[Leif_-]

Originally posted by proteus:
Yes you are right in some points, there are a few games with a decent AI, most of them are weak.
However I dont think that it is wise to bring up things like that. Just because the majority of the strategy games have a mediocre/weak AI, why should Doms II. have a weak AI as well?

Because good AIs are very, very difficult to make. As an educated guess, I'd say that to make a good AI for Dominions 2, would require at least 80% of the effort that's already gone into making the whole game.

The game costs 50, which is hella lot in the gaming market, so the devs must work for their money.

The game is also a niche product from a tiny, half hobby-driven development team. There are limits to how much you can expect from them.

Lot of months have passed now since the game release, and the AI still bad.
We had patches they were good and nice, but this problem is not solved still. I almost see no changes in the AI. Not good.....not good.

As I said earlier, it's difficult to make a good AI, so you can't expect to see any huge changes to the AI done in patches. We're talking about several man-months worth of work here (at the very least), and remember that Illwinter is a part-time buisness.

[ May 08, 2004, 20:03: Message edited by: Leif_- ]