WiR 3.0 AI

[Micha]

Almost ten years ago I played "Second Front" (on Amiga 500) and some years later the original WiR. In my opinion it's the best wargame ever. My only problem was that I couldn't find any wargamers in my neighbourhood, so I always had to play against the Computer, and it seemed too easy to win against the AI. Once I even won the 43 campaign for the Germans because the computer chose to push back my weak southern front instead of countering my reckless all-out assault on Moscow.
Recently I downloaded the Matrix Project. For those of you who also know the older versions: Do you think there's a better AI in V3.0? I'm just playing my first game in this version, and it seems better, but it's still relatively easy to encircle advancing enemy corps/armies while the AI rarely uses opportunities to cut off my spearheads.

[Svar]

Originally posted by Micha:
Almost ten years ago I played "Second Front" (on Amiga 500) and some years later the original WiR. In my opinion it's the best wargame ever. My only problem was that I couldn't find any wargamers in my neighbourhood, so I always had to play against the Computer, and it seemed too easy to win against the AI. Once I even won the 43 campaign for the Germans because the computer chose to push back my weak southern front instead of countering my reckless all-out assault on Moscow.
Recently I downloaded the Matrix Project. For those of you who also know the older versions: Do you think there's a better AI in V3.0? I'm just playing my first game in this version, and it seems better, but it's still relatively easy to encircle advancing enemy corps/armies while the AI rarely uses opportunities to cut off my spearheads.

Micha,

The Matrix Project WIR AI is the same AI as the GG WIR, the only difference is the combat routines and production models have changed along with a lot of bugs fixed. The original WIR came out in the early 80s so Second Front was actually the second iteration while GG WIR is the third.

Svar

[Kuniworth]

Well I havent played the new version all that much but the problem with second front I remember being that it must had been something wrong with the defensce-formulas. Attack always succeded. One visible change with Matrix is that the soviets at the start of 41´scenario got fewer corps but their stronger.

I agree the new Matrix-version is better but still way inadequate.