Well, I'm through with the game

Sombre · #1 April 8th, 2008, 07:35 PM

Challenging AI?

That's a weird thing to advertise dom3 as having.

lch · #2 April 8th, 2008, 07:41 PM

Chicks. He meant he bought it because of the hot chicks. But he was afraid to say that. At least that's where the advertisement is true to the product.

Rich · #3 April 8th, 2008, 08:12 PM

LOL. Take a look at the game advertisement page. Down at the bottom. I kid you not. If it had said mediocre ai then I would have saved $50 because I wouldn't have bought the game.

Sombre · #4 April 8th, 2008, 08:22 PM

You bought the game based on an unquantifiable strength they claimed in an advert? You got what was coming to you then.

I mean you never heard of reviews? Demos? Forum chatter?

You could have a game with the worst AI ever and it could still be advertised as having 'challenging' AI. It's meaningless. I'm not saying it isn't a ****ty thing to do, but I guess you learned a lesson here, huh?

llamabeast · #5 April 8th, 2008, 08:39 PM

Rich - the AI isn't so bad. It will certainly beat you for a fair while. And you can make it tougher and tougher by tilting the odds in its favour. I would definitely take the time to learn this game - there are lots of very enthusiastic people around here who only play single player.

Ballbarian · #6 April 8th, 2008, 09:29 PM

As AI goes, Dom3 is no worse than any other friggin' game on the market. Give it a rest. It kicked my *** plenty in the first few months and probably still would if I cranked it up to impossible and gave it favorable settings. I am no Dominions master but I am certainly not a novice or pushover either.

Hmmm... That sounded a little harsh.
I will add a smiley.

Rich · #7 April 8th, 2008, 09:47 PM

What I'm going by is this thread. All you people who say the ai sucks and isn't worth it. I guess my post is bringing out the folks who didn't write before. I'll go back to getting into playing. It really looks like a lot of fun.

No, I don't think it's odd to complain after just doing the tutorial. Not after reading this thread.

And yes, I go by adverts by companies like Shrapnel. At least I did.

sector24 · #8 April 8th, 2008, 11:29 PM

The complaints in this thread are blown wildly out of proportion. Even if you get to the point where you can defeat multiple Impossible level AIs, you've probably gotten your money's worth at that point. Plus the multiplayer is there even if you choose not to partake.

vfb · #9 April 8th, 2008, 08:20 PM

Rich, I think it's a bit odd to complain about the game before you even try more than the tutorial.

I think SP is fun. Of course it's not as challenging or fun as MP, but I don't think you can reasonably expect it to be.

All 4X games can be beaten once you figure them out. So once you're having a bit too easy of a time, you impose self-limitations. With Dom3, usually I think the first one of these that people use is to not hire mercenaries. So if you're not seeing enough challenge, try that.

Play on a big map, against all the AI nations. The ones with crappy gods and/or scales will get eaten by the ones with appropriate gods/scales. I consistently lost against the (Normal!) AIs for the first few months I had the game, when I did this.