With ChatGPT being so popular, I made a trip back to one of my favorite games, Empire Earth.
When I used to play this game as I was younger, there was a sense of how annoying it was. The AI in random matches and campaigns was often cheating constantly. While I understand that Computers cannot really match the thinking of a human, it is really frustrating to see the AIs cheat their way through a game.
In the above screenshot, you can see an example of how the computer is limited in its thinking.
As soon as I bulit three wonders, the AI makes a beeline to attack it. It is very obvious and it is clear that the AI running on a script and its not very creative here.
I was playing on the settings Small, Mediterranean as it is my most favorite of the maps,
However, there was another sign of the AI cheating here. Wherever there is water, the AI sends its citizens to go build on the shore just to make sure it has a dock ready to pump out some ships to harass me.
The AI knows where to harass me, which is typical in these games of this era.
There is one thing that I do enjoy about it cheating, however. The AI is aggressive even on Easy. There is one thing to say about the AI on the Easy mode; it isn’t easy.
The AI is challenging for sure and that makes the game worth playing in this current age of handholding and mobile games.
This is why we should cherish older games.
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