Most annoying AI in a game

[gamefreakbsp]

The AI in Halo: Combat Evolved was so terrible. I lost track of how many times a marine would jump in front of my tank and I'd kill him.

 

[AgDr_ODST]

Oh man, any follower in Fallout 3. If you have ANY follower, patience is needed. Lots of patience.

This is why you either don't bother with them or have them wait initially when you know your going into a fight so you get can attempt to score a critical hit before the shit hits the fan

I found the friendly A.I. in Half-Life 2 to be very annoying. They did a terrible job of following you, and they seemed to retreat too often.

True, but at least their (enjoyable) death doesn't make the mission fail

but atleast its nice to know that it isn't impossible to get through some sections alone, when thier faulty programming causes them to do the opposite of what you need them to do

 

[minidevil921]

GRAW 2 "We are under fire" Let's wait until the guy tells us to get into cover and not shoot anything ugggg

 

[gmaverick019_v1legacy]

i can't think of one in particular, but good example would be l4d2, where its a TEAM based game, and the AI IS HORRRIBLEEE, where they do absolutely nothing besides blocking your way in the door or not getting to the checkpoint or end fast enough so you end up being screwed

whats the point of having a team based game or having tactics with other AI's when they dont do SHIT on what they are even supposed to do? then you end up getting raped and they just stand there watching with popcorn in there mouth taking it in the ass by whatever boss is now owning them, which SEEMINGLY, the enemy AI always seems to know which one is the human becuz i swear to god they chase you first before going after anyone else

 

[FalloutJack]

Well, since AI aren't even real, we'll have to amend this to "Who's the dumbest programmer for a game?".

To me, the answer is actually whoever worked on Soul Calibur 3. All you had to do was make a bunch of characters fight and you flubbed it! What's the matter? Get your If-Then statements crossed? Because If a game-controlled opponent does the same move, over and over again, Then you screwed up! That's not fighting! Fighting involves a variety of moves and style, something even the average button-masher can pull off. How hard can it be to make a fighter work, when compared to a full-blown adventure game?

Yeah, I get pissed at things like that. It's weird.

 

[Evil Tim]

Well, since AI aren't even real

They're as real as the post I'm quoting.

 

[FalloutJack]

I'm sorry, Dave, but I'm afraid you're wrong.

There has yet to be a proper AI as of yet. Leaving out the Turing Test or the fact that nobody's gone Skynet on us, the fact remains that computers, games, and what-have-you are merely impressively programmed, not thinking for themselves. They have alot of information at their fingertips and a program to compute a reasonable response, but they couldn't cheer for your football team, give you their opinion on Marxism, and they certainly don't tell the characters in a game to do things smarter.

This thread proves a negative.

 

[Dragon Zero]

I hate my team in Rainbow 6 Vegas 2, I always need to take care of these bastards like they were five years old. Whats worse is that the AI team in the first Vegas were amazingly good (at least by comparison) Things like that piss me off.

 

[RADEOCIDE]

Zoey in Left 4 Dead.



I swear, she is the worst AI in that game.
All AI's in that game are absolutely horrible,
but her... holy hell, she is the worst of all.

She glitches out of the safe room and will get destroyed,
OR she'll just look for pills and shoot her double pistols randomly.

 

[laststandman]

I hate my team in Rainbow 6 Vegas 2, I always need to take care of these bastards like they were five years old. Whats worse is that the AI team in the first Vegas were amazingly good (at least by comparison) Things like that piss me off.

I love that game, but I would have to agree with you, they are god awful. And why is it that they get 10 of each grenade between the two of them, while you're stuck with two of each? at least you know how to use them.

 

[Spiner909]

Mercenaries...bleh.

 

[rapidoud]

Sheva irritated the ****en S*** out of me.

Til I swapped to her, gave chris the rocket launcher.

Now I'm just plain scared of getting friendly fired, but sadly, the friendly AI actually beats some of the morons online who go in with no first aid sprays or vests and then spam "Come on!" at you as they triggered a freaken mine which is obviously there. Sigh. Then they quit due to that and so I just play with the trigger-happy AI whom I give the deagle and rockets and just stay the HELL BACK!!!!!!

