Dulak

Thanks for testing it so far So whats your thoughts on the AI then in general? Not worth playing?

Gorgin, hmmm I was a bit confused by your statments ... but Taojah was refering to a group of men ie corps ... and true they might leave alot of dead bodies or corpses in their path ya the english language is tricky; even for me and its my native tongue

WoW I cant wait to see how you do! Post your progress here if you want

-note- I cant remember exactly but were you the one 'testing'(as in showing after the fact) the single player aspect with the patches showing how easy it was to beat the A.I. I'm wondering how you feel the new patch has helped the single player gameplay. Is it still really easy to beat (the A.I.) To be honest I really havnt played the game much after beating it a few times (without trying hard) and seeing posts by different people about how easy the single player game is and how lousey the A.I. does with amph. assults etc ... So what's your thoughts now after the recent patch ...

I'm quite dissappointed too with the AI ... Now I'm not blaming the testers persay but IMO there did seem to be alot of time devoted to mutiplayer while it appears most people are playing this game single player. I wanted a game where if played on the hardest setting it would be very difficult to beat. I wanted something challenging. I wouldnt have bought this game if I knew that the AI wouldnt be that challenging

Ai does count ... many people bought this game to mainly play the AI and we like it to be challenging. TaoJah, try without softbuild limits like the others said and see how things work out.

I was checking out gamespot and came across this http://www.gamespot.com/pc/strategy/commandereuropeatwar/screenindex.html?sid=6151497 not much is known about the game (probably in the early stages). But I noticed how the map looked real familiar ... In regards to SC2 I hope the new patch fixes alot of the AI issues; I havnt played the game since the first week after I recieved it.

I got HOI 2 when it first came out ... I played it for a few days then kind of stopped. There is so much in that game that you kind of get lost at times; and it was kind of tough too. I tried just playing as hungrey I think just so I could play using a smaller army and provinces/ germany there is so many armies and provinces that turns took forever. Maybe I'll load it up thou; I am in the same boat ie SC2 bored me also after only a week or so (ie I wanted to play mostly single player and it isnt that fun). Rome total war was real fun for me; and the barbarian invasion. Simialr to HoI but when you go into combat you control the troops. You will need a decent computer to run RTW thou; well depends on what settings you have. RTW can get old also so every game has there ups and downs

I concur I wasnt excited about AOE 3 at all either ... and I have been a fan of the series for a long time; often was in the top 25 online (mutiplayer). In all honesty the AOE etc games have been really good strategy games. You had to have excellent reflaxes, quick fingers and knew how to outthink your opponenet. Problem with those games thou there was always imbalances which turned me away from the games.

I needed some new BR reading material

Ya the review was a bit off; the thing I dont agree on is the computer AI giving you a good game. In all honesty I havnt played a game in almost 2 weeks because of the weak AI (I really hope HC gets a decent patch soon). I'm dissapointed with the AI; some people like myself prefer to fight the AI. The comparrison to RTW was a bit strange since these are totally differnt games. But one thing I have to say the total war series is just plane awesome if you like those types of games.

I totally agree; naval costs should be lower at least by 1/3 if not by 50%. Funny how this is one of the things that stuck with me from SC1 ie dont buy nothing and dont repair much. I really hope HC includes a cost reduction in the patch; will make using naval vessels much more fun.

Thanks for the info HC hope you are having a nice holiday - btw I really enjoy the new 3d unit icons so far I really like the changes that you made since SC1; ie air power doesnt seem overpowered, the move then attack function, the whole diplomacey thing, the way you can upgrade units with which techs you want too, the engineer unit, the editor! (which I havnt even looked into yet) ...

I have a few questions about the game ... 1. As allies and canada - you get a bomber over in canada early on. I cant seem to do anything with this bomber; cant operate it over to englund and cant transport it elsewhere. 2. Can HQ of a allie help supply another allie? ie a HQ of the US supply british troops? 3. Why is it some turns my planes cant attack? but other turns they can? or maybe their range is very low (not sure). 4. Is a observation - seems germany and Italy dont use thier warships much.

Desert Dave ... you remind me of Tom Bombadil from the lord of the rings