The Total Beginner's Guide to Game AI
I worked as an AI engineer on a few Playstation titles, by far the most important part of AI is messaging whats happening to the player. Usually a well scripted animation or voice cue will beat and cleverly written reasoning engine.<p>We always had loads of cool ideas, like enemies running out of ammo and throwing clips to each other. But the reality is, the player will never see it.<p>Uncharted does a great job of messaging the AI&#x27;s intent to the player. The AI itself is fairly decent, but the messaging of intent is excellent.