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bigdom2786 on 04 June 2009
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http://xbox360.ign.com/articles/991/991348p1.html

Yea scripted....right....


particularly this part:

Now that I've experienced the Milo demo firsthand, though, I can say that I'm almost a believer.

I say "almost" because Milo is definitely in the early stages. In his current state, the AI-powered adolescent doesn't yet understand a lot of what you say. Right now, Milo appears to pick up on inflections and tone of voice rather than the context of what's actually being said. Several times during our demo, for example, I kept asking the character questions just as though he was a real person -- but because of the early stage of his development, he just stared at me wondering what the heck I was talking about.

Believe it or not, the fact that he didn't know what I was talking about made for a revealing personality quirk about Milo -- he lost interest in me completely. Because I wasn't saying anything even remotely understandable, he just started to do his own thing; checking out a coin that he had in his pocket or looking around for something more fascinating. Once I spoke to him again and got his attention, though, (by semi-shouting "Hey Milo! Forget about me?") I was back to getting his full attention.

Now let me rewind a bit and talk about how I met Milo in the first place. After walking into a small meeting room to listen to Molyneux speak about the concept of the game and the character for a few minutes, we were off and running with the live demo. After a short walkthrough by a Lionhead rep, fellow IGN'er Tal Blevins stepped up to the TV and was quickly scanned by the Natal camera in a matter of seconds. Once scanned, Molyneux asked Tal to try and peek around the world as if it were real (which was the same familiar country setting that had Milo sitting in a tree swing next to a pond). Sure enough, the onscreen perspective moved in unison with Tal's head turns -- he looked left and then right and then left again, and each time he did, the screen reacted accordingly, giving Tal a better look at the serene locale.


U either bring facts or stop trolling.