AI War: Vengeance Of The Machine Demo

In order for strategy games to be fun, they must feature a variety of complex gameplay mechanics and every faction must be in perfect balance with each other. However, even if all of these objectives are met, it’s still no fun if the players have no one to play it against. To solve this, developers have been struggling to create competitive AIs for years now, but few have succeeded in this regard.

AI War: Vengeance of the Machine is a real-time strategy game in which your primary purpose is to outsmart the opponent and destroy his superior fleet using clever tactics. In essence, you are always outnumbered and outgunned, which is why the way you approach the confrontations is the most important aspect of combat. Regardless of how many spaceships you manage to build, the AI is always going to have more.

Story-wise, Vengeance of the Machine is still an expansion pack, which means that there’s not much of a campaign included with the rest of the improvements. Instead, the enemy has learned new tricks in the meantime, and it can put even experienced players in difficult situations. Naturally, it would be advisable to start with the original release instead, otherwise you might give up before the game starts to be fun.

One of the most impressive aspects of the series is the AI itself, because the developers worked really hard to make the computer-controlled opponents as ruthless as possible. You also have the option to configure their mentality and choose how they approach each game. Now, the “dual type” AI comes with the ability to use two of these approaches at the same time and come up with incredible new strategies.

Just like before, the graphics are not at all incredible and some may even have a hard time deciphering what’s happening on the screen. There are many units and lines constantly cluttering the view, which looks intimidating if you are not familiar with the game. After a bit of practice, however, you can easily understand and deal with the mess without too much trouble.

In the end, replayability is the word that describes AI War: Vengeance of the Machine the best. Thanks to all the strategies and tactics available at your disposal, not to mention the impressive collection of AI personalities, you can squeeze many hours of gameplay out of the game.