The Combine AI

[Grunt]

Is it just me? or are they really ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ dumb.

[MrMAURIII68]

i dont agree but ok

[Mixon]

They are. I've seen one shoot his friend in the back repeatedly. Maps are even more cramped than HL2's, and they only come at you three at a time tops. They seem to lay down suppressive fire more often than HL2's, and some of them did seem to value their lives at least a little bit by moving to cover, but generally they don't have too much initiative.

[Grunt]

Hell I've seen my friend shoot a soldier several times, and he just stands in the same spot and only moves at the VERY LAST SECOND

[YME]

yep the ai are really dumbed down, I just played GMOD Half Life 2 in VR with mods that make crowbar physical hits and the ai for combine, head crabs and zombies are awesome and this isn't nostalgia they are actually smart, maybe not as much animated; but they run away from grenades, they take cover, and lastly they will try to push you with actual force

[necrophonic]

The game is balanced to not be overwhelming for those new to VR.

The commentary mentions that they originally had more advanced tactics and would more aggressively try to flush the player out of cover etc, but playtesters found it too much to cope with so they pulled it back (some of it is still in the engine and has been re-enabled in several mods).

[Not Lee Harvey Oswald]

Originally posted by necrophonic:

The game is balanced to not be overwhelming for those new to VR.

The commentary mentions that they originally had more advanced tactics and would more aggressively try to flush the player out of cover etc, but playtesters found it too much to cope with so they pulled it back (some of it is still in the engine and has been re-enabled in several mods).

Which mods? I'm actually curious to see some of their disabled behaviours

[necrophonic]

Check out Campaign+ https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2307067046 (there are a few slight variants of this mod with different levels of difficulty)

It uses things like the medic ability that doesn't get used in the final game.

[Not Lee Harvey Oswald]

Thanks a lot, Ive actually been playing with that mod. Definitely makes fights more interesting and go on for a bit longer.

[zbelios]

Originally posted by necrophonic:

The game is balanced to not be overwhelming for those new to VR.

The commentary mentions that they originally had more advanced tactics and would more aggressively try to flush the player out of cover etc, but playtesters found it too much to cope with so they pulled it back (some of it is still in the engine and has been re-enabled in several mods).

Classic Valve playtesters ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ up everything

[Timestatic]

Originally posted by zbelios:

Originally posted by necrophonic:

The game is balanced to not be overwhelming for those new to VR.

The commentary mentions that they originally had more advanced tactics and would more aggressively try to flush the player out of cover etc, but playtesters found it too much to cope with so they pulled it back (some of it is still in the engine and has been re-enabled in several mods).

Classic Valve playtesters ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ up everything

Honestly I think it was the right decision

[Turambar]

Originally posted by zbelios:

Originally posted by necrophonic:

The game is balanced to not be overwhelming for those new to VR.

The commentary mentions that they originally had more advanced tactics and would more aggressively try to flush the player out of cover etc, but playtesters found it too much to cope with so they pulled it back (some of it is still in the engine and has been re-enabled in several mods).

Classic Valve playtesters ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ up everything

Agree

[IanL]

Originally posted by Timestatic:

Originally posted by zbelios:

Classic Valve playtesters ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ up everything

Honestly I think it was the right decision

As necrophonic pointed out, the game was made for VR first and foremost, not for the existing HL fan base although many would go on to buy it, so needed to suit players new to VR which was rapidly growing at the time.

I too believe it was the right decision, even if I'd personally have preferred better AI as an already established VR player at the time the game was released.