The game plays smoothly. No bugs. But the “Easy” AI is way too easy. I usually beat it by 75 points or more (not exaggerating). I once even beat the Easy AI by over 200 points. And sometimes the Easy AI won’t buy any victory point cards at all for the entire game! That’s no challenge, and no fun.
But I lose to the next AI level, “Medium”, 8 or 9 games out of 10. The AI gets just the right cards at just the right time. Losing most of the time, that’s not fun either. It really is ridiculous. I play a careful and thoughtful game against the Medium AI. And I’m way ahead. Then boom, the Medium AI gets all the right cards, and I lose.
Both the Easy and the Medium AI need to be adjusted. I shudder to think what playing against the Hard AI must be like. I haven’t tried, but it must be horrible.
On edit:
I’ve played more games, both Easy and Medium. Yes, it’s unbalanced. But it’s also interesting.
As I said earlier, the Easy AI is way too easy. But I’m noticing that on rare occasions Easy will put up a very enjoyable and spirited fight.
What’s going on? Maybe Easy just got the right cards. Or maybe Easy really is based on a good algorithm, and just needs to be tweaked.
Developer, please look into this.
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