Dynamic A.I

[Diango12]

So Alien Isolation is out and I think game developers will mostly be interested in the game's dynamic A.I.

I had an exchange with Thomas on his blog, right after Amnesia's success. I thought there were two problems with the game. One, I didn't like that the enemies were scripted and followed a predictable patrol path and also were restricted to preset areas. Secondly, there were no consequences for your actions in the environment. Evasion simply entailed staying out of sight.

I thought the game would have been far scarier if the enemy encounters were dynamic. For example, accidentally knocking over a pot and breaking it could attract attention and bring something into the area that would investigate. Also, I wished the enemies had an A.I that would search for you, instead of just move in a patrol path until they spot you. Thomas didn't believe that an A.I like that was possible and he thought it would create too many problems with inconsistency. Well, after playing Alien Isolation all of yesterday and today, boy, can I tell you it is possible. This game nailed it.