Halo has pretty good AI but AI is one of the elements of gaming I think has taken a big step back these last couple of gens to make way for graphics. Manhunt on PS2/Xbox is the most impressive stealth game I have ever played, fucking amazing AI. Fast forward to today and stealth sections in games like Last of Us or Ass Creed are complete jokes.
Even shooters like Halo, that same gen we had Halo and Halo 2 which had very good AI. And the next gen we got FEAR which had amazing AI. But now shooters are mostly linear and set piece oriented with heavily scripted encounters, so there’s no reason to have great AI.
It’s one reason Infinite is such a great change of pace in the genre. Speaking of genres, I think maybe racing games have evolved the most in terms of AI and that’s because of things like Drivatars where they try to incorporate real player data to make the AI more realistic.







