People in Morrowind. That or the marines in every Halo game.
Edit: the dog in Fable 2 was a real dumb ass.
Edit: the dog in Fable 2 was a real dumb ass.
Dumbest A.I in a video game?
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I don't know the dumbest but, I know the smartest. The most intelligent AI is the Search Bar from The Adventure of the Search Bar. The Search Bar know ever thing about the Escapist, including forums that have been done over and over again.
Please kids, before posting, use the search bar.
Please kids, before posting, use the search bar.
My guess is that the NWN and NWN2 companion AI is intentional because of how easily a GMPC (which is what they are, from a certain point of view) could pwn everything. And how easy it is to break D&D. Having Qara actually know that all she has to do is spam the hell out of her fire spells would make the game a bit easy.
My vote probably would go for the enemy A.I. in Pokemon Red and Blue.
Every time I go to Erika's gym and whip out someone like Weepinbell, Gloom, or Ivysaur, Erika would just sit there and spam PoisonPowder over and over and over! Made for an easy fight, but, dang! I wanted a challenge!
Every time I go to Erika's gym and whip out someone like Weepinbell, Gloom, or Ivysaur, Erika would just sit there and spam PoisonPowder over and over and over! Made for an easy fight, but, dang! I wanted a challenge!
I got to say the people in Oblivion as well, especially during the very few yet very annoying "follow me" missions. When you do these missions you do it "their" way and by that I mean you will stay at least 10 feet behind them while they casually stroll through a graveyard filled with skeletal champions or some other weird stuff. You will not go ahead of them, if you do they stop in their tracks and refuse to continue forward. And they obviously have never heard of running. >.<
Oh and also some random guy attacked me, that one guy in the Imperial City retired Arcane University guy IDK why, I became Arch-Mage and out of nowhere he was like oh... you're the Arch-Mage huh? Cool... cool... DIE!!! Anyway sorry about the rant lol. >_>
Oh and also some random guy attacked me, that one guy in the Imperial City retired Arcane University guy IDK why, I became Arch-Mage and out of nowhere he was like oh... you're the Arch-Mage huh? Cool... cool... DIE!!! Anyway sorry about the rant lol. >_>
I prefer frag grenades, fucking grenades are not very accurate.Xyphon said:
Definitely the AI from Fable II, one second they're commenting on how they knew that one rude guy in Bloodstone who you killed, then they complement you on your rockin' moustache.
The guards from Assasins Creed, The Arbiter and the marines from halo, and your partner from Army of Two. Take your pick...
it's not so much that they are worse, it's that because we now have games where we have a greater ability to interact with AI and NPC's, we expect that they will have more realistic expressions. In the old days, there were less ways to interact, and so we expected less realism from NPC's. As technology progresses, we just expect more, and ultimately will likely be disappointed.Akai Shizuku said:
Mass Effect had pretty poor AI, and the enemies in Fallout 3 seemed to have something of a swarm mentality, even when they were all on their lonesome.
The prize for most pants on head retarded AI though has to go to Planetside, those TR and NC were just awful. (Yes, that is a light-hearted jab).
Actually, the AI in Deus Ex could be dodgy at times, it seemed a bit indecisive as to whether the enemies should charge or hide in cover. Saw more times than enough enemies under fire would charge directly at me only to pause a scant few feet away then run back towards cover, then stop to shoot. And die.
The prize for most pants on head retarded AI though has to go to Planetside, those TR and NC were just awful. (Yes, that is a light-hearted jab).
Actually, the AI in Deus Ex could be dodgy at times, it seemed a bit indecisive as to whether the enemies should charge or hide in cover. Saw more times than enough enemies under fire would charge directly at me only to pause a scant few feet away then run back towards cover, then stop to shoot. And die.
The A.I. that controls ALL the characters in L4D. The Zombies are smarter than your A.I. controled teammates.TeaBaggin said:
Driver 2 on the PS1.
They cant dodge cars but when you come within 15 feet of them they run through the nearest wall.
They cant dodge cars but when you come within 15 feet of them they run through the nearest wall.
Well I for one never had a problem with dom
Anyway...
I think it was Metal of Honor rising sun. I walked three feet from guy looking RIGHT AT ME and does nothing. I take one more step and then he decided to shoot me
Anyway...
I think it was Metal of Honor rising sun. I walked three feet from guy looking RIGHT AT ME and does nothing. I take one more step and then he decided to shoot me
I know it's been said before, but the AI in Assasin's Creed. It's not even so much that they are dumb, but are inconsistent. When I'm ten feet away, they think I'm just a priest who has a blade fetish, then when I'm five feet away, they suddenly realize who I am. Or on horseback...just because I'm galloping means that I am an enemy? what if I was actually a priest who had to get to my church because of an emergency? Or maybe because it's a big map, and I'd like to get through it quickly. At one point in Jerusalem, I just sat on a rope between two buildings, and threw knives at every guard who passed by for about five minutes...I killed at least thirty guards this way (yes I did have to restock) and yet no one realized that maybe i wasn't on the ground. The number of bodies was staggering when I finally came down. Not being a game developer, I have no idea how hard it is to program AI's especially in such an intricate and huge world, but it still seems ridiculous
The escorts in Dead Rising.
Hey, go run into that crowd of zombies!
DUR, OK THEN!
Fucking hate them.
Hey, go run into that crowd of zombies!
DUR, OK THEN!
Fucking hate them.