twintail said:
Maybe it's difficulty dependent, but playing on Survivor the AI is practically FEAR 2.0. There's a lot of great things they do, even when just doing normal patrolling outside of combat. They'll call to one another to check in, and if someone is missing they'll investigate. In groups larger than 2, one of them will stay back and provide cover from a distance. When patrolling they don't just look forward, and will consistently always glance back or around while walking making stealth options even more difficult. In combat they'll hide, they'll call out your position or for general help if you've caught them by surprise. The AI attempts to flank you in groups ensuring you have no escape route (if positioning for this is possible), and these flanking attempts can range from defensive to very aggressive. Very rarely is any enemy positioned in 1 place, or glued to specific locations. Even little things like calling out dead enemies they didn't know about, or even calling out the names of enemies that die in front of them just adds an extra level to the AI's believability. Of course, because of how intricate the encounter layouts can be, there are odd times when the AI appears less intelligent. But these have been far and few in my playthough. Honestly, I can't think of another game that even remotely has AI as satisfying as TloU2. Almost every encounter feels tense because of how they can react. |
I'm with you on that. People can complain about TLoU2's story all they want (I mostly enjoyed it!) but in my roughly 40 years of gaming, I can't recall any AI that walked the line between "Damn, these motherfuckers are smart!" and "I'm actually not frustrated." better than that game.
I hear Metal Gear Solid 5 has great AI but I didn't get that far into the game before quitting in disgust. I'll give it a second chance one day...
