[sogard]

Try play SPACE EMPIRES IV (SE4) hotseat. I just did this this Last weekend and it was a bLast. The game ran perfectly on a large map with lots of AI players and two humans. I mean, there is no way any AI is ever going to replace a human opponant and that is where SE4 really shines.

Since most of the posters here know how hard it is to get a good AI opponant, who does not cheat, in any gaming environment -- I really don't understand the tone of the posters.

What is really needed is the patch which provides SE4 with tcp/ip play.