Feelotraveller,

Not to put too fine a point on it, but you do realize you're not exactly making an earth shattering revelation here right? You act incensed as if you were somehow duped into buying a game with big bold letters on the box falsely proclaiming the game inside has human like AI.

The next thing you'll reveal in full outrage will no doubt be the epiphany that most games feature character and plot development so infantile in comparison to other more developed mediums like literature or cinema that we should all gather round and have ourselves an ole style game bonfire and torch the lot.

But before we consider anything so drastic, here are some possible alternatives to belaboring your point in this thread any further:

1. check the box in S2 that says drop in (next thing you know a human like me will do just that, and drop in to replace the AI)
2. play chess, the "AI" will be more than happy to curb stomp you till the cows come home
3. or maybe just stick to MP style games in general, thereby avoiding the dumb AI altogether