Online, you can play one of two ways: you can either get into individual
battles against other human players, pitting your knight team against theirs, or you can join the war mode.
In communications mode, you can
battle against other human players, or, if you have their friend card, you can play against their «ghost» player while they are offline.
Not exact matches
Software teams have been
battling StarCraft - playing AIs
against each
other for years in the AIIDE StarCraft AI Competition, but when pitted
against humans, the best flesh - and - blood
players still have the edge.
While I've not had any time during pre-release to play online
against human opponents — my
battles have been mainly
against normal or higher AI in arcade, versus and story mode — I feel confident that I can at least make
other players work for their wins.
A.I. during online multiplayer is a positive design choice as it means that a
player who can not immediately find
other human players can instead enjoy online multiplayer modes
against A.I. in race and elimination event types in addition to co-operatively with A.I. and
against A.I. in team focused event types throughout
battle mode.
Upon earning 60 skill checks;
players will unlock the ability to create their own cup series allowing full customisation or alternatively randomising including saving up to five unique cup series to choose from comprising of
human only or
human and A.I. competitors, anywhere from two to ten competitors and between one to five events in addition to the race,
battle race, stunt showcase and takedown modes albeit takedown mode is only available
against human opponents, the amount of tracks that have been unlocked during gameplay in
other modes, event duration such as one to ten laps in race and
battle race or up to five minutes in stunt showcase and takedown and one of 18 weapon sets or all weapons for
battle race or one of seven weapon sets or basic takedown weapons for takedown events.
For the multi-
player enthusiasts, you can compete in up to 6
player online Solo or Team
battles against other humans or AI, for the top spot on the global rankings.