TW Rome2 new family tree and character options

[alvaro]

I tried the patch for a couple of days and yes, the character game is much more fulfilling now.
for some reason I feel the game is much easier now. I thought this was not possible already.
my only hope continues to be I:R.

 

[ElGranCapitan]

I played TW Rome (all versions) for the battles. Everything else was just something I had to try to get past, so I could get to the next battle. Obviously others in this thread prefer other parts of the game over battles.

I have recently read all the dev diaries for this upcoming game. I notice one glaring issue that no-one has raised in any thread. I ask, "Will the AI work as well as in Darkest Hour?".

The AI in HoiIV was poor. Paradox make good games but they really fall down on AI. So for players like me who prefer "war" to "economy" paradox games disappoint.

Will we again see much trumpeted Twitch episodes of the designated Paradox player showing the gameplay of Imperator Rome where he is manually moving every unit to hide the glaring issue that the AI is poor.

For me, making a new game should be an opportunity to develop the quality and depth of the "game engine". It should not be just changing the graphics and timeline and pushing out the same old stuff repackaged.

To be fair though, AI sucks in Total war as much as it sucks in PDX games..it's just a general thing with strategy games that current AI can't handle them yet

Look at Starcraft 2, you can absolutely massacre the hardest AI while still not making it out of silver league (second lowest league)

 

[Sabotage13]

Paradox games have the same issue that the challenge disappear as you get too powerful.

Most of the challenge in Paradox games is in figuring out the user interface and what any of the modifiers actually do.

 

[Guedes]

AI is way worse on TW than on PDX titles. Like, its not even close. TW AI is the worst AI that i ever saw on the screen of a PC game.

Not saying that PDX AI is good though.

 

[Will Steel]

Shogun 1, Medieval 1 and Shogun 2 had pretty good AI though. That may be because they were simpler (or in case of S2, much less stress in terms of diversity/maps), but it was still far ahead of others in the series.

HoI3 and HoI4 have pretty terrible AI too. It is not like gold and roses on all sides.

 

[Guedes]

HoI3 and HoI4 have pretty terrible AI too. It is not like gold and roses on all sides.

You see, i was sure someone would say some PDX titles had bad AI too and thats why i said "Not saying that PDX AI is good though". Internet people are so predictable....

I still stand for what i said; TW AI is the worst that i ever saw on a PC screen.

 

[alvaro]

true, CA AI is crap. but, really chaps, programming AI is a curse.