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Artificial Stupidity

The worst (and funniest) enemy 'intelligence' in gaming exposed

Words: Justin Towell, GamesRadar UK

We always suspected Pikachu was a couple of rare candys short of a picnic and this video proves it. For some reason, this Super Smash Bros Melee video gets funnier the longer it goes on. And yet he still wins!



Here, Falco gets scared of the drop - and with good reason.



Finally, YouTube member SplitterSnake deserves credit for this comprehensive video compilation of the AI in Metal Gear Solid. There are some brilliant moments, like having 100% camouflage to crawl between a guard's legs several times and still get away unnoticed.




 
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Liamrules42  - 6 months 24 days ago 
wow, AI can be reeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaally dumb
musashi1596  - 6 months 24 days ago 
In their defence, I have played against far stupider human opponents.
wasabi31  - 6 months 24 days ago 
lmao, all of the oblivion stuff was hilariousss!!
planet5421  - 6 months 24 days ago 
lol i loved the elder scrolls vid!
gorillaman23  - 6 months 24 days ago 
theres this one level in the video game for the movie "the incredibles" and you're playing as violet, the girl that can go invisible, so there are these two guards talking. heres what you do: you go invisible, sneak up behind one unnoticed, then let go of the invisibility button for a split second then go invisible again and run away. the guard will see you behind the other guard and shoot his buddy! you might want to have the unlimited invisibility cheat on, though.
ChocoMongoose  - 6 months 24 days ago 
Oblivion intelligence is the best it almost purposely breaks itself for your amusement those were bad dogs and a weedy carpet
Sebastian16  - 6 months 24 days ago 
Heheh.
TripleAD  - 6 months 23 days ago 
I lol'd at Robot Arena, SSBM and Mgs
Bossco  - 6 months 23 days ago 
Haha, that woman raking the carpet in Oblivion is mental. Thats what it must be like in an old peoples home.
linkganon  - 6 months 22 days ago 
hahaha, most of the metal gear solid ones were actually done using the stealth camouflage, with that camouflage on, they will never see you unless you are on the alert or an enemy bumps into you causing it to turn off. this makes me remember the time i wiped out an entire unit using only fly anargic mushroom in groznyj grad, after you get your stuff back. they are in the same area, they see that guy die from a poisoned mushroom and yet when i throw another one, they still eat it.
linkganon  - 6 months 22 days ago 
oh that reminds me, on the donkey kong level on melee, face ness. be sure he's player 2 and he will do a double jump right into the water for a win in 3 seconds.
AA95mp  - 6 months 22 days ago 
they love dogs alright.
Gamedude-9  - 6 months 21 days ago 
The oblivion thing was awsome so hat is what oldpeople do when they are bored lol.
renegade1  - 6 months 21 days ago 
lmfao aww man i loved the one where the guy was tea bagging him!!!!!
IAmTheWii  - 6 months 20 days ago 
It's an LOZ pinata party!
ranzatsu  - 6 months 19 days ago 
Reminds me of the time when I saw a guy run up and down the stairs in Assassin's Creed.
slamansnikovski  - 6 months 19 days ago 
these were hilarious, although in the crysis diing in the water i think he was attacked by a shark, i'm serious, sharks attack if you stay in the water.
someonetgsn  - 6 months 17 days ago 
xD MGS stupidity at its finest! =)great article, even I havent seen AI this stupid. (except in MGS)
hardcore_gamer1990  - 6 months 7 days ago 
Stupid AI in Assassin's Creed?

What about those beggar women?
I'M BLATENTLY AN ASSASSIN! LEAVE ME ALONE! GO PESTER ONE OF THOSE GUARDS, IT'LL HELP ME SNEAK PAST!

lol :D
AngryScotsman  - 4 months 18 days ago 
The Oblivion "Oblivious AI" one was especially funny as every attack was a "sneak attack"
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