Comeback AI

[Redshirt_EA]

The only "comeback logic" the CPU has is changing the same strategy settings that the human player has.

[RealmK]

Quote: Originally Posted by tgalv

yup. the cpu will step up their game at certain points during a game and some games will be harder than others. some people accept the challenge and see it as sort of realistic and fun and other just want to complain about it because they want to play the same exact game over and over again.

Bingo!

[Guffers]

Quote: Originally Posted by Redshirt_EA

The only "comeback logic" the CPU has is changing the same strategy settings that the human player has.

That's really cool to know, you'll have to forgive some people their suspicions because if they are like me then they have been playing games like Pro Evolution Soccer for years, amongst others. I swear at one point I thought that Pro Evo's entire AI was built around CPU cheats.

Now I'll go back to NHL 09 and try to get better at adjusting my strategies to counter the CPU. Thanks for the clarification.

[NYwRiter94]

Well i seem to have fixed the problem by shoring up the holes in my defense...now I'm on a 9 game winning streak with a minimum of 4 goals in each game, and Mikko Koivu, despite having played less games than the other league leaders, is leading the league in points with about 25 points in 15 games. Most of the defensive success is due, however, to Backstrom's insane goaltending.

Thanks for the clarification guys.

[baa7]

Quote: Originally Posted by Redshirt_EA

The only "comeback logic" the CPU has is changing the same strategy settings that the human player has.

What you fail to mention is the CPU gets speed, agility and shot accuracy boosts when it changes to a pressure strategy. Which then makes it almost impossible to get the puck away from the CPU, and which in turn results in more shots and goals by the CPU in those situations. As I've said before, it's not comeback code ala other video games. It's player ratings cheat/boost programming, which is why the OP and others who have complained about this -- myself inciuded -- get frustrated with the CPU "comeback" goals.

[baa7]

Quote: Originally Posted by SpHSpH

I am convinced that this is in EVERY EASports title. NHL / FIFA / NCAAFootball / Madden / etc ...

It's in FIFA 09, but not to the same degree. FIFA 08 was horrible for this same CPU ratings boost stuff, but they seemed to have toned it down in 09. Hopefully with NHL 2010, the developers will tone it down as well. I'd prefer to see the sort of intelligent programming where the CPU to plays smarter, tighter defense and what have you, instead of simply making CPU players so fast and agile that it's impossble to strip the puck from them.

[Redshirt_EA]

Quote: Originally Posted by baa7

What you fail to mention is the CPU gets speed, agility and shot accuracy boosts when it changes to a pressure strategy.

They don't.

[dave374]

Quote: Originally Posted by Redshirt_EA

The only "comeback logic" the CPU has is changing the same strategy settings that the human player has.

I think the comeback code is so deep in the game's code that today's programmers/developers can't find it.