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    A Livonian Rebel Member Slaists's Avatar
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    hey, i have been off TW for a very long time now. i am just wondering: are there any good alternatives in this genre out? the battlefield AI (strategy AI not being much better) in Medieval TW is a complete disgrace (as in being very, very poor) to the point of being sickening (the Mods that I have seen do not seem to be able to do much about it)... any competition has created anything better over the last year or so?


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    Moved to the Arena.

    (Not that I'm aware of, btw.)
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    That depends on how narrowly you're defining the genre. I can think of several strategy games with entirely decent AIs, such as Civ 4 and EUIII, but the last good RTS AI I can think of is way back in Starcraft.


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    umm whats that game called... Its like TW but only RTS... and from what i heard is the AI is tough as nails... Death or glory... no... I can't remember name but if you gamespot RTS games you'll find it
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    Quote Originally Posted by Veho Nex
    umm whats that game called... Its like TW but only RTS... and from what i heard is the AI is tough as nails... Death or glory... no... I can't remember name but if you gamespot RTS games you'll find it
    hmm. will have to check out forums.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Veho Nex
    umm whats that game called... Its like TW but only RTS... and from what i heard is the AI is tough as nails... Death or glory... no... I can't remember name but if you gamespot RTS games you'll find it
    I know the one you mean, but can't recommend it based on what I've heard and seen. Apparently the AI is only decent because almost the entire game consists of set-piece scripted battles and has precious little content.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Veho Nex
    umm whats that game called... Its like TW but only RTS... and from what i heard is the AI is tough as nails... Death or glory... no... I can't remember name but if you gamespot RTS games you'll find it
    XIII Century: Death or Glory. Org topic here.

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    Quote Originally Posted by TinCow
    That depends on how narrowly you're defining the genre. I can think of several strategy games with entirely decent AIs, such as Civ 4 and EUIII, but the last good RTS AI I can think of is way back in Starcraft.
    well, Civ 4 has a decent strategy level AI (when heavily cheating on higher than prince levels), but there practically are no real time battles. so, playing civ 4 is like tossing half of TW experience out (for me, at least).

    Europa Universalis: a nice idea, but the gameplay is nowhere near as pleasing and fluid as with Civ 4 and again: real time battles do not exist.

    I guess, I agree about starcraft :))

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    Get a bunch of buddies together, grab some swords, run outside and start swinging.

    More fun than any computer game can ever be.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Reverend Joe
    Get a bunch of buddies together, grab some swords, run outside and start swinging.

    More fun than any computer game can ever be.

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