Comments on: Will You Be Left 4 Dead?

By: magic johnson

magic johnson — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 17:05:43 +0000

to hycran: you say the AI director isn’t new, and has been done before. by whom? which other games was it used in? let me know.

By: Azketta

Azketta — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 07:14:07 +0000

Shiny review. Certainly impressed with L4D. I just hope Steam keeps ‘em coming. –Shannyn.

By: bob dole

bob dole — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 02:31:49 +0000

well I go to Full Sail which is the best school for programming. I am only a couple months in but I do know what im talking about. What I think is that you do not know what you are talking about. I have talked with people in my class and my teachers, who have been in the industry for many years and they all agreed with me. These AIDs are truely revolutionary and cant wait to see what happens with them next.

By: Hycran

Hycran — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 22:38:43 +0000

Hahaha, oh wow.
1st off: I’d like to know where my flaming is. Apparently giving an alternative opinion is a flaming.
2nd off: Bob Dole being a game development student (1st year if im not mistaken) doesn’t automatically make his opinion better than mine. I took C++ programming in university, does that mean i have a better opinion? Of course not
lastly: If you have a problem with me, please feel free to shoot me an email, rather than sullying both my name and the comments box on this website. I highly doubt that I will take any form of advice from someone who so unprofessionally criticises me for flaming and proceeds to do what he has just chastised me for.

By: Spider-X

Spider-X — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 22:13:47 +0000

Hycran, bob dole is a Game Development student so shut your fucking mouth. Now listen up god dammit, all you fucking do is flame and I’m tired of it. You do know that most games have pre-determined spawn points for enemies, so yes the AI director IS innovative in that it can spawn enemies ANYWHERE it wants to on ANY kind of map. To prove this, all you have to do is look up videos around L4D’s release and see the PC players using the AID on Counter-Strike maps. There are zombies in many places, on a map that wasn’t made for L4D.
Also, please shut the fuck already, unless you are willing to provide examples instead of just flames, DON’T FUCKING POST.

By: Hycran

Hycran — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 18:08:01 +0000

I’ve both played L4D and listened to the little commentary thingy. Just because someone tells you they are doing something doesn’t mean it’s true. You and I both know the AI director is slightly more advanced than other systems. How much more? I’m not convinced it’s as proficcient as valve claims.
I would also question exactly how much YOU know about game programming. After all, it wouldn’t do to attack me on my ignorance of programming when you yourself have no knowledge of the subject either, now would it?

By: bob dole

bob dole — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 08:50:47 +0000

You obviously know nothing about game programming then. Most AI directors in games only have pre set things they can do.

They either do one thing or another and have pre written responses that they have to do and have no choice to change. Do yourself a favor and listen to the commentary option in Left 4 Dead it will teach you much of what they did and improved upon.

By: Hycran

Hycran — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 08:44:31 +0000

I have to completely disagree with this entire article. The AI director is nothing new. All you’re basically saying is that it scales up when youre doing well, and scales down when you suck. Not going to lie, thats been done before.

Not only that, but the “genius” AI director also sees fit to spawn 400 zombies in your dogs shoe closet or in the vegetable crisper in your minifridge. To put it politely, it is completely fucking retarded.

Is the game fun? Hell yeah its fun. Is the game new or innovative in any way? Not even remotely.

By: Spider-X

Spider-X — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 06:40:45 +0000

Great piece, it really exposes the AID and why it makes L4D so different from other generic shootans.