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Machiavellian on 28 April 2014
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Keegs79 said:
Machiavellian said:
thismeintiel said:

Exactly.  In fact, the AI bots are basically canon fodder and not really smart opponents.  It was basically a way to hype up the cloud when it was something that could have been done on local HW.  In truth, even in the future (when we have faster, more stable internet), it will still be much easier to just do it with local HW.  Just imagine how powerful the next round of systems will be by then.

First, the AI were never suppose to be smart.  They are exaclty what the developer want them to be which is canon fodder.  What Respawn stated is that the AI runs server side instead of client side which when those routines do not have to be calculated by the client machine.  Anything that runs server side frees up resources on the client machine.

The problem with most of your points is the fact that we pretty much run a lot of stuff based on a online connection like Multiplayer games, MP only games and MMO.  There are millions of people that play MMOs where you are dependant on a constant connection and that number keeps going up not down.

Never suppose to be smart? They hyped it up. They said that it would learn from real players and play like them.

It is one thing when when a group plays an MMO or play Call of Duty or something online, its another thing to push everything for every single person online including single player gaming. There will still be a fraction of people not online regardlesss. There was already huge backlash that shows its not attractive. That was proof enough.

I am sorry maybe we were looking at things in a totally different light.  Could you fine me an article where Respawn hyped up their AI because I could not fine any.  

As to your second paragraph I do not see your point.  A MP only game is just that MP only.  If it tries to include a singleplayer and MP into one game thats the design.  Its up to Respawn to make it work and there is already games that do such a thing.  I really do not understand the argument about there are people who do not have online.  Hell there are people who do not have electricty but I do not see people making that argument.  If a game goes for only MP like a MMO what is the difference.  Its evident that the game is targeting a certain customer.  I would say by the success of Titanfall on PC, 360 and X1 that a MP only game can be successful.