09-26-2003, 12:47 PM
Maybe I am misinformed, but are you sure that the AI has omniscient view ? AFAIK, the only thing it knows by cheat is where the player´s starting position is. This is sometimes not even an advantage at all.
@Bob: I did not play TA extensively, so I cannot tell about the AI there.
The AoE2 AI cheats like no tomorrow, though, so it does not count IMO.
I have not seen a better AI than SC´s in any RTS so far.
The AIs in C&C (all titles), AoE 1+2, EE, Dark Reign 1+2 and Empires: DotMW (MP demo) are all worse than SC´s AI in my opinion. Some of them are harder to play against on certain settings, but that is because they use cheats excessively. The AIs in AoE, EE and Empires are particularily bad. They cheat so much that there is little motivation to play vs them at all.
Moldran
@Bob: I did not play TA extensively, so I cannot tell about the AI there.
The AoE2 AI cheats like no tomorrow, though, so it does not count IMO.
I have not seen a better AI than SC´s in any RTS so far.
The AIs in C&C (all titles), AoE 1+2, EE, Dark Reign 1+2 and Empires: DotMW (MP demo) are all worse than SC´s AI in my opinion. Some of them are harder to play against on certain settings, but that is because they use cheats excessively. The AIs in AoE, EE and Empires are particularily bad. They cheat so much that there is little motivation to play vs them at all.
Moldran