Umm.. if you don't like bots, don't play against them? Really, how hard is that?

Since only about half of xbox 360 owners even have Live (not everyone agrees with "pay to play") bots are still there as an OPTION for those who would prefer to play offline, or for those who don't even have Live.

It's hilarious seeing people complain about a bot they've never even played against and never have to use in the first place.

I'm glad they decided to add bots and those who bitch about them being there as an option, SIMPLY DON'T USE THEM!

And who says singleplayer is dying?

Personally I don't think it's worth it if you don't intend to play multiplayer.
At the moment the AI is pretty lacking, but as with most RTS games, pretty much anything you can do online, you can also do offline with computer players. (You're limited to 4 player maps though for some reason, which you can get around by hosting your own multiplayer game and adding computers to fill in the rest of the slots.)

Personally I like Battle for middle earth 2 better, it's lacking in AI as well, but there's so much to do in there, and the 3 vs 1 maps (you put a brutal computer at the fortress to defend and you have 2 AI allies) are excellent. Just be sure to put the AI players on "brutal" or else it's no challenge at all.

I have a sempron 3400 (1.9ghz) 1gb ram and a radeon all in wonder 2006 edition (low-end x1300 video card) and it runs fine.

I'd like to hear if mercenaries (AI companions to go with you on quests) were included or not though.. main thing I'm going to start looking for whenever I get the hell out of this confusing dungeon!

Did mercenaries/AI companions make it into the final game?

Unbelievable, and they're still charging a full $50 for Battlefield 2. I got Battlefield 2 today at circuit city for $39.99 (this week only) and am already feeling ripped off.
And of course, the lack of bot support doesn't help at all, they had like 5 AI programmers on Battlefield 2 and they coudn't even give us support for the 32 or 64 player maps?

Seconding the first poster, I won't be buying it either.

They've been milking the cow as much as the Sims and the dynasty warriors have, only these are really just "patches in boxes". I've owned every cossacks and american conquest so far, but they fail to address the real issues like piss poor AI, and the games continue to look EXACTLY the same over the years, only thing different is a different singleplayer campaign, and some units changed around to be called a different nation.

If you want this patch in a box, have at it. But I'm done putting down my hard earned money on a game series that continues releasing retail patches and not even fixing the horrible computer AI.

So the minumum is a 2.4ghz processor, but they prefer a 1.2ghz.

Do you even have a 10 foot stick?

Having loved the second one, I can only imagine this one will be much better. Why not give it a chance before dismissing it, or at least wait till the reviews come in?