Another major advancement in gaming?

[Jagndeke]

I watched a video over at EA's LOTR: The Battle for Middle Earth (http://www.eagames.com/pccd/lotr