of Narnia!) Artifacts can be found that help to kit out your generals and confer battle-winning attributes to them.
Since the game is based on taking turns, multiplayer is a great way to play the game. Play by email and user servers are supported avenues for multiplayer. Going against other humans is a blast as the added variable of diplomacy makes the game that much more addicting.
The only fly in the ointment is a big one. Huge, in fact. The graphics look absolutley atrocious. In an age of 22" LCD monitors, the static low resolution sprite based graphics of Dominions 3 are a real letdown. (This coming from someone used to playing 2D wargames all the time.) Ugly doesn't even cover how bad this game can look while in play. Unfortunatley, this is going to be a big problem for a lot of people.
If you can get past the graphics, Dominions 3 offers some of the finest strategy gaming around.
Buy this game September 11, 2007
Loren Pechtel
The other reviewers did a pretty good job of addressing it but left out a bit that I would like to address.
1) Yes, the graphics are poor. This is a strategy game, though--this isn't a big deal at all.
2) The one real downside to the game is too much micromanagement. If it weren't for this I would have given it 5 stars.
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