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Old October 15th, 2006, 05:26 PM

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Default Re: SE5 AI is pathetic

The sad thing is that the game itself has SO MUCH potential! This game can be so much better than SE IV - the engine is pretty damn cool overall.

But it's the lack of polish and the lack of time spent on the AI that might kill this game in the market.

Sure, mods will be created to fix a lot of these problems (I plan on beginning work on one as soon as I can get ahold of a freakin' copy of the !##$&@# game). Sure, Aaron will fix a lot of the UI and engine annoyances over the next few months.

But probably 75% of the customers will never see any of that. They'll buy the game off the shelf, play it a couple times and get bored with the pathetic AI or get annoyed with the klunky UI annoyances..and they'll toss the game on their shelf, never to be played again.

That's the part I find sad.
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