AI player
Posted: Mon Apr 30, 2012 2:37 pm
The more I play, the more I get the impression that the AI player needs a major rewrite. Not only there is the problem of the flying superhero at the net documented here, no, this guy is so unbelievably good that in a virtual two and half hour match I played yesterday he N-E-V-E-R missed the court left or right during rallies. And no, I'm not kidding - I was paying special attention to it since I already had the impression the match before. Today was no difference. This is a fundamental flaw.
Add to that the ever perfect anticipation of this "robot" who never fails to react to any kind of situation, gets never caught wrong-footed or is late on the ball and often enough also knows at the exact moment the ball leaves your racket that it will go wide and doesn't move an inch further and you won't have that much fun playing anymore... This guy desperately needs to get more "human".
Really, I liked this game from the start as it was challenging and felt authentic, but once you're getting used to it and have more time to concentrate on the details you'll see the weirdest things and start to wonder if 0.5.2 wouldn't be a more appropriate version number. The potential for a very good game certainly is still there, but these are annoying things that need to be sorted out.
Add to that the ever perfect anticipation of this "robot" who never fails to react to any kind of situation, gets never caught wrong-footed or is late on the ball and often enough also knows at the exact moment the ball leaves your racket that it will go wide and doesn't move an inch further and you won't have that much fun playing anymore... This guy desperately needs to get more "human".
Really, I liked this game from the start as it was challenging and felt authentic, but once you're getting used to it and have more time to concentrate on the details you'll see the weirdest things and start to wonder if 0.5.2 wouldn't be a more appropriate version number. The potential for a very good game certainly is still there, but these are annoying things that need to be sorted out.