Pyramid Head
Chieftain
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- Sep 25, 2010
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people are not complaining because AI is not on genius levels. People complain because AI in sequels is worse than in previous intallmets.I don't know why people act as if there has ever been a strategy game with significantly better AI. Sure it's a nuisance, but AI's are extremely limited, it's never been better and probably won't change anytime soon.
Our brain is better than any computer constructed so far, and we think about complex moves or about founding a city for several seconds. The AI has less than a second per turn for all actions.
Making the AI more competitive would also mean sacrificing a lot of gameplay elements they simply have trouble understanding.
Hell, I still remember that CivV could not manage citizen allocation until G&K, while CivIV and Alpha Centaury had it working without problems in 1999. Even in 1999 AI would not place city on starvation just because you clicked production focus, which was a common thing in CivV.
When things get worse, then people start to complain.