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F.E.A.R. 2 Developer Videos: Artificial or Intelligence?

by Nick Breckon, Dec 02, 2008 12:04pm PST

Related Topics – F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin, xbox 360, Trailer, PlayStation 3, PC

The original F.E.A.R. was an A.I. showcase, and developer Monolith promises to improve on its efforts with the upcoming sequel.

As engineer Matt Rice explains, the A.I. in F.E.A.R. is really not all that complex on paper--but I'll let him explain the tricks in the following video.

F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin (PC, X360, PS3) will hit store shelves on February 10.

Click through for a second "engine" video.

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my skin is itching every time I read about some "impressive AI" haha. what a joke.

"what i like the most of our brand new uber AI is how they react when set on fire". lol, get lost dude.

funny how the only man who admitted the so call AI thing is actually staged was John Carmack.

Dec 03, 2008 1:19am PST

my skin is itching every time I read about some "impressive AI" haha. what a joke. "what i like the mo... : anal justice

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The original Ai was very impressive, the npcs/ai used to comunicate (along the lines of flanking/calling for support etc), made good use of cover and enviorment (iirc i saw a dude crouching/crawling under a pipe to get away from a grenade i threw from way above).

i think the dude was spot on when he was gushing about how it never plays the same way because when i quickloaded a savegame the npc never did the same thing.

finally the most important thing i noticed was that the ai failed in a smart way, not getting stuck in the wall like stalker did occasionally but that the aim was not xearo perfect like in farcry where a lone sniper could spot you six miles away with a rocket launcher.

Dec 02, 2008 8:53pm PST

The original Ai was very impressive, the npcs/ai used to comunicate (along the lines of flanking/calling ... : Hoax

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Is it just me, or does that John O'Rorke guy look alot like Wash from Firefly?

Dec 02, 2008 2:49pm PST

Is it just me, or does that John O'Rorke guy look alot like Wash from Firefly? : Bobajojo

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Don't have sound at the moment so I haven't watched this yet, but the blurb reminded me of an interesting paper by a guy who worked on the original F.E.A.R. AI: http://web.media.mit.edu/~jorkin/gdc2006_orkin_jeff_fear.pdf

Very readable, not super-arcane-academic stuff.

Dec 02, 2008 12:10pm PST

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Don't have sound at the moment so I haven't watched this yet, but the blurb reminded me of an interesting... : Johnny Law
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- Thanks for posting this! Will probably take a look at it later. : humbleone
- Awesome read. Thanks! : FirstPersonCooter
- Nice, but now I'm hungry for some seven layer dip. : Bumpmapped
- The stuff he is working on now is pretty neat too. Check out The Restaurant... http://web.media.mit.edu... : the_algor
- I like Bungie's GDC Presentation of the Halo AI. : LoioshDwaggie

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That's really cool and all, but is an enemy throwing a grenade at you really that impressive?

Dec 02, 2008 12:23pm PST

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That's really cool and all, but is an enemy throwing a grenade at you really that impressive? : ElArabDeMagnifico
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  yes, this marks the first time in video gaming history where something like that happens. : humbleone
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    I hope you are joking. Enemies in Call of Duty 4 could throw grenades and throw back grenades you threw.... : Digital-Hero
    - I think your sarcasm meter needs servicing. : carbontree
    - fail. : bam87
    - No way! : Kaerof
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  Not nearly as impressive as the grenade throwing the enemie at you. :oI : Wii_Tard
  - *appologizes for comment and subsequent spelling error* : Wii_Tard
- don't forget while they're on cover, that must be so hard for them to implement : hanged_man

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everytime they show one of the body mechs from FEAR 2 the only thing I can think of is "more Shogo please".....

Dec 02, 2008 1:09pm PST

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everytime they show one of the body mechs from FEAR 2 the only thing I can think of is "more Shogo please... : cell9song
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- SHOGO. SHOGO. SHOGO. I loved that game -- almost as much as NOLF. : Killrig

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