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Originally Posted by Von_Altair
I am wondering how AI works after recent patch. Does it offer good challenge or is it just a training partner for a real human vs. human games (if MP is supported)? AI always has been important for me with all tactical games and if AI is a good one, I usually buy the game.
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Unfortunately how challenging an AI is ends up typically being a subjective question since it depends on how well the player performs. Playing against a human is usually better (and is true with any computer game) but then again, there are a lot of bad gamers out there.
To get a sampling check out the reviews (which would be pre-patch), and some of the AARs and such. I think you'll find that while no one is claiming that the AI is Skynet, no one is saying it's a pushover either.
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A small but important issue may by the price. Human nature likes to compare what he/she will get with his/her pennies. No offence here, but this game looks a bit expensive for its "level of detail" (ok I've seen only a demo, retail mayby different). Let me explain my point of view. If you are going to buy a car, and salesman offers you a honda civic and a red shining ferrari with the same cheap price. Which one you would take, honestly? With "level of detail" I mean something like new game Empire: Total war which costs 39.99... about the same than WPP. For me the price doesn't matter too much, since I am an old bastaad and have good economy running. Still, I have seen so many excellent games falling in fog, just becose they have been overpriced at start.
Von Altair
Anno Domini 2009
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Obviously we'll disagree that it's overpriced.
Hey, if it was a board game it would probably be ten or twenty dollars more. And really you can't compare the cost of game X to game Y. I mean, heck, your average vapid console game costs twenty dollars more than WPP, but I guarantee you'll get more longevity and enjoyment out of WPP than Onechanbara: Bikini Samurai Squad (game I just pulled from the Metacritic list).
Ultimately the price someone is willing to pay for a game is what they feel is fair. War Plan Pacific has been quite popular from even before it was released (it was our best selling pre-order in many years) so the price point hasn't really been an issue.