About combat and A.I?

[A TIN OF JAR]

I have Game pass Ultimate so will be playing this game either way, from the few videos I have watched it looks really interesting plus I'm a northerner so I am actually looking forward to playing.

Two of the things I have heard mentioned multiple times in different videos and reviews is that the combat and A.I are lacking, has anybody heard anything about this as in combat and A.I potentially getting worked on in future patches?

[Caldrin]

Combat is basic for sure melee consists of light attack, heavy attack and kick.. works well enough but no blocking for magic dodge button.. you can also throw your melee weapons. I feels fine tho.. was not expecting Kingdom come melee depth.

Ranged combat seems decent as well.. ammo is rare tho

A.I is a question for sure sometimes they have be really good but other times they are terrible and don't react. So yeah maybe there is a bug here..


But the combat is what it is I cant see that getting changed up in a later patch.

[archonsod]

Originally posted by Caldrin:

Combat is basic for sure melee consists of light attack, heavy attack and kick.. works well enough but no blocking for magic dodge button.. you can also throw your melee weapons. I feels fine tho.. was not expecting Kingdom come melee depth.

The weapons also have some basic stats, for melee speed and damage and ranged is range and damage, which go from low to high. Chuck in a handful of skills that interact with it.

For the most part though combat isn't really the focus, it's more a question of choosing your battles and ideally avoiding those you don't need to fight (or at least, offing the offenders all sneaky like). There's some nice touches in that regard - wandering gangs will generally leave you alone as long as you stay away, or they'll raise their hands and back away if you point a gun at them.
AI wise it's main issue is dealing with the environment. It occasionally has flashes of brilliance - ranged enemies popping at you from cover while trying to flush you out with grenades or molotovs, or sending melee enemies to flank you - but then it'll happily have the entire group try and climb a ladder despite knowing you're at the top ready to punt them off as soon as their head gets in range.