Age Of Empires is better than Civilization

What my opponent has failed to mention is that AoE shows you the historical and tactical significance of those campaigns through the scripts before and after the game. AoE also tells you why these combats happened, such as in how The Crusades happened due to the Christians from Europe receiving the Popes okay to go and reclaim the Holy Land (Jerusalem), they tell the significance of barbarians in the Fall Of Rome, and so on and so forth. You also say that Civilization brings "real-life in-depth aspects to the table" but I must disagree, war is not turn based and there is the fact that in some wars it's impossible to reason with your opponent through diplomacy and you must do it with brute force (WWII, The Haitian Revolution, and several other wars), as well as the point that long ago communications were worse then they are now (much much worse) so generally by the time a messenger had arrived with the compromise for the two empires a war had already started (Incas are an exception). Your comment on how the battle scenes look bears no weight due to the simple fact that with our current technology we cannot make battle scenes look super realistic it would make the game too expensive and computer requirements insane. Plus the graphics of the battle scenes are far worse than those of AoE and far less realistic as well, plus in Civilization don't you have to eradicate your opponents (or a least get them on your side) as well I believe you do. And to counter that argument of "Do they know who these people are and what they stand to gain through this event" the answer is this: they are your opponent and they are your enemy which stand in the way of resources and peace with you and your allies. And I know for a fact it's the same in Civilization (I had to nuke the French off the face of the earth due to there constant military harassment and the destruction of my cities) so don't bother continuing with that feeble argument for it bears no weight. And your argument on the Fall Of Rome is a farce due to the fact that they do talk the "deep seeded greed and corruption within the roman imperial system leading back to Julius Caesars decision to cross the Rubicon" all you have to do is read the historical intro that is shown at the beginning of each campaign (you can choose to read it or ignore it the game doesn't care its up to the gamer). I would also like to address your enemies color argument in this paragraph and here's the response: its to identify ally and enemy targets since its a real time war game you normally won't and don't have the time to click on each individual unit to determine friend from foe. I would also like to point out that "In-depth thoughtful war" in real life is done in a moment its not turn based where I can have 50 turns to come up with a proper strategic decision, its more like having 50 seconds to come up with a proper strategic decision for in war "too much thought can be your downfall" (every military genius in history had to come to turns with this concept). And your arguments on reasons to go to war are the same as ours "the enemy has resources we need to survive, and(or) the enemy poses a threat, etc . . . etc . . ." AoE is not just mindless war its war for reason rarely will you ever have an docile and peaceful enemy, in AoE your enemy will generally be the one to shoot first and encroach on your territory (unless you cheat). And a new argument: people play games for fun, thrills, and to provoke certain parts of the mind. AoE is to the real time strategy part of the mind not just the diplomatic side, AoE is a game of conquest not just society so people who wish to play a accurate war game would play AoE and people who wish to play a game on society and diplomacy would play Civilization. So in all truth this argument is more about the opinions of the gamers rather than that of us debaters. I would like thank my opponent for such a great debate. Vote Pro. Sources: http://www.civilization.com... http://en.wikipedia.org... http://www.ageofempires3.com... http://www.microsoft.com... http://www.microsoft.com... http://en.wikipedia.org...