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**Spectrex** · February 23, 2003, 15:09

Other reviews stated it was possible to turn off the AI but silly because it's far more capable of managing certain tasks than the player...

**Comrade Tribune** · February 23, 2003, 15:15

Originally posted by JonahFalcon
How can a game require little input and have bad AI and let you win? (shaking head)

Because opponent ai is even worse?

**Bort** · February 23, 2003, 15:17

theres a sucker born every minute...

Tom Chick is one of the very, very few writers whose articles I read just for the pleasure of reading his prose

I can't believe someone called it prose. If indeed it is prose...its like a harlequin classic smutty romance novel.

hey Tribune read that stuff at your own risk...I hear not only does it give you a headache, but also (and this is that part that doesn’t make any sense) induces volcanic diarrhea. I don't know somebody told me that. Still my going policy with regards to literature that gives you bowel trouble is steer clear...

**Comrade Tribune** · February 23, 2003, 15:23

Originally posted by Spectrex
Other reviews stated it was possible to turn off the AI but silly because it's far more capable of managing certain tasks than the player...

But what´s the point of it?

SP is about me against the Ai. If I just want to watch, I go to the cinema.

**vee4473** · February 23, 2003, 15:24

wow, take that Tom Chick, right upside the head.

but i somehow doubt that Bort would have said these things about Tom if Tom had written a positive review...hmm

he writes no better or worse than the other reviewers i don't think. He seems to use the same type of style, but he just applies it in criticism, not praise.

**Bort** · February 23, 2003, 15:27

no no no...There are some out there who apply a distinct legal brief style to their criticism. Even while they've got it on its back they give a game some dignity. This guy Tom was out to throw feces in someone’s face

**Comrade Tribune** · February 23, 2003, 15:29

And don´t anybody be ridiculous, and compare this to EU/HoI. In EU/HoI, you *do everything*. You couldn´t delegate your job to the ai, if you wanted to.

In Moo3, you obviously don´t get a choice.

And all those comments about the manual, ship design and combat? Do you believe the guy made that all up?

**Bort** · February 23, 2003, 15:32

well I don't believe that the other reviewers made their stuff up. I think they just played the game instead of spending their time on www.dictionary.com looking for more descriptive verble abuse

**vee4473** · February 23, 2003, 15:33

I've seen good reviews where they say it's a great game and the grand strategy of all time and blah blah, and then they give mils criticism about something they don't like in the game, but then go on to say that it's ok because after a while you don't notice the problem or whatever.

Tom did the same type of thing, he just overly criticized the game and gave it one very mild praise in the ground combat area and the overall complexity.

The same style but reversed.

One guy gives overwhelming praise with mild criticism and one guy gives overwhelming criticism with mild praise.

It's all what you wanna see i guess.

**booje** · February 23, 2003, 15:33

Well, there's an easy way to test the merit of the "auto-AI" overload. When you get the game, simply play several games where all you do is hit the turn button and see what happens. Obviously, you should NEVER win ONE game with this "strategy". I'm going to try it and see what happens.

**Arnelos** · February 23, 2003, 15:34

CT.... if you're that worried about it, here's a suggestion:

Let all of us suckers go buy the game and try it out. Give us about 1-2 weeks to figure out whether we love it and are posting all over the place how much we love the game or are pissed off at it and are posting all over the place about how QS/IG f*cked up a perfectly good game concept.

Then you can decide whether to buy the game.

Trust me... in about 2 weeks, it should be relatively clear whether we're the idiots for buying it or you're the bored guy who was left out for waiting 2 weeks.

So if you're really worried, just wait a little longer. I'm sure there are enough people around here to be your guinea pigs

**vee4473** · February 23, 2003, 15:35

Originally posted by Bort
well I don't believe that the other reviewers made their stuff up. I think they just played the game instead of spending their time on www.dictionary.com looking for more descriptive verble abuse

the positive reviews gave longwinded praise too.

**Infidel** · February 23, 2003, 15:37

Originally posted by Comrade Tribune
And don´t anybody be ridiculous, and compare this to EU/HoI. In EU/HoI, you *do everything*. You couldn´t delegate your job to the ai, if you wanted to.

In Moo3, you obviously don´t get a choice.

And all those comments about the manual, ship design and combat? Do you believe the guy made that all up?

DON'T raise up HOI as representing anything good for the strategy genre - out of box it is a P.O.S. - broken.

Hell, EU2 is up to patch 1.07 and STILL not finished...

At the very least, the extra time spent on MOO3 allowed QS to apparently FINISH the game. Of course, whether you like said game is a different matter...

-infidel

**Craig P.** · February 23, 2003, 15:40

The manual (and in-game help, and tech descriptions) is a consistent bad point among the reviews. The AI is not, nor is ship design, nor is combat. Just looking at screenies of the ship design screen, I don't really understand the criticism, as it's little different from MoO2.

As far as TFs go, well, if he doesn't like the idea, I suppose that's fair. I do. We disagree. 'nuff said.

About that TF's in battle thing... I suspect the icons indicate what kind of TF it is; if so, it's helpful enough for me.

**kalbear** · February 23, 2003, 15:41

CT, I still don't understand why you're here. You've stated time and time again that you'll not buy the game, that you don't like it for any number of reasons, and you want to voice this opinion so that IG will possibly care.

Why not do it on the IG boards? At least it's the corporate boards, and you'll be heard by more people. Doing it on a public board somewhere other than that? All that is doing is trolling. Eloquent trolling, but trolling nonetheless.

Read Bernie Rubber's viewpoint on the game, found in the 'don't buy MoO3' thread. And don't buy the game. That's fine.

Still seems like a huge waste of time pouring energy into convincing people on a fanboard - and not even the biggest fanboard, mind you - that their game will suck.

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