Well, I'm through with the game

Rich · #1 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 · #2 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 · #3 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 · #4 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 · #5 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 · #6 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.

Rathar · #7 April 9th, 2008, 03:21 AM

Nod nod, the AI will obliterate you for the first few weeks/months. After that you have enough experience to learn where its amazingly dumb but then many games are like that.

Endoperez · #8 April 9th, 2008, 04:20 AM

Yeah, there are many strategies that the AI can't counter. Because multiplayer mostly revolves around these strategies, AI isn't a challenge if you use something meant to have a chance against other players. You'll get beaten by the AI a lot until you can figure out some effective counters against the AI hordes. If you start by reading advanced guides on how to beat the AI, the period where the AI is able to challenge you will be much shorter, of course.