Which shooter has the best enemy A.I?

[TheYellowCellPhone]

I liked Arkham Asylum's, especially during the sneaky gargoyle moments.

Tie an enemy to a gargoyle. Someone runs over, finds it, gets the other guards to gather and see it.

But what I absolutely loved was this one time when I narrowed a group down to two stealthily, and the last two guys realized that shit had long since hit the fan, and actually paired up, walked around back-to-back, looking around for you. 'Course, they were taken out by a multi-Batarang followed by a cry of "I'M BATMAN, *****."

Not a shooter, I know, but still...

 

[Ice Car]

ArmA 2 hands down. a little glitchy at times, but the AI is very very smart.

Even if they're smart, I can't really take them seriously with the hilarious voice acting.

Oh my god. I died laughing. God that voice acting is a joke.

I'll have to agree with a few of the people here and say Halo Reach has some great enemy AI.

 

[Dan Steele]

killzone 3 and resistance 3 (From what I played in the demo at Insomniac's community day)

 

[Creator002]

Yeah, Halo: Reach had good A.I, at least on the enemy side. The friendlies.... I can't even list the amount of controllers I've broke to Kat running over me or driving my vehicle off a cliff! Oh yeah, and Jorge was cool except for the fact he acted like a blind Heavy Weapons Guy and was good for little else then a meatshield.

I agree with this. Halo: Reach's enemy AI was quite good. It was good enough to annoy me just enough to keep playing, but Kat, jeez. She really doesn't help the stereotype of bad women drivers.

 

[Dogstile]

Arkham Asylum had some pretty damn decent AI in it. Although I started noticing patterns near the end.

Aside from that, stalker. I mean, damn, the blood suckers would hit me in the side and leg it into the bushes. Then they'd do it again, and again, and again. Only reason I survived is because I jumped on a boat and trained my gun on the only way up.

Even then, seeing those eyes charge at you down the boat is... unsettling.

 

[Wayneguard]

fear 1 has fantastic AI. They pull shit all the time that the enemies in other games can't even begin to dream of.

 

[FoolKiller]

I thought the original Ghost Recons had some of the best tactical programming. They were smart and had memories that lasted more than 5 seconds.

Sorry OP but I have to disagree with you on Splinter Cell: Conviction. I love the series but this one for me was way too easy. I would take one down and they would investigate and give up after 15 seconds. WTF??? If I kill one of your friends recently, and you can't spot me in 15 seconds, would you go back to your regular patrol? And I would repeatedly kill people in the same spot and the patrol wouldn't get any smarter.

 

[FightThePower]

F.E.A.R gets my vote, but I'm convinced that there's not been a single game that has 'smart' AI. It's all relative as far as I'm concerned.

 

[Not G. Ivingname]

F.E.A.R.

Fights with the clones are the best parts of the game.

Turns out that was pretty much an accident.

Their attempts to Flank and provide covering fire was more do to the "two ways to any place" level design rather than the AI itself. That is why the enemies in the Condemned games (made by the same company) are complete morons.

 

[-Dragmire-]

Left 4 Dead though I'm not sure if it was the AI that was good or the strategic spawning that was good... damn smokers.

 

[SenorNemo]

I'd have to go with Crysis 2. I'm not really certain, but I'll say this: they made quite the first impression. Once, early in the game, I got complacent and the AI actually went around an alley and flanked me. It was my fault for letting that happen, of course, but I hadn't seen anything quite like it in a shooter before.

 

[dantoddd]

I remember band of brothers having superb AI

 

[nbamaniac]

Left 4 Dead though I'm not sure if it was the AI that was good or the strategic spawning that was good... damn smokers.

It is a little bit of both.. The AI director was very good strategically imo and the special zombie AI's really are fun since they know how to retreat and take advantage.

 

[Black Arrow Officer]

The Left 4 Dead 2 survivor A.I act like 8 year olds playing on mommy's Windows 98, but the infected are ruthless on expert. They coordinate attacks better than humans.

 

[SoranMBane]

The best I've encountered personally is probably in the Fear games. They flank, they take cover, they temporarily retreat when hurt, they almost never fall for my corner camping (in fact, they'll usually just toss a grenade around the corner instead), and my flashlight is liable to alert them to my presence. In fact, I'm a hell of a lot more likely to use suicidal Zerg-rushing tactics than they are, so I'll readily admit that they're better tacticians than me.

 

[Zeema]

Yeah i rekon Uncharted

man thats a fun game

 

[jedizero]

FEAR games for pure combat A.I.
Arma II for tactical overland combat.
For realistic human reactions, STALKER.
For reminding us all that computer scripts are only as intelligent as the people that make them....

I'd have to say the lunatics from Dead Rising 2.

 

[hazabaza1]

Aside from that, stalker. I mean, damn, the blood suckers would hit me in the side and leg it into the bushes. Then they'd do it again, and again, and again. Only reason I survived is because I jumped on a boat and trained my gun on the only way up.

Gah, I hated them. My first real encounter was in CoP in the swamp. Three of the bastards. Used up a ridiculous amount of my ammo.

 

[Mauro Carrizales]

I'd have to go with Crysis 2. I'm not really certain, but I'll say this: they made quite the first impression. Once, early in the game, I got complacent and the AI actually went around an alley and flanked me. It was my fault for letting that happen, of course, but I hadn't seen anything quite like it in a shooter before.

I don't think Crysis 2 has the best AI because they always get out of cover when you are trying to shoot them and they always charge at you in the open.