Good job NPC, good job.

[deth2munkies]

Sorry to spoil the fun, but that's supposed to happen (you can save him if you run ahead and trigger it a second before he steps on it, but that just bugs him out and he runs into a wall).

Also, the 2nd one, EVERYONE in the Shivering Isles is INSANE. The NPC is named "Runs-in-Circles" for a reason.

 

[teebeeohh]

npcs and doorways, i could write a book about that. I have been trapped in buildings by my companions so many times in fallout 1 and 2. Also any shooter where you have friendly NPCs and they not only snatch the only good spot of cover, they also don't do shit from there. And stand in the doorway i was just trying to get into to escape the machine gun fire.

 

[mortalsatsuma]

I was playing Oblivion when this happened.....


And it got me to thinking, There have been a lot of times where crap like this has happened in a game. So share me your experiences of these incidents of stupidity.

You do realise that this is meant to happen. It's not a glitch in the AI, he is meant to get crushed.

 

[Ninjamedic]

I was playing Oblivion when this happened.....


And it got me to thinking, There have been a lot of times where crap like this has happened in a game. So share me your experiences of these incidents of stupidity.

You do realise that this is meant to happen. It's not a glitch in the AI, he is meant to get crushed.

It is still an act of stupidity though. He knew that trap was there, so he purposely ran into it?

 

[KingofallCosmos]

Gta had the most fun glitches but hey, the game was originally built around a glitch.

Also special mention for your trusty steed in Red Dead; countless times of charging into ravines and getting shot (the zombie horses were particularly fun) and it still comes when you whistle.

 

[Lionsfan]

Oh my god! What a horrible glitch, where the music stops, and he stops talking right in mid sentence....oh wait nevermind that's just my horrible internet

OT: I can't think of anything off the top of my head....probably in Saboteur when I saw a whole bunch of Nazi's jumping into the water for no apparent reason

 

[Audun]

The AI (Alleged Intelligence) in X3 is truly horrible. I just witnessed a capital ship blow up a friendly space station. He was trying to destroy a pirate scout ship on the other side. And i have never met an enemy more frightening than my own (suicidal) autopilot.

 

[Goldjit]

I was playing Oblivion when this happened.....


And it got me to thinking, There have been a lot of times where crap like this has happened in a game. So share me your experiences of these incidents of stupidity.

Why didn't you follow him?

 

[i7omahawki]

It is still an act of stupidity though. He knew that trap was there, so he purposely ran into it?

How do you know he knew it was there? Could've just been activated, or he only saw the necromancers run away.

Still, it is a great moment, thinking 'Oh great, I have an ally to fight wi-...shit, he's dead.

 

[D'eath]

God damn Cat from Halo reach. Every time I let her drive me some where she drives us of some cliffs...

 

[Ghengis John]

I was playing Oblivion when this happened.....


And it got me to thinking, There have been a lot of times where crap like this has happened in a game. So share me your experiences of these incidents of stupidity.

On second thought, I don't think I'll be following you, there. I personally like how he alternates between simpering and enraged. Oh Bethesda, I can't tell if your writing is awful or if you meant for this character to remind me of Smegol.

This one is far worse.

It's the Shivering Isles, they're supposed to be crazy. The guy's name is "Runs in Circles" for pete's sakes. I'd think even that "shitty vampire" could figure that one out, Terumi.

 

[Jim Grim]

Oblivion again. I was doing a mission that involved assassinating a pirate captain. I completed the mission, having beaten him in a sword fight. Two guards outside: "I thought I heard something coming from the captain's quarters!" So I went and hid behind a bookcase. They wnter the room, and see their captain lying dead on the floor in a pool of blood. Their response to this was to stare for a second, before turning to eachother and striking up a conversation about current affairs.
"Have you heard the king is dead?" "It's an appalling state of affairs!"
And I'm just crouching behind a bookcase about 3 feet away, flabbergasted.

 

[dfphetteplace]

I was playing Oblivion when this happened.....


And it got me to thinking, There have been a lot of times where crap like this has happened in a game. So share me your experiences of these incidents of stupidity.

I'm pretty sure that was suppose to happen.

 

[Annulus]

I finished BC2 on hard today...but only just. Your "team mates" are staggeringly incompetent.

 

[mortalsatsuma]

I was playing Oblivion when this happened.....


And it got me to thinking, There have been a lot of times where crap like this has happened in a game. So share me your experiences of these incidents of stupidity.

You do realise that this is meant to happen. It's not a glitch in the AI, he is meant to get crushed.

It is still an act of stupidity though. He knew that trap was there, so he purposely ran into it?

It's hardly an act of stupidity. The character's AI is programmed to run into the trap and smush itself.

 

[Kopikatsu]

Pretty much every FPS/TPS that has an area with snipers in it. Undoubtedly, the friendly AI will try the age-old tactic of 'Block the bullets with our faces until they run out of ammo'

There was one part in Movie Gear Solid 4, though...

'There are only two of us, and we have shitty weapons with no armor. There are about twenty of them, they have heavy armor, far superior weapons, and a tank. WE CAN TAKE THEM!'

Spoilers: They couldn't take them.

 

[DaWrecka]

The only one that really sticks with me was this one time in Fallout 3.

I'd picked up Shorty, Red, and Sticky and was escorting them to Bigtown. (since I hadn't been there yet) Along the way we ran across some Super Mutants, so I broke out Vengeance and fired up VATS to try and deal with one.

The instant I start firing, Shorty jumped in front of my gun, and STOOD THERE while I helplessly (since you can't interrupt a VATS sequence once it's begun) filled him full of charged particles. Yes, you read that right, he stood in front of me and tried to catch lasers with his face until he died.

Ten seconds later I'm 50 ECPs down, Shorty is dead, and I've managed to score absolutely zero hits on the super mutant who was charging up with intent to feed me my own legs because that DIPSHIT had made me waste every single shot on him. And Red had the cheek to screech about Shorty being a pile of leaky meat. That is not tragic, you hopelessly retarded bint, that's culling the bloody stupid!

So I ragequit and decided to fire up some Quake 4 where at least the friendly NPCs could outsmart an amoeba and didn't jump in front of my gun and whine at me when I shoot the stupid berks.

 

[Mylinkay Asdara]

Happens all the time. The ones who send us on errands are some of my favorite. Everything from "vanquish X dragons within the time limit" to "can you pick up my daughter after school?" and the towns people are, invariably, helpless without us.

Which is why the high note of FFX2 was the intro. "What can I do for you?" is now a standard tag line between my fiance and I whenever engaging random npcs in towns.

 

[Cowabungaa]

We gotta get the perp out of his car! So lets dive guys, for justice!