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In reading reviews in a lot of computer magazine half the time they talk about (uninformatively) the lousy AI. Maybe you can post the problems that are spotted in those games.
A sort of Good AI/Bad AI/Good-Enuf AI sort of features list for the different games or genres.

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I believe there is already a section on the Game AI site listing a load of ''notable'' games, with comments on what they succeeded or failed in doing.

Yeah, there is, but that''s an interesting thought nonetheless. The main problem I see is that often it''s a matter of opinion over how successful a given game''s AI is....not sure how to get around that.



Ferretman

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quote: Original post by Ferretman

Yeah, there is, but that''s an interesting thought nonetheless. The main problem I see is that often it''s a matter of opinion over how successful a given game''s AI is....not sure how to get around that.



Ferretman

Merely just list all the comments about an AI. You really can''t have an AI system that handles everything so it''s a matter of trade-offs between one feature and another. Also some games or even genres of games have large gaps in AI. Just listing them will give a game designer a set of features to avoid or to be aware of.

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