There’s a particular satisfaction in beating a genuinely clever opponent. Not one that simply reads your inputs or operates on pure reflex, but an adversary that actually formulates plans, adapts…
The first time I truly noticed intelligent enemy coordination, I was pinned down in a warehouse playing Ghost Recon: Wildlands. Two enemies suppressed my position with steady fire while a…
I still remember the first time a game genuinely surprised me with its awareness. It was late at night in Red Dead Redemption 2, and I wandered into Valentine’s saloon…
I still remember the first time a game genuinely surprised me with smart enemy behavior. It was during a late night session of F.E.A.R. back in 2005. I had cornered…
Something clicked for me during a XCOM 2 campaign around 2018. An alien sectoid had perfect line of sight on my wounded soldier. Easy kill. Instead, it retreated behind heavy…
I stumbled onto logic based AI during a late semester at university when a professor challenged us to build a working Prolog-based puzzle solver. Watching that program systematically deduce solutions…
The moment that convinced me AI was fundamentally changing games wasn’t dramatic. It was subtle. I was playing a racing game in 2019, struggling with a particularly challenging track. After…
I remember the first time I played F.E.A.R. back in 2005. The enemies didn’t just stand there waiting to be shot. They flanked me, communicated with each other, and actually…
I remember spending weeks mastering a particular stealth approach in a tactical shooter, only to realize the patrol routes had subtly shifted to cover my preferred infiltration paths. Nothing felt…
There’s something frustrating about hitting a wall in a video game. You know the feeling that boss you can’t beat, that skill gap you can’t close, or worse, that stretch…
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