Poll #2. [Try out the demo, and vote after that!]

Zerger · #1 October 28th, 2003, 05:09 PM

I copy and paste what I posted in that other thread:

I found this very odd. I mean propably we all tried out this Dominions II. demo. Aren't we?
We all have opinion about it? Is that correct?
So if some ppl here don't like the AI, they are trolls? You can't be serious.

Okay why is the AI weak? Hm well I have no idea, that how is this AI working, but I played 5 games with the demo.

First game against 2 AIs @ hardest level: I beat them both easily.
Second game against 4 AIs on map 2, hardest level, I won again.
Third game against 1 AI on map 1, hardest level, I killed the AI easily.
Fourth game against 4 AIs on map 1, I lost this game, but I had a 3 front war.
I won the 5th game again against 3 AIs. [Hardest level]

I am not a veteran player. What do YOU think? The AI is good or not?
I am almost a newbie, and I can beat the hell out of the demo AI. I tend to think that the AI is bad. If it is easy to kill the AI, what is your opinion about it than? Is it good? Guys even a newbie like me can crush the AI. Isn't this funny?

My question is: The AI will be better in the full game?

Other than the AI, the game is good. I love the graphics and the music is good too.
Too bad that I have no time for multiplayer, and I hate Pbem. It is too slow and annoying.

Patrik · #2 October 28th, 2003, 05:12 PM

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Originally posted by Shir Khan:
Hi, I just tried out this demo. This is a weird game, but I beat the AI on the hardest level in my second game.
I think this is not normal. In any other games, it is impossible to beat an AI so easily. I guess the AI must be very weak.

Can you (and all other people complaining about the AI) please be more specific? What settings have you used? What maps? What computer nations? How did the game progress? Most importantly - what mistakes did you notice the AI doing?

Most discussions in this forum have been very detailed and well argumented. So far I find the lack of substance in the Posts from people complaining about the AI... interesting.

Zerger · #3 October 28th, 2003, 05:13 PM

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Originally posted by Dekent:
I was under the impression Dom 2 was made for both sp AND mp, if that is not true I will wish to cancel my preorder...and btw THAT gives me the right to complain as I have already paid for the game.

How true.
Question: where is the information, that Dominions 2. supposed to be a multiplayer game?
Nerfix and cpbeller are always babbling about this, please show me a site with this information.

Zerger · #4 October 28th, 2003, 05:15 PM

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Originally posted by Patrik:

quote:
Originally posted by Shir Khan:
Hi, I just tried out this demo. This is a weird game, but I beat the AI on the hardest level in my second game.
I think this is not normal. In any other games, it is impossible to beat an AI so easily. I guess the AI must be very weak.

Can you (and all other people complaining about the AI) please be more specific? What settings have you used? What maps? What computer nations? How did the game progress? Most importantly - what mistakes did you notice the AI doing?

Most discussions in this forum have been very detailed and well argumented. So far I find the lack of substance in the Posts from people complaining about the AI... interesting.

Patrik check out my post. What details do you want to know about the games? I played on both maps, different AIs, and I've always used impossible AIs. [I won 4 games, and lost 1 but i had very bad luck in that game]

[ October 28, 2003, 15:16: Message edited by: Zerger ]

-Storm- · #5 October 28th, 2003, 05:23 PM

Well, guys....play some games against the AI, and post your records.

I had 3 games in the demo, 2 impossible AIs in all games, and I won in all of those 'matches'.
..Oh and I used map1 too times and map2 one time.
We must know that what's up with the AI?

The devs are played against the AI at all?

[ October 28, 2003, 15:23: Message edited by: -Storm- ]

Kristoffer O · #6 October 28th, 2003, 05:29 PM

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Originally posted by Zerger:
I copy and paste what I posted in that other thread:

I found this very odd. I mean propably we all tried out this Dominions II. demo. Aren't we?
We all have opinion about it? Is that correct?
So if some ppl here don't like the AI, they are trolls? You can't be serious.

Okay why is the AI weak? Hm well I have no idea, that how is this AI working, but I played 5 games with the demo.

First game against 2 AIs @ hardest level: I beat them both easily.
Second game against 4 AIs on map 2, hardest level, I won again.
Third game against 1 AI on map 1, hardest level, I killed the AI easily.
Fourth game against 4 AIs on map 1, I lost this game, but I had a 3 front war.
I won the 5th game again against 3 AIs. [Hardest level]

I am not a veteran player. What do YOU think? The AI is good or not?
I am almost a newbie, and I can beat the hell out of the demo AI. I tend to think that the AI is bad. If it is easy to kill the AI, what is your opinion about it than? Is it good? Guys even a newbie like me can crush the AI. Isn't this funny?

My question is: The AI will be better in the full game?

Other than the AI, the game is good. I love the graphics and the music is good too.
Too bad that I have no time for multiplayer, and I hate Pbem. It is too slow and annoying.

Thank you! This was a bit more informative than some earlier Posts on the matter.

Did you beat all the AI players within 40 turns or did you beat enough of them to feel confident that you would win (personally I do not play very focused in SP, but it usually takes me about 60-100 turns to say that I have won a game).

Did you win by victory points (the AI might be weak in this area as VP is a rather late addition)?

Did you notice if the AIs were waging war amongst themselves?

Did you notice any tactical/strategical bad moves by the AI?

How many of the AIs were you fighting at the same time?

Were yo uplaying a particular nation or theme in all games? It might be that the AI is worse against some opponents (undead).

Did you win the war by winning each battle, or by a total strategy (battle AI or strategic AI problems)?

Was your wins based on score graph evaluation or by actual victory (beating all the AIs/fullfilling victory conditions)?

A suggestion if you want more opposition. Set one AI to impossible and some to normal or easy. This way the impossible AI will have an easy time to swallow up other AIs.

Patrik · #7 October 28th, 2003, 05:40 PM

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Originally posted by Zerger:

quote:
Originally posted by Patrik:

quote:
Originally posted by Shir Khan:
Hi, I just tried out this demo. This is a weird game, but I beat the AI on the hardest level in my second game.
I think this is not normal. In any other games, it is impossible to beat an AI so easily. I guess the AI must be very weak.

Can you (and all other people complaining about the AI) please be more specific? What settings have you used? What maps? What computer nations? How did the game progress? Most importantly - what mistakes did you notice the AI doing?

Most discussions in this forum have been very detailed and well argumented. So far I find the lack of substance in the Posts from people complaining about the AI... interesting.
Patrik check out my post. What details do you want to know about the games? I played on both maps, different AIs, and I've always used impossible AIs. [I won 4 games, and lost 1 but i had very bad luck in that game]

Well, I have to say I am impressed (I might be able to do it but I've been playing the beta for over a year now. And Dom1 for several years before that). Maybe you are a natural.

I realise that a full account of a game is quite a task, but tell us somethings about the Last game. What was your pretender, your opponents, game settings etc? What troops did you build? How fast did you/the AI expand? How much magic did you use? What spells/summonings? At what turn did you win?