Worst A.I you have seen in a game?

[Daniel Cygnus]

Dead Rising.

I gave up trying to save the survivors and killed them myself.

Gah, I was coming into the thread to post this. Is it bad that the ones you have to carry out on you back are miles easier than the ones you have to shout instructions at? Yes.

Also, I'd love to take shots at Sheva like everyone else, but come on, guys. She wasn't that bad. Sure, she has no concept of when to use a healing item, but on the first two difficulties, she's fairly competent.

 

[ffxfriek]

I think more or less every game has bad AI...

Mercenaries 2 has terrible A.I, so does Oblivion and Operation flashpoint 2

dont get me started on the oblivion AI...

 

[MiracleOfSound]

Dead Rising.

I gave up trying to save the survivors and killed them myself.

Gah, I was coming into the thread to post this. Is it bad that the ones you have to carry out on you back are miles easier than the ones you have to shout instructions at? Yes.

Also, I'd love to take shots at Sheva like everyone else, but come on, guys. She wasn't that bad. Sure, she has no concept of when to use a healing item, but on the first two difficulties, she's fairly competent.

Yeah I never had huge problems with her, as long as I kept her using a pistol and loaded her up with healing herbs. She actually came in quite handy (exceot in boss fights, then she was a fucking nightmare)

Actually, the only real big problem was that the whole premise of an armed, constant AI partner took away any fear factor from the series.

 

[aaronmcc]

Most recently it has got to be in MW2, level 'Loose Ends' near the very end Ghost runs up the crest of the ridge you have to run down and shots "Go Roach! I've got you covered!" EPIC FAIL. HE does not have you covered...EVER!

 

[PhunkyPhazon]

Marvel: Ultimate Alliance 2 on the DS. Your teammates are completely fucking useless. If they're not standing around attacking thin air (And wasting all of their energy points) than they're just standing around off screen while you fight all the enemies. So basically, they're always doing the exact opposite of what they SHOULD be doing. It completely kills the game.

 

[Saris Kai]

The rubber band AI in all of the Mario Kart games (and many non simulation racing games in general).

 

[_Serendipity_]

I realise that it's far from the 'worst' ever AI, but the AI in L4D2 pisses me off something awful, simply because it's a massive down-turn from the first game.

The computer is much more 'intelligent' now, always making sure to go back and cover you if you're falling behind and dealing well with the special infected, but this seems to be a trade-off for the more basic things. Like not walking into the stream of bullets I'm firing or randomly shooting me. Or not walking off cliffs. Or healing constantly for very little reason.

Grrr... I want Louis, Bill, Francis & Zoey back.

 

[Mcupobob]

Prolly arealdy ninjaed, but Mercenaries 2.

 

[jimduckie]

mercs 2 ,stupid civilians , don't jump into traffic or that girl will say i'm wasting our money ... excuse me ? i earn it therefore it's mine

and dead rising , escorting survivors , run ya stupid mor... oops zombie food ,

any game with escort or defend missions they drive me quackers

 

[BlindMessiah94]

The rubber band AI in all of the Mario Kart games (and many non simulation racing games in general).

Not true, in the DS MK you can change the difficulty actually. It's the only MK game I find to be still challenging.

 

[Dorian]

Well, two answers on my end.

I played with one of the new Team Fortress 2 bots a few days ago. They need a LOT of tweaking to even be CONSIDERED bleh. This guy was a Medic, and oftentimes he'd stand in doorways with his Medigun out, not healing anyone, while being shot at.
Pathetic.

Or the Left 4 Dead 2 Survivor AI.
Christ, I've never felt so unloved......
I was being constricted from above and dangling with Rochelle (the twat), I kid you not, only 3 feet away from me, shooting zombies about 60 feet off.
Team killing never felt so good....

 

[bawkbawkboo1]

Battlefront (both of them) had some pretty godawful AI with teammates running headlong into grenades etc.

 

[Plurralbles]

I've noticed it can be in entire series of games, but there's an individual one too down there.
Super Smash bros

Madden

NCAA

Medal of Honor

Rome Total War

 

[Necrodaemon]

Worst AI that I can think of off top of my head is World of Warcraft. Really, if you've played...there isn't much to explain.

Escort quests are the worst. You rescue some silly elf from a cage and she decides she needs you to walk her to safety. She then walks slowly in the most circuitous route possible and randomly dashes off to fight 35 Ogres with nothing but her fists. The AI is monumentally bad. Not that the players in WoW are much better.

 

[kilibot57]

As much as I love it, hitman blood money. People sometimes forget you after a few seconds

 

[technoted]

hmmmmm any Worms game springs to mind soley because they never miss a shot no matter how impossible it should physically be, however thats not bad A.I just retardedly good A.I

so i'll go with the bots on shadowrun, despite always knowing when your sneaking up behind them they were too stupid to be of any real threat even on the hardest bot difficulty.

 

[ygetoff]

Mercenaries 2 had pathetic AI.

Hilarious but pathetic.

Once when I was playing, their reinforcement helicopter dropped them off onto a crate. So the three of them are huddling up there and then, randomly, they all jump off and die from the five-foot drop.

 

[_Serendipity_]

however thats not bad A.I just retardedly good A.I

Huh, that's a good point. Often the worst AIs are the 'I am the computer, and I can make you my *****' sort.

 

[LordGarbageMan]

Far Cry 2's AI ruined the game for me. I would rather have AI that didn't hardly notice you, then have them shooting at you from 200 yards away with some shitty AK in the middle of the night when I have a camo suit on and am in a bush. Yeah.