Most Impressive Game AI?

togelius asks: "I have the feeling that when developers make the effort to put really sophisticated AI into a game, gamers frequently just don't notice (see e.g. Forza). Conversely, games that are lauded for their fantastic AI are sometimes based on very simple algorithms (e.g. Halo 1). For someone who wants to apply AI to games, it is very interesting to know what AI is really appreciated. What is the most impressive game AI you have come across? Have you ever encountered a situation where it really felt like the computer-controlled opponents were really thinking?"

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[flynt]

Have you ever encountered a situation where it really felt like the computer-controlled opponents were really thinking?

No, but I've rarely encountered games where it feels like my human opponents are really thinking, either.

Civilization III

[Brandybuck]

Civilization III. It's uncanny how it makes you think the game is outright cheating.

Counter-Strike AI

[Foo2rama]

I am constantly amazed at how bad the AI is in this game, after years and years of developement you would think that the Ai would have developed alittle more. While very advanced in speech capabilities, the AI relies on taunting you by claiming you are a noob, cheater, or a camping f**ktard, and will even call you GAY. In game play the AI is still weak and just does the same thing over and over again, and will constantly be baited into sticking its head around a corner, or runs into flashbang grenades on a very regular basis, failing to learn from its past and how it got owned over and over. Finally the AI deems you are a cheater and runs to load another AI called an Admin that will ban you because it cannot understand how you are so much better then it.

Re:Fact or fable?

[FuriousBalancing]

Clever girl.

Re:Kart Racing

[Spazntwich]

I'm just glad I'm not the only person Mario Kart's cheating AI infuriated.

Back in my greener days, I lost a few SNES controllers to a perfectly tossed egg from Yoshi on Rainbow road. That motherfucker.

Re:Civilization III

[Pyrrhic Diarrhea]

That's because it *is* cheating. The hole in my wall next to my computer can attest to this well established fact. :)

Screw game AI

[SharpFang]

Google Maps AI rules.
See point 23 [google.com]

I know the best AI ever!

[guruevi]

It's my manager's; Basically his algorithm is to listen to what I have to say, deny my ideas or find a situation where an exception would be generated and then depending on the number and level of participants, introduce my idea as his. I tell you, that shows great intelligence to his overlords although it's artificially generated but the actual participants start to get it after a few times.

Best game AI?

[TheCreeep]

Ask Kasparov...

Re:The toughest AI I've ever played against...

[yoink23]

Nice work, Ender.

Re:Game where computer seems like it is thinking

[Tablizer]

Other things like the fact that if another civilization is dependent on you for a large amount of trade income, they won't just randomly attack you because it would hurt them too.

That AI is smarter than most Earth leaders.
           

Re:Kart Racing

[LilGuy]

Okay I think this discussion of Mario Kart has reached it's end. Thanks for the overblown analysis of a game from the 90s.

Re:What is AI?

[timelorde]

Unless, of course, if you're developing Vogon Universalis