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  Unreal Tournament programming competition creates AI bots that are more convincingly human than actual humans

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    Imgema

    This article reminded of Perfect Dark. There was the "Revenge Sim" (they were called sims instead of bots) that would [...]

    This article reminded of Perfect Dark. There was the "Revenge Sim" (they were called sims instead of bots) that would try to kill the player or sim who killed it last time...
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    ColaFlavourChewits

    Interesting read. It seems AI is too often a neglected part of the development cycle of modern games; even massive [...]

    Interesting read. It seems AI is too often a neglected part of the development cycle of modern games; even massive titles like Skyrim rarely get beyond 'draw weapon and run at player' if it's a melee character or 'stay back and shoot' if they have a bow. Particularly irritating is when you drain a bandit's health and they fall to the floor screaming "I yield!", then after a few seconds get up and start attacking again! (Or maybe the bandits of Skyrim are optimists by nature) The article also highlights something that may in fact be more important than intelligent AI for immersion; fallibility. It's great that enemies flank, find cover and pick their battles, but they seem to be the most world-weary enemies the world has ever seen; in Crysis a man in a robotic suit leaps from the bushes onto a building while carrying a soldier by the throat in one hand, and everyone just turns and says "Get him!". Wouldn't it be nice if sometimes the soldiers said "Sod this, no way I'm fighting a robot man." and legged it? If I can't have that, then at the very least I want them to miss once in a while when shooting at me from a mile away through a forest. Unless Korean soldiers are that good, in which case I rescind my complaint.
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  Epic founder Tim Sweeney named AIAS Hall of Famer

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    therawski

    I really would like to see the original Unreal and Unreal Tournament games remastered and rereleased for all platforms, I [...]

    I really would like to see the original Unreal and Unreal Tournament games remastered and rereleased for all platforms, I have fond memories of those games and congratulations to this man on being recognized!
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