Everytime a KZ2 thread pops up, it's almost always about graphics so I barely know a damn thing about the actual gameplay itself. Are bots in the beta? It's already been confirmed that the game does have bot support, which is a HUGE plus for me. Great FPS games with bot support are really rare. Perfect Dark, Counter-Strike: Source, are 2 that I can think of, unless you count UT3 which wasn't too big of a game.
What I'm really wondering is, are the bots gonna be a big focus or just some last-minute half-assed thing? That was kinda the case for CSS, considering that they weren't even added till long after the game's release. Perfect Dark was the complete opposite - there was a good amount of options for tweaking the bot AI. Combined with the ridiculous amount of options in the multiplayer itself, that game kept me busy for months, even when I wasn't playing splitscreen with others. Considering that the game was far ahead of it's time, I wonder if KZ2 will be able to compete with it in terms of gameplay.
While KZ2 doesn't doesn't have co-op (dissapointing), I think bots could actually fill in that gap. Again, I'm gonna bring up Perfect Dark because it's an 8-year old game that has more tweakable options and features than most FPS today, which I find pretty sad. In PD, you could give your bots all kinds of orders and commands, as well as adjusting their skill level, and "personality". In KZ2, multiple players against a team of skilled bots could end up being an awesome replacement for a real "co-op". A few friends and I used to occasionally challenge a full team of bots, and it was great fun. One of the other big advantages of bots is being able to fill a match up with action without actually needing people. We already know the game has upto 32 players.....I personally see tons of potential in whole idea of adding bots. It all depends on what they're gonna do with those bots.
Does anyone else think that bots can be a huge boost to multiplayer gaming?
