>playing some Civilization
>go all in on military
>AI still gets crossbowmen before me
>at 1040 BC
The Civilization games in general have a big AI conflict. Should the AI be a hard opponent, or roleplay as a civilization leader. Should is perform as your opponent trying to win a game of Civilization, or should it perform as the pharaoh of Egypt.
How do you feel about this, Yas Forums? Should AI try to play its character, or should it try to beat the player?
>should it perform as the pharaoh of Egypt
This. Civ games are most fun when you have tons of easier difficulty factions on the same map, not when the AI is a master tactician and outdoes your every move.
>Should the AI be a hard opponent, or roleplay as a civilization leader
Hard opponent. Civ is a game, not a history simulator.
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Both wrong. Why don't you try being right for once?
no youre wrong
no u
You lose much of the charm of the game this way. Might as well be about moving pawns on a chess board at that point. The whole historical coat, with the different civilizations and flavours are so that you can see Shaka and think "oh shit better build walls", or see Korea and think "i should probably try to invade them early, or they'll run away with science". If all leaders are always minmaxing, they will all play the absolute best way, which is the same way. This is what makes me quit multiplayer games, its why I stopped playing StarCraft 2, and why I stop playing fighting games - the game gets solved and everyone plays the same.
I expect the AI to play its character, in all game genres. The AI is there to give me a good time, not to try to win. It can't win, if I start losing I quit. My loss is implied, I won't stay around to formalize it by seeing the end screen. The AI never wins. All it can hope for is to lose in style.
I don't get it
I decimated Pocatello's economy through war so that he's been in the red for 50+ turns now and still netting negative income but he somehow can maintain a big army and pump units out
I would have lost all my shit because the game would have told me all my guys deserted
What does the ai do? Does it straight up cheat?
The AI plays by the same rules you play by, except it has numerical advantage. Like starting with extra dudes, or each town center tile giving extra yields. It doesn't cheat, it just starts a few steps ahead, and then plays by the rules with this given advantage.