Re: OT? SEIV vs GalCiv
The A+ Number 1 incomparable thing that GalCiv is supposed to win at is the AI. For more years than I can remember (and thats alot of years) if you joined any serious discussion group on artificial intelligence at any professional level, mentioning games got you Galactic Civilizations as a response. Of course for a long time you couldnt see it unless you ran OS2 as an operating system.
When I heard that Brad considered Windows (XP/2000 to be specific) to have advanced enough to make it worth trying to port to then I started paying close attention and bought one of the first copies he released. *sigh* to be truthful... Im still waiting to be impressed. Brad might have waited too long to bring it to the public. It seems like he is still in "catchup" mode to other games on the windows platform. At the moment Id say he is about average (of course SEIV is well above average).
BUT since GalCiv is so completely built around an upgradeable AI engine I do still have hopes that it might be able to achieve its previous high position in that Category.
[ June 28, 2004, 15:26: Message edited by: Gandalf Parker ]
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