DX2 AI of the future(chapter 2 & 3)

[PriNcE oF SpAcE]

(sub-title: "hopefully not!")

well by now I guess all the people who wasn't warned in time to prevent the DX2 download ending up on their hard-disc is aware that the AI in this game, put lightly, is pretty crap.(and pretty much every aspect of the game matches this)

well...I'm a firm believer in always trying to look at the bright side of things, and turning bad in to good(as much as it's possible)...and no I'll say this right now, I can't turn DX2 good(sorry if I got your hopes up) but I think I might make people laugh a little(not that manic laughter when you first played the demo thru!) and perhaps lighten the mood a little concerning this title, that I do belive Nostradamus mentioned somewhere in his doomsday-rambles...

well...personally I found something good about DX2...probably not in the way that the developers wanted it, but nonetheless I found something good....DX2 has the ability to make me laugh...maybe it's a little harder if you were a huge fan of this game serie...personally I never got around to care for the title that much...fortunately. anyways...that's what I'm here...trying to cheer people up. so with no further ado:

the brilliant first chapter can be found here:http://www.halflife2.net/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=14764&perpage=15&pagenumber=12

where you will most likely also find other lovely anecdotes concerning this wonderfull game...

and chapter 2&3 is right here:

chapter 1

this first story is about how enemies in DX2 react to gun fire and trown objects or gun fire at objects. well...first I will explain what I think was the developers intention with this. I think the developers wanted the player to able to throw objects to distract enemies...well so far so good. since objects go wack when you shoot them it often have the characteristics of a thrown object...so far so good(except for the objects going wack of course). unfortunately it seems that guards etc. priotize this over actual gun fire...this means that if you shoot a barrel or something the guard will be alarmed...so far so good. unfortunately the guard(s) won't start to investigate the area from where the shoots came...instead they will start searching the area where the bullet hit(not sure if it works for every surface or if it has to be moveable objects) needless to say this is dumb...and here is why:

The story of the flame o' doomtm

the scene: two guards is standing around when an intruder descides to shoot a gas bottle.

guard1: so Earl...have you shaved today?

guard2: no....why?

guard1: I dunno...you look different...

guard2: how?

guard1: I dunno...you look kinda sexy

guard2:*uneasy stare*...

*gun fire erupts* BLAM BLAM!

guard2: *sigh of relief* did you hear that? sounded like gun fire!

guard1: yeah...lets go investigate!

guard2: yes lets do that....*walks off*

guard1: but Earl...the gun fire came from over there*points*

guard2: yes I know....all the more reason to go and investigate the gun fire over here*points* where I heard another noise...

guard1: but...

guard2: don't question my logic! just follow!

guard1:...

*the two guards comes across a gas bottle leaking lethal burning fuels o' doomtm*

guard2: now look at that! I'll bet you that our intruder is hiding inside that LETHAL FLAME O' DOOM...if not you can call me stupid! anyways stay here while I'll go find him!

guard1:*excited* you go girl!

guard2: *uneasy stare* yeah...whatever....*slowly appraoches the LETHAL FLAME O' DOOM...then enters the LETHAL FLAMES O' DOOM*

guard1: ...

guard2: *catches flames* AAAAAAAAAAAARRGHH AAAARGH IT BURNS IT BURNS!!!! WATER WATER!!! AAAAAARRRGG!!! MOMMY!!!! AARRRG!!*dies*

guard1: oh no! EARL!!!!

guard2:*nice and crisp*

guard1: you'll pay for this you...you...you intruder! don't think you can fool me! I know you're in there somewhere!*leaps into THE LETHAL FLAME O' DOOM*

*catches flames* AAAAAAAAAAAARRGHH AAAARGH IT BURNS IT BURNS!!!! WATER WATER!!! AAAAAARRRGG!!! MOMMY!!!! AARRRG!!*dies*

the end.


chapter 3

to be honest I don't know what the developers wanted with this...maybe showing of how bad you can make AI? I don't really think there's an escuse for this next installment. anyways in the master gob trainers room(the one training gob-zilla) there's some LETHAL GOO O' DOOM on the floor...and apparently the gob-trainer reacts very weird to gun fire or she is suffering from a severe depression.

the story of the gob-trainer and a pile o' goo

Gob Trainer: *serving chopped cat to her Gob*whose my little gobsie...whose my little gobsie!!? yeah that's right you're my little gobzie!!!

Gob: Growl*obviously thinking "stupid bitch"*

*gun fire erupts...lets just pretend that it's the incident from before*

Gob-trainer: oh my! that sounded just like gun fire...maybe somebody is commingto shoot my lil' gozie dead!

gob: growl*obviously thinking "if only I was THAT lucky"*

Gob-trainer: well don't you worry mommy here's to protect you....now, where did I leave that "villians handbook for dummies"? I can't really remember the procedure when someone's breaking an entry...

Gob:growl*obviously thinking "Oh my god!"*

Gob-trainer: oh well...I think I can handle myself without that book...afterall I'm not STUPID am I?

Gob:...

Gob-trainer: ah! now I've got it...I think I'll step on to this dangerously glowing pile of LETHAL GOO O' DOOM...*steps on to pile* AAAARRG it's eating my feet!!! OH MY GOD!!!! AAAAAAARRRGHHH it must be something poisinous or something...can't stand the pain AAAAAAAARRGGHHH!!!!*keeps standing on the pile of LETHAL GOO O' DOOM* AAAARRRGGHHH*keeps screaming* AAAAAARRRGHHH!*dies*

Gob: growl*obviously thinking "HAHAHAHA stupid bitch!"*

and this concludes the story on how DX2 is likely to have the worst AI ever...hope you enjoyed it. please share you slightly exagerated DX2 stories o' mishaps and other silly stuff.

ps. yes I was very bored and should get a life.

