Most brainless AI

[Vrex360]

For me this would have to go to the otherwise excellent Gears of War 2 in both campain and multiplayer. First off in campain as Yahtzee already mentioned the friendly AI has a frustrating habit to leave you to die. And in multiplayer death matches when you are the only human player and the rest are bots (don't have live at the moment) there is nothing worse than dying and having to watch your AI team struggle to fight while unable to even figure out where the enemy are.
What is the dumbest AI you ever encountered and how did it effect you as a gamer?

 

[SmilingKitsune]

Friendly ai seems to be very tough to pull off, Gears 2's friendlys are pretty moronic but I think Halo 3's marines take the cake, they've run me over on several occasions and trying to operate the turret of a warthog while they drive is a one way ticket to an early grave.

 

[orangebandguy]

Mercs 2 without a doubt.

 

[Hoppetussa]

Carmine from Gears 2 was actually helpful in the campaign.

 

[TheSeventhLoneWolf]

Metal gear solid: Sons of liberty
-Explosion- ''what was that just now?' -Walks away-
Dull.

 

[MercurySteam]

Your allies in Frontlines: Fuel of War

 

[Nexus424]

Friendly ai seems to be very tough to pull off, Gears 2's friendlys are pretty moronic but I think Halo 3's marines take the cake, they've run me over on several occasions and trying to operate the turret of a warthog while they drive is a one way ticket to an early grave.

This.

I don't even want to think of the times I was doing fine on Legendary until a warthog brought me to a terrible friend related death.

 

[Asparagus Brown]

Most things by Bethesda. I wouldn't have it any other way, though. My fondest memory of Oblivion was seeing my friend commit a crime, have the guard captain (and for some reason, a vagabond Nord) chase him half-way across the map, only then to be forgiven for his crimes. Being in the middle of a quest that required the guard captain, however, meant that my friend then had to chase the guard back across the map to speak with him. Once he found him, he tried to speak with him and the captain would just mumble something like "can't you see I'm in the middle of an investigation?" despite being in the middle of the forest. So, after letting the guard captain walk slowly back to the city, he arrived back where he was to begin with, my friend could then present the evidence to the guard, who acted entirely shocked and as if my friend hadn't tried to speak with him hours before.

Then of course there was the time I couldn't complete a quest because, as I came back to report my small victory to the quest-giver, I saw him run out of his house with an axe, following another NPC, who was fleeing, before the guards killed them both. None of this bothered other NPCs, either, of course, who just walked past the bodies.

Ah, good times, good times.

 

[Eagle Est1986]

Call of Duty: World at War. Seriously, the AI in Gears 2 is glorious compared to the idiots in World at War.
I've seen Nazi soldiers run past three of my allies, not more than a foot away from them, to get to me. The fact that the Nazi soldier ignored them bugged me enough but the fact that my team didn't even flinch at his presence killed me inside.
This wasn't a one off either, I've seen it happen on multiple occasions, right before I had to turn it off, for fear of breaking my TV.

 

[Antiparticle]

Call of Duty: World at War. Seriously, the AI in Gears 2 is glorious compared to the idiots in World at War.
I've seen Nazi soldiers run past three of my allies, not more than a foot away from them, to get to me. The fact that the Nazi soldier ignored them bugged me enough but the fact that my team didn't even flinch at his presence killed me inside.
This wasn't a one off either, I've seen it happen on multiple occasions, right before I had to turn it off, for fear of breaking my TV.

This, as they say. It's kind of surreal to be fighting in a big war only to see the enemy soldiers walk right past your squadmates, neither side shooting the other ("hey" "'sup"), just to attack you. The Hell? It's one of the reasons why I think CoD5 singleplayer is thoroughly disappointing. (Fortunately the fun multiplayer makes up for a lot.)

 

[arcstone]

Does goldeneye for the n64 count?

 

[ForrestDixon]

Mercs 2 when trying to get some one in a car or ANY vehicle for that matter. GTA IV when you are trying to pick up a hooker. For some reason it never works for me.

 

[MortisLegio]

Dawn of War's Orks just run into enemy bullets when controlled by the Computer even on the hardest setting.

I think if your playing with Bots in gears when you die you should just take over a bot.

 

[Vrex360]

Then of course there was the time I couldn't complete a quest because, as I came back to report my small victory to the quest-giver, I saw him run out of his house with an axe, following another NPC, who was fleeing, before the guards killed them both. None of this bothered other NPCs, either, of course, who just walked past the bodies.

Ah, good times, good times.[/quote]

Actually I found that problem as well, sepcifically when your next objective relied on an AI telling you what to do. You know the game can't advance until he says where you have to go and then he just never fucking says anything.

 

[hxcfreak]

gears of war

 

[spiritslayr]

I had noticed that the AI for Halo 3 seems much worse than that of Halo 1 & 2.
I think this is due to a reduction in scripting, the npcs are being told less what to do and when.
Then again, L4D has virtually no scripting and manages to do well.
Think about the survivor bots, they're mostly very intelligent at least on the lower difficulties.

 

[pha kin su pah]

For me this would have to go to the otherwise excellent Gears of War 2 in both campain and multiplayer. First off in campain as Yahtzee already mentioned the friendly AI has a frustrating habit to leave you to die. And in multiplayer death matches when you are the only human player and the rest are bots (don't have live at the moment) there is nothing worse than dying and having to watch your AI team struggle to fight while unable to even figure out where the enemy are.
What is the dumbest AI you ever encountered and how did it effect you as a gamer?

Play Annex, with bots, they seem to jump in intelligence then, have even picked up some of my cheap tricks, friendly AI can be frustrating at times. Playing something like warzone, will force the AI to drop its standards because it has nothing to measure against but itself.

L4D bots are amazing in some aspects and the worst in others, but i'd rather have 1 bot + 3 man team, than a full Human party.

 

[quack35]

Oblivion AI switches from "alright" to "retarded" very quickly.

 

[Hunde Des Krieg]

For me this would have to go to the otherwise excellent Gears of War 2 in both campain and multiplayer. First off in campain as Yahtzee already mentioned the friendly AI has a frustrating habit to leave you to die. And in multiplayer death matches when you are the only human player and the rest are bots (don't have live at the moment) there is nothing worse than dying and having to watch your AI team struggle to fight while unable to even figure out where the enemy are.
What is the dumbest AI you ever encountered and how did it effect you as a gamer?

Play Annex, with bots, they seem to jump in intelligence then, have even picked up some of my cheap tricks, friendly AI can be frustrating at times. Playing something like warzone, will force the AI to drop its standards because it has nothing to measure against but itself.

L4D bots are amazing in some aspects and the worst in others, but i'd rather have 1 bot + 3 man team, than a full Human party.

Skill in bot matches for the AI seems to switch sides occasionally too, have you noticed anything like that?

 

[Count_de_Monet]

All of the Call of Duty games. The whole series is based around being able to get away with the dumbest AI possible... If you infinitely respawn gerbils I'm sure I could be overrun eventually but throw five of them at me and I'd be fine. CoD operates on the same principle, if you throw 1000 morons at me whose only direction is "See enemy, shoot enemy, stand still waiting to be shot" it's a challenge but if you only have 10 or 15 who always stand in the same position I could win with a toothpick.