Quote Originally Posted by sunsmountain
Notice how the interviewer asks nothing about the AI. Perhaps it's not as important to the majority.
No, I disagree. For the interviewer to not ask about the AI tells me that he didn't actually play RTW for any length of time. In fact most of the reviewers for the major gaming sites/magazines who went bonkers over Rome and gave it ultra high marks back when it was released clearly didn't play it long enough to notice the AI in action. How can anyone give a game 85%+, 8 or 9 out of 10 or 4 out of 5 stars when it doesn't provide any kind of meaningful challenge?!?

RTW's lackluster AI is one of the major beefs the fans have with the game since it was first released. I'm not just saying that because the AI has been such a sore point for me personally either. Since day one I've spotted countless posts about RTW's AI by other casual gamers in non-RTS related forums. It seems that anytime someone asks about other strat games in the market someone mentions Rome and either they or someone else mentions the poor AI, the glaring bugs or the ultra fast clickfest combat.