 

[marksmanHL2 :)]

ok well i wont make mind so very very good as yours cos i dont have the time. So I will cut the story short




I fired at a guy, hit him in the head. He went oh shit!!

And did a comando role...... into a wall...


Then stood up and ran towards me while i waited for him to stop. At which time I shot him in the head again. He died.

Thick bastard







Next time I play I jump over the fence at the start and a guard up top sees me and throws a stun nade. It stuns him and his friend. While I am still down on the ground out of the way.......
THEN. When they have finished rubbing their eyes I throw a concusion grenade at them and miss. It blows up and they say. "I saw that" etc. But stand stock still as if nothing happend at all. So I throw some spider bomb things later on when I come bk and they still just stand there until about being hit twice......




These arnt as bad as your stories but still.......





Lighting is nice ingame though. Pitty my 3.2GHZ PC cant handle it......

 

[Deadline]

Dues Ex 2 sucks... the story line is good, but the graphics and charecter animations are nothing new, and in my opinion suck considerably.

Only way I would play Dues Ex 2 is if I got it for free.

 

[PriNcE oF SpAcE]

oh I almost forgot.

the un-official hint and strategy guide to make DX2 fun and not die playing it

first off...I'm sure you all admire me for sitting thru this horror...and to those of you who aren't as though as me and haven't already died playing this demo...here's some advices.

1)it's just game...

2)if you make it the purpose to find funny and lame stuff, DX2 is very rewarding.

3)just remember that although you spent some precious time of your life downloading this crap...atleast you haven't paid for it yet.

also here are hints to recreate the above stories, in case you don't believe me when I tell you that the AI is that bad.


1) all in all the AI handles a hacked sentry firing at them really really bad. hack the security consoles around the map and choose the "sentry control" start firing at people and see for yourself.

2) to recreate the LETHA FLAME O' DOOM simple hack the sentry gun...and then shoot the gas bottle in the one end of the helipad...just shoot it once or twice till it leaks LETHAL FLAMES O' DOOM...don't shoot the guards...but make sure they hear the noise.

3) to recreate the GOO PILE O' DOOM story...well I don't know. just run around the gob-trainers appartment and shoot and she'll probably freak out and kill herself on the goo.

 

[silent]

boob...

 

[PriNcE oF SpAcE]

man...just did the the flame thing again and killed all the guards.

:cheese: so very very stupid...

 

[PriNcE oF SpAcE]

hmmm I guess people aren't as masochistic as I am...:cheese:

 

[pHATE1982]

I would try these things out but i'd probably cry playing the demo again...

I loved the first game so much.

:angry:

 

[iamironsam]

I wish throwing things at people actually hurt them, or at least got them pissed. I hit a guard with a barrel at least 20 times and all he does is stand there and talk shit.

 

[PriNcE oF SpAcE]

Originally posted by pHATE1982
I would try these things out but i'd probably cry playing the demo again...

I loved the first game so much.

:angry:

read my hints...and you'll make it thru!

 

[Nostradamus]

itøs a demo for christ sake

you wont know how the finished game will be

 

[iamironsam]

Originally posted by Nostradamus
itøs a demo for christ sake

you wont know how the finished game will be

That's why I'm scared. Demos are supposed to impress us.

 

[PriNcE oF SpAcE]

Originally posted by Nostradamus
itøs a demo for christ sake

you wont know how the finished game will be

you're right...because after trying the demo I won't buy nor put it on my wishing list for christmas...

anyways I seriously doubt the full game will be much better...unless they change just about everything.

 

[The Terminator]

Just skip this one and make a DX3. My advice.

 

[PriNcE oF SpAcE]

Originally posted by The Terminator
Just skip this one and make a DX3. My advice.

but please remember to make it BETTER than the previous one...

 

[Narcolepsy]

Two stories:

1.) I hacked into the ATM machine, and the nearby guard said STOP RIGHT THERE! So I sat there for a second, looked over, and he was pointing his gun at me but not moving. After about 5 seconds, dhe id a somersault to the right. I then decided that he needed to die.

2.) I somehow triggered some kind of weird AI bug where the guards turned on the person who's guarding Sid's plane (forgot her name), and they all left the room I was in. I heard gunshots and screaming, then it said i completed the objective.

Nevertheless, I still think that this is a fun game.

 

[Lil' Timmy]

it's fun shooting the guards in the head only to have them say, "huh, what was that?" and then "what the.." followed by, "kill me now!!". nice. i tried the gas-tank trick and i managed to to kill not one, not two, but every single guard on that level and the woman too. wow, genius. quite a sad demo, i'll keep my eyes on the reviews of the full game, but...

 

[Letters]

The last bad demo I played was the Lionheart demo. I was like "oh this can't be how the full game is"... other people said that... the DEVELOPERS said that...

Guess what...

The full game was the same.

 

[Dax]

Full game will be better??
Um, I dunno... the game already went gold and the demo IS supposed to represent the full game.

So if you didn't like the demo then you probably won't like the full game.

Sorry, to disappoint you all but this is what happends when the developers try to make a game more suitable for the console.

/cries
/curses