That only looks like a part of a video. Does anyone know where the whole thing is?

It looks like they are using Parametric Skeletal Animation and Procedural Motion Warping to get the character animations combined with some extremely simple checks to see how good the cover is for a given entity. It either improves cover, finds new cover, or keeps the current cover.

It's very cool stuff but its not unique.

Wow, that's a lot to write when you don't watch the video. It's not a level at all, it's a tech demo. It's one enemy out in an open area, with three pieces of cover. The person destroys  parts of the cover, and the one enemy reacts to it. WHen the cover is gone, the guy moves to new cover. I would assume this means most all enemies in the game will have this AI. It also means if you destroy different parts of the map in a second play though, they will fight you differently.

it's not a huge deal, but it's still a nice thing (and I know of no other game at the moment doing this well). To look at it and say anything negative, is just mindless bashing. It from people who want the game to suck.

i love that and can't wait for this amazing game

@Cal4m1ty,

Yeah you need to watch the video if you're going to comment, its not long and then you would have all the facts.  I don't think it is scripted at all, from the way they demoed it to the way it looked it definitely appears dynamic.

@TheRealMafoo,

I actually think its more impressive than the graphics tbh, and that is not meant at all as a bash on the graphics.  I just think graphics are at "good enough" levels in games and prefer to see AI improvements as I feel there is far more to be gained there right now.  Still though, like I said this particular feature isn't unique, but its certainly not widespread either.  I would name the game I'm referring to but I'm pretty sure KZ2 fans are tired of hearing that name.  Honestly though I think KZ2 does this better than..the "other" game, it certainly appears that way at least.  I'll let you know after I've played it =)

What "other" game is that? I'm curious...

Well we haven´t see many destructible enviroments so we can´t say it´s unique but we can say is a nice addition...

Heres an example - Enemy fiend stands up, throws a grenade and then returns to cover. He then leans out from cover so he can fire at you when you're forced to avoid the blast.

:)

Interesting AI demo, but the bad guy does stand still long enough in between his moments of "AI" to be cannon fodder. It's nice to see them trying to make things more realistic, though, as an awful lot of shooters just keep pumping out the cannon fodder that show no signs of self-preservation.

If you think about it too much, that would seem like good AI, but in actual fact, its just a simple, throw grenade and then fire at you.

Another example in K2 is when you appear round a corner holding a rocket launcher and watching an enemy turn and run and hide from the rocket....nice!!!