Dumb AI yeah L4D but the online players are bad too. I get pounced and they run off then when they see me get incap'd they're like ohhhhhh he's a baddy, then when they get pounced I stop it straight away yet somehow it's my fault? Don't even get me started on me being the only one shooting the specials before they get close. I wish I had some smart friendly players, but I'd rather stick with the bots then online randoms anyday as they can actually shoot and stay together.

 

[Programmed_For_Damage]

Probably Sheva not acting like a friend playing with you and instead acting like a griefing 13 year old trying to make you miserable.

I found her to be very good actually.

I'm like the only one who had a nice expierence with her!

Nah, I found her quite handy in a firefight. The only problem I had with her was that she felt the need to use the first aid spray on me when I so much as stubbed my toe.

Also the Hitman guard AI, much like the guards in Oblivion, is telepathic. They can tell I've switch disguises when I'm in a room with no windows, no cameras and absolutely no one in the f*cking thing!

 

[rapidoud]

Most AI are quite stupid, maybe I'm just used to hanging out with non-retarded people?

Most players can be quite stupid, on RE5 there was a kid who made me spend an hour on the final wesker fight :|

Kid: No, you have to shoot him otherwise he gets to me across the bridge.

Me: No, you have to mash a button a bit. (That was a shortened version of a 20 minute arguement)

Kid: HEY MOM!!!!! CAN YOU MASH THIS BUTTON FOR ME????

Me: Err is your mum gonna do it?

Kid: Yeah my whole family's watching

True Story, shame he couldn't mash 1 damn button and do what I told him when, even though I hadn't done the fight before, it was plain and obvious how to do it. Not to mention he just wanted mt to shoot wesker endlessly after that...... sigh.

 

[Kororci]

The bots in L4D We all know the dancing on heads glitch I'm talking about...

 

[TheFacelessOne]

the AI in RTSs. they always know your exact location of everything.

and if its allied it always finds some way to have a problem with what you want it to do

And the idea of working with you makes them suck, otherwise, the idea of going against you, and suddenly they're invincible.

The civilian A.I. in Saints Row 2. Most of the time, when you're speeding on the road, about half of the civilians will jump into the way of your car and die, effectively commiting suicide.

But that's not neccesarily a bad thing, though.

 

[Evil Tim]

I'm sorry, Dave, but I'm afraid you're wrong.

There has yet to be a proper AI as of yet.

No, there has yet to be properly sentient AI. There are in fact things in the world less intelligent than humans [animals, insects, fish, X Factor contestants, etc], and the bundles of scripted reflex actions we see in games aren't that different to the intelligence of a purely instinctive creature like a fly or cockroach.

 

[Programmed_For_Damage]

The civilian A.I. in Saints Row 2. Most of the time, when you're speeding on the road, about half of the civilians will jump into the way of your car and die, effectively commiting suicide.

But that's not neccesarily a bad thing, though.

Believe it or not they are supposed to do that at times. They're trying to commit insurance fraud. You see this happen during the Fuzz side-quests.
It's kinda like how you'll be walking past a building and someone will fall out of the sky and splat right in front of you. Thanks Volition.

 

[Ace of Spades]

The AI in Oblivion for always running in front of me when I do a power attack, the AI in GTA IV for making Packie MacCreary run right in front me my AK-47 whilst mowing down enemies, the friendly AI in Dragon Age: Origins for not being able to handle magic correctly, and the AI in Uncharted Drake's Fortune for being too good at killing me on Normal difficulty.

 

[FalloutJack]

I'm sorry, Dave, but I'm afraid you're wrong.

There has yet to be a proper AI as of yet.

No, there has yet to be properly sentient AI. There are in fact things in the world less intelligent than humans [animals, insects, fish, X Factor contestants, etc], and the bundles of scripted reflex actions we see in games aren't that different to the intelligence of a purely instinctive creature like a fly or cockroach.

Sorry, I've got a black and white perception on this. It's either an intelligence that is artificial, or its a load of code.