Article written by Andrew Giese:
"Artificial Intelligence is taking increasingly more important roles in new video games. Instead of the once-simple enemies that patrolled set paths and performed an attack when the player got within an arbitrary distance, gamers of today expect enemies that work together, solve problems, and most importantly, express emotion. A game's artificial intelligence system is designed such that all these goals are met and enacted realistically in the right context in-game.
To get a better grasp of artificial intelligence in video games, we spoke with the people behind Kynapse, the same A.I. middleware solution used in the upcoming Fable 2.
To better understand Artificial Intelligence, we spoke with Michel Kripalani, Director of Business Development, Games Technology Group, who has been involved in projects developing tools like 3ds Max, Maya, HumanIK, and a premier artificial intelligence middleware solution named Kynapse. Kynapse's touch can be easily recognized in popular games like Crackdown and the upcoming blockbuster Fable 2."
The Xbox 360 was a fantastic console in its day with some truly classic titles, but what are the seven best games for the console?
I'll go with,
Lost Odyssey, Blue Dragon, Culdcept Saga, Shadow Complex, Ace Combat 6 with the flight stick,A Kingdom for Keflings, A World of Keflings.
Bonus Kinect Games: Happy Action Theater and Sesame Street.
*Skyrim was so bad on PS3 that it almost deserves to be #1*
Was this made by a.i.? No human being would put Shadowrun, Fable III, and Splinter Cell: Conviction into a list of the 7 best Xbox 360 games.
Would love to play Ace Combat6 on PlayStation, but Xbox decided to buy exclusivity and keep it off a competing platform.
The only mainline game I never played except for one level at a friends place. Game sold less than any other in the series if I remember correctly.
When the current gen XBOX offering is so lacking people need to refer to games released two generations back....
Fable II launched back in 2008 and remains the best the series has offered. Ahead of the series comeback, it's time to look at the classic.
Loved this game, oh and i always saved my dog at the end, hope the new Fable has a animal companion.
Fable 2 was the best inthe series. Peter waaaaaaay over promised with fable 1 and it was good but disappointing. He didn't go crazy eith hype for the second game and it was surprisingly awesome. Then he ran his mouth promoting 3 and it was the worst of the 3.
I only got to play it once 😩 I'm so tempted to buy a Xbox 360 slim but planning on getting the series x soon since I got a PS5 in February Im ready to get saints row 1&2 back, GTA 4, fable 2, but I also want to play infamous 1&2 again Sony screwed us over with the stream only for saints row 2 and other gems smh
It’s foolish to say that one RPG is "better" than all the rest across systems and generations. This is merely the 25 RPGs we feel are the best and nothing more!
Dragon Quest 11 isn't even the best Dragon Quest game, it's a good game, but not the best. Dragon Quest 8 is superior to it in almost every way.
OK let's end this, in order
Xenogears
Final Fantasy 8
Final Fantasy 7
Final Fantasy 9
Final Fantasy 6
Chrono Trigger
Legend of Dragoon
Breath of Fire 4
Breath of Fire 3
Dragon Quest 8
Dragon Quest 11
Vagrant Story
Saga Frontier 2
Chrono Cross
Suikoden 2
Suikoden
Threads of Fate
Final Fantasy X
Final Fantasy XII
Lunar 2
Some of my personal favorites are Planescape: Torment, New Vegas, Morrowind, Kotor 2, Wasteland 3, Witcher 2, Vampire the Masquerade: Bloodlines, Deus Ex, Disco Elysium and Vampyr.
As far as jrpg, while I'm not as big a fan as I am for Western RPGs, I love Persona 3 - 5, Dragon Quest 8 and 11, Rogue Galaxy, Final Fantast 6,7, and 12; and Lost Odyssey.
I think AI is more ignored than it should be. Now people just care about which games have the best textures or the best lighting, but i think impressive AI is far more important than impressive graphics.
crack down ai was oustanding same goes for fable 2
Specially now with people finding more uses for it, Left 4 dead's AI director for example.
I love games with outstanding AI like in Halo 3, and I can't wait to see how the dog in fable 2 will turn out.
Quite honestly, I believe artificial intelligence is the key to the evolution of gaming. Visual fidelity will bring us but so far. When graphics become "photo-realistic," what then? It just means that the games will look better. But what about next generation gameplay. Games that evolve merely visually will mean nothing, because there will be a certain point when that stops impressing. When friends and enemies actually begin to "learn" and effectively problem solve, is when we'll be looking at the evolution of gaming. I can't wait for that day; I just hope my Xbox doesn't come alive and kill me in my sleep.
I dunno that Left 4 Dead's AI will really blow me away. I think I'm more intrigued in the simple random placement of the enemies every single time.
Also, good conclusion. Anyone who thinks 2001 is just around the corner is insane. How can we program an AI to act as we do when we can't even understand why we act as we do?