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PADDY

Jun 30, 2022 @ 10:00pm

Regarding the Bot AI

Hello there. Decided to buy this game cause of the steep 60% discount and I absolutely love asymmetrical games with/vs ai bots. Sadly, the bots, while alright, were an absolute let-down.
First impressions/suggestions below:-

1. When bots were first introduced, there was a nasty bug where they'd just stand still at their spawn points. They'd only move/react if a human player was present on the Fireteam. The developers "fixed" this issue by making it so that the bots will now follow the human player playing as Predator around! Seriously, it's like some kind of invisible tether/leash attached to Predator. The bots insta-track you down. You can easily confirm this by hopping into a private match vs. 4 Fireteam bots.

2. There's absolutely no way to customize the looks and loadout of the ai bots. Moreover, there's no randomization of their loadouts and/or looks, which is such a shame. It'd be nice to customize them, please consider adding this feature, developers.

3. In terms of their combat capabilities, the bots are pretty damn good, ngl. Obviously, they should be able to look up at branches more and use their equipment/perks.

4. Since they're basically tethered to the Predator player, do they actually do any of the Fireteam objectives???? They do fight the Guerrilla NPCs, but apart from that?

Now, I know you're most likely spending all your time/resources working on that new Ghostbusters game (Spirits Unleashed) which'll also have bot support, right?
Currently, the Fireteam bots are just not that great, there's potential for them to be better, however. Fix their tether issue mentioned above, add full loadout/looks customization, and make them do Fireteam objectives.

The current state of the Fireteam bots doesn't give me much hope for the bots in Ghostbusters SU, tbh, unless they're fixed first. And, seeing that there was a small patch just quite recently, it isn't too hard to assume you're still listening to us?

Thank you and be well.
PS- I've strongly reconsidered refunding, but on second thought, I'll hold on to this game for a while, hoping for the bots to be improved and maybe for the addition of a Predator bot ai.

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Pekmez Pita Jun 30, 2022 @ 10:17pm

I'd stop hoping.

As you have already figured it out. The bots don't even move unless there's an actual player/anchor in the match. There's very little programming involved in their behavior. They can teleport to you like that cannon fodder enemy AI for a reason. They'll get stuck on even the tinniest of ♥♥♥♥ in game.

Their bots in their Friday the 13th game aren't any better. They seek out hiding places and stick there.

The only thing you can expect from their Ghostbusters title is plenty o' nickel and diming!

Also, Objectives? The schmucks at Illfonic can't even do basic pathfinding for them. Never mind more complex behaviors such as interacting with objectives and remaining within the vicinity of one when they're required to. The least they could have done is give us some basic commands we could give to the bots (Stop, Follow, Attack etc.) but that also is quite clearly too much of a challenge for them.

Anyway. This ♥♥♥♥'s been put in maintenance mode a while ago. Unless it's another DLC Predator? Yeah. Lower thy expectations.

Last edited by Pekmez Pita; Jun 30, 2022 @ 10:31pm

Joker [IT] has Predator: Hunting Grounds

Jan 14, 2023 @ 9:36am

Originally posted by Spectre:
PS- I've strongly reconsidered refunding, but on second thought, I'll hold on to this game for a while, hoping for the bots to be improved and maybe for the addition of a Predator bot ai.

If it wasn't a Predator game, I would have refunded. Sadly, I don't think the AI will ever be improved... they have released several DLCs since last April, while they have done absolutely NOTHING for the AI. Moreover, devs don't give a f*ck about their customers, even in the official forum.