Oh...my....GODS!!!

[Miles]

Babbled by Miles:

Please don't think that I dislike the game. I love it. However, you have to realize the it doesn't really have singleplayer. It is ALWAYS multiplayer. Sometimes you play with humans. Sometimes you play with AI's. It works REALLY well, when the AI's pass the Turing test and are indistinguishable from humans. But, when the AI's fail the test, playing without humans can suck.

I should never have used the word 'suck' in this context. It is imprecise and unproductive (IE a lie.)

What I should have said is:

The beginning of a new single-player Dom2 game is always new and fresh. The possibilities are almost infinite. Minor changes make major differences in gameplay. Each game is a new adventure.

In mid-game, singleplay can become predictable. However, this predictability can be avoided via new maps and mods.

At end-game, singleplay always becomes tedious. You know where you are going. You know how to get there. However, the actual doing is work. The only way to avoid extended tedium, is to NEVER play large maps in singleplay. Anything over 80 provinces is probably a bad idea.

Overall, the whole experience is positive. I greatly enjoy playing Dom2 single-player.

Hmm. Sounds like I am engaged in a series of love affairs... No wonder my wife looks at me strange when I start playing.

Anywho, I should hever have used the word 'suck' in this context. Not, when I can still remember the hell that is MOO3.

Miles

[ January 15, 2004, 22:55: Message edited by: Miles ]