Gaming in a mobius strip

[Nate Hunter]

I have to agree -- the Yu-Gi-Oh video games do have a lot of bad points, particularly the completely random shuffling (a real shuffle isn't completely random -- the deck is split into two halves then shuffled together, optimally with one-one distribution from each half after the shuffle, but it varies because of individual tendencies and how well worn the cards are, etc.) and a lack of a real strategy on the computer's part (essentially they take the premise and attempt to use it fully without strategy).

Now, if the programmers could make a really good Shuffle program where it runs something based on two halves of a deck being intermixed... And then some half-way decent Dueling AIs for the characters, maybe based on their strategies in the show (where applicable)... then the games could be good. But without that, they can't compete to a real duel (and I hate my little brother always challenging me to a duel and thinking he'll win, and making me rematch him when I win... Gueh!)

As far as PSO3, I can't say much -- I ended up cancelling my pre-order so that I could get FFXI Of course, this comes with another card-battlign game pre-installed to the Hard Drive, Tetra Master, which is very fun to play, whether against the server-side computers or against other people.