AI Panic writes:
"GTA4 is a good example of fake AI, artificial intelligence that only pretends to reason. This is very common in video games, as their primary goal is not to plan realistically and beat the player, but to provide enjoyment and make (smart) mistakes. This becomes apparent in how the game handles the appearance of police units. When your wanted-level increases, there are suddenly more police cars and cops around (especially for the higher levels), that come pouring out from behind street corners or are just there when you turn around. This behaviour, while perfectly legit for a game, would be useless in real life. All the steps which are most important for navigation and reasoning in robots and "proper" AI are cropped away in video games. Therefore there is -still- no possibility that non-player villain behaviour (would that be the police then, in GTA IV?) accidentally or even on purpose crosses over into the real world from a game AI..."
Huzaifa from eXputer: "2008 was home to the likes of Call of Duty: World at War, Dead Space, GTA 4, Far Cry 2, Left 4 Dead, and many other hits, which is outright remarkable."
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Those that were around before 2000's i am sure are like me that think we entered a world of non readers or those that follow without question.
I can not wait to see fallout 3 a goty game even though it was about water with non content until you add the dlc/updates then you got the performance/crashing
1998 - the best year in gaming! Metal gear solid, crash bandicoot 3, medievil, half life, ocarina of time, thief, tenchu, resident evil 2, Spyro, tomb raider 3, oddworld abes exodus, banjo kazooie.
It was a different breed of a gaming era. You’ll never understand what it was like back then. The aura of gaming, it was different!
I second this. Gaming was a lot more varied and fun than it is today. I'm 35 so getting on compared to some here but I got to see all the changes from NES up to now but I've never felt so disappointed in any generation than I have this current gen. I was expecting more from this generation rather than prettier versions of games that came before it. Game mechanics have become so refined that alot of games feel the same and has done for a while now.
Maybe it's time to have a break for a while. I love gaming but I don't feel I get much fun in the traditional sense out of it anymore.
Metal Gear Solid, Resident Evil 2, Abe’s Exodus, and Ocarina of Time are the only things from that list that I liked.
Here’s the 2023 game releases that I personally liked… and big releases that I didn’t care for:
- Dead Space Remake
- Wo Long Dynatsy
- Resident Evil 4 Remake
- Diablo 4
- Fire Emblem Engage
- Hogwarts Legcay
- Street Fighter 6
- Hi-Fi Rush
- Like a Dragon: Ishin
- Octopath Traveler 2
- Final Fantasy Pixel Remasters
- Final Fanatsy XVI (actually ended up not liking this, but it was still a big deal release)
- Baldur’s Gate 3
- Armored Core VI: Fires of Rubicon
- Lies of P
- Mortal Kombat 1
- Marvel’s Spider-Man 2
- Starfield (Ended up hating this one, but big release)
- Super Mario Bros. Wonder
- Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom (I’m an old-school Zelda fan, but didn’t really enjoy this game)
- Alan Wake 2
I mean, honestly I’ve never seen a year of major IP releases like that, ever.
Isn't it just a generational thing realistically.
I've been gaming since way back and I some of my favourite games go as far back as the late 80s for me each generation has a year or two of game changing releases one after another before an inevitable dry spell.
I kind of agree gaming had a different feel games hit different because we didn't have the internet nothing got spoiled and you really had to put in the effort to beat a puzzle which could set entire groups of people looking for a solution. But most importantly games were experimental and not as cookie cutter as today even basics like controls were not universal today r2 is shoot l2 is ads garunteed you can't deviate from that in a shooter back then it could of been square, R1 or R1 and circle nothing was standard.
But as time moves on a new generation picks up their controller they are going to be interested in different things that PS1 demo disc with the t Rex blew our primitive 16 bit brains back on launch but to kids today it's laughable.
The new gen of kids coming into to hobby seem to value different things to us there seems to be a huge focus on online play, streamers, gaming personalities, and social experiences, convience of digital downloads. To me I value none of that but that's ok like my parents not liking the band's I would listen to its just the natural cycle.
Just about every year in the 7th generation was great and something we most likely won't experience again.
2009 for example had Assassin's Creed 2, Batman: Arkham Asylum, Dragon Age: Origins, Uncharted 2, Halo 3: ODST, Killzone 2, Borderlands, Bayonetta, and Demon's Souls to name a few.
It still amazes me we got over 7 rockstar games ps2/ps3 but 3 for the ps3/ps4/ps5
Dragon age 1-3 and mass effect 1-3 in 7ish years what a generation.
As we have all been graced by the release of Grand Theft Auto 6's trailer, we're ranking the best and worst GTA trailers to date.
We be getting these posts All week now lads. Someone noticed a number plate ... Someone noticed a billboard... I can see it now
Just go on YouTube and watch one of the many videos dissecting the whole 1minite 30secs worth.
This site supposed to be for news.
These updates on N4G are going to ruin whats rest of this site. Unfortunate since I was one of the first members.. The site shows unsecure when i login as well.
Grand Theft Auto 4 is an important game for Rockstar, not least because it was the first title in the franchise to use the newly created RAGE engine.
What would they consider "spectacular" the AI running around in circles in Crysis?
What AI is "spectacular" then? Was this site just created to talk smack about AI in every game? Sounds like desperation for hits to me.
Seriously, GTA 4 is an awesome game, i'm really digging it. I think its just "fashionable" to hate on it. The AI may not be spectacular, but tell me a game that has an even more life like AI system that creates a seemingly functional and realized world.
It is not that I dont enjoy playing GTA, the reason I wrote this article is more to compare the state of the art of artificial intelligence in universities to that used by games companies. As GTA is by some hailed as the best game of the decade and whatnot, I had a close look if it can live up to that from the AI side.
Judging by what we do and can do in academic research, almost all AI used in games is very basic. I'm not saying that it is insufficient (and i dont say that in my article either), but it is not outstanding either. It is certainly possible to increase the intelligence of game agents, and I think we are on the right way here. Look at F.E.A.R. for example, agents there have proper planning algorithms behind them which make them one of the smartest opponents in FPS out there.
We're working hard on increasing the communication between researchers and developers at my university, so I hope we can improve this situation. This collaboration works very good for graphics, new discoveries take a short time to find a way into current graphic cards, drivers and games.
With AI in games however, and GTA is no exception, the state of the art in research is several years ahead of the actual use in games.
Most of the time you dont realise this in games, but especially as worlds get bigger and more complex, it becomes obvious.
Such scripted AI missions make an open worlded game seem pointless.
AI thats Artificial in it's intelligence. Brilliant!