This game was really fun to play. It definitely felt harder playing as the USSR, despite the gameplay being very similar between sides, which was good. I definitely did not have a very good grasp of how all the points worked, but I like how it uses the different types of points, it reminds me of a board game. It was an enjoyable experience trying to play as fast as possible. The only weird thing I noticed was that when I played as the USSR, I won on easy in only a few launches because the US ran out of pride. I am unsure if this was a bug or not, but it ended the game fairly early so it seemed a bit odd.
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Thank you for the feedback! Yeah, the AI is actually playing the same game as the player so I had to put in a few little bumps to prevent the AI from losing too much pride. It is still technically possible for them to lose in that manner though, just very unlikely. I'm glad the difficulty difference between the USSR & USA was noticeable though.