[licker]

Yes so much of the SP challenge depends on what conditions you select to play with. Its painfully easy to handicap the game so that *you* have a large advantage, and I'm not even talking about using 'cheese' tactics on the AI.

The other side of the coin is to set up the game so that you have a disadvantage, or to force yourself to not use certain tactics that the AI can't handle. I know that some people can't get past using every weapon at their disposal, no matter how 'cheesy' some may be, but that doesn't mean that you can't have a meaningful SP experience...