Game AI Reviews

• GameSpot's review of Thief(2014) said, "Actually putting these moves to good use reveals Thief's oft-ridiculous AI flaws. Unrealistic enemy behavior is hardly new to the series, or to stealth games in general, but given how seriously Thief takes itself, the silly AI becomes a distraction. A guard might get stuck running in place against a scaffold, or several guards will chase you into a corner, only to let you off scot-free because they can't navigate around each other. At times, it doesn't feel as though you are outwitting your foes as much as you are exploiting their inability to climb; sometimes you can just drop down from a ledge and your pursuer will give up simply because he can't see you or follow you." and " Glitchy AI and other clunky issues drain the game of tension".
• GameSpot's review of Crysis 3 said, "It doesn't help matters that Crysis 3's soldiers and aliens are not the intelligent type. While they're not the dunderheads they could be in Crysis 2, enemies take no notice of arrows that land right next to them, run into obstacles and just keep trying to run, and sometimes ignore you even when you're in plain sight."
• GameSpot's review of Crysis 2 said, "Poor AI detracts from the excitement"
• IGN's review of Vampire: The Masquerade said, "Unfortunately, the AI has the intelligence of a doorknob sometimes, which keeps the shine off an otherwise delightful and multilayered experience."
• Interview with Cevat Yerli at Gamescom 2011, President of Crytek, who talks about 2 deep AI bugs in the shipped Crysis 2 that caused "a bit of a mess" (about 6 minutes into the interview).
• user review of Numen: Contest of Heroes on GameSpot talks about how broken AI significantly reduces the difficulty of gameplay as enemies can be exploited for bad pathfinding. Also describes how the author clicked on an opponent and 5 minutes later, the pathfinding AI was still chasing the opponent in circles.
• The Science of Mega Man includes an interview with me about the future of AI in games.