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Originally posted by Bucky@Jul 21 2005, 04:24 PM
Road to Colloseum review:
The closing paragraph mentions, for the first time, problems with the game's AI. What problems? Do they get stuck running into walls, charge onto another guy's spear, whatever.... just what the heck is he talking about when he says "Problems"
To me, bad AI in a single player game can well ruin the experience. As a reader I am left to assume, because of the game's overall rating, that these problems aren't very bad. But I sure want to know more about these AI problems.
Sorry if I'm beating a dead horse here, but I was enjoying the review and thinking I really want to play this game, then that last sentence really jarred me.
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Bucky, I wrote that review, sorry for leaving out the AI information, I must've grabbed something to eat during that paragraph
Mistermostyn is going to fix that up for me and add a few lines about the AI, but I can tell you about here as well ;)
The A.I. can be very stupid at times. In the "Battle Royal" mode, where there are usually 3 opposing gladiators in the arena, there will be times when you fight one gladiator while the other two just stand there. Eventually they will start to fight with each other, but it still looks very weak just seeing two guys who should be fighting for their lives with blank stares on their faces. Also, during some of the fights against animals, such as bulls, the A.I. will also stand still and let you do all the work. They will swing occasionally and this isn't a major problem, but it just seemed a little out of place.
This isn't a major problem, I still think the game is great. During the one-on-one duels, the computer opponents are very tough, so don't worry about being able to breeze through this game without a problem.
I had something like that added to my review, but I used 2 sentences instead of a big ol' paragraph like that one