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Originally Posted by DakaSha
Dominions 3 is of course the hands down best strategy game ever created but the ai is also hands down brain dead...
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During the years I've made several attempts to address several of the major AI issues in Dominions, but rarely any luck.
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Originally Posted by DakaSha
Does anybody know of a good strategy game with some good AI that i havnt heard of? I doubt it as i think ive played them all :P but one can never know...
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Unfortunately most developers place small amounts of value on the AI... or sometimes even less. First, the AI developing is one of the most complex features in a game. Second, most developers are only interested in being on the team which improves graphics or designs the user interface because during a future job interview it's easier to display what visuals you've provided as compared with what AI strategies you've developed. So unfortunately anything AI usually gets the short end of the developers time stick.
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Originally Posted by DakaSha
... ... ai is just not as good as its made out to be.. ive seen it do the most retarded stuff...
anything else??
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There is some hope coming in a future TBS game called Elemental:War of Magic, where the AI can be modded by the gaming community. So even if the original game has the usual unsatisfactory AI... with time it will gradually be improved by the community.
I'm on the beta testing team for Elemental:War of Magic... so I'll be working towards making sure the game basics are stable. While I'm very pleased with the work from Illwinter, I was disappointed with the beta testers of Dominions_3.