Board 8 > What game had the best enemy a.i. ever?

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that you've ever played

Probably F.E.A.R.

Perfect Dark

mgs?

Snake5555555555 posted...

Probably F.E.A.R.

I remember this being said before it came out but i can't remember being that impressed by it. Then again it has been 18 years since i played it.

My first thought was fear.

What do you look for in good enemy AI?

I went with PD for the multiplayer bots that were so cool and varied at the time before online gaming blew up on consoles..That said, it partly depends on the genres. I want my 2D platformers and roguelikes -- maybe single player games in general -- to have learnable patterns that lead to fun strategies. Meanwhile I want my FPSs and racing games -- maybe multiplayer games in general -- to feel like a competitive back-and-forth of being able to outsmart each other. I want all of these to have enemy AI that feels like their own individual characters different from other types -- goomba VS paratroopa, the different types of flies in Binding of Isaac, speed and acceleration differences in racing games, playstyles in FPS games, even the different techniques for each ghost in Pac-Man, variations like that. They all have to be beatable in some capacity and the goal is to be fun, but opposing the player with lots of variations can help keep it fresh.

I was confused by the PD pick as I was only thinking of single player, but that's a good point- the level of multiplayer bot customizability was insane.

Unreal Tournament 99 and 2k4 both have pretty ridiculous bot AI. I feel like those are good candidates.

Rimworld

I remember getting outsmarted by the Left 4 Dead 1 and 2 special zombies a whole lot. They were really good at hiding and jumping out at the perfect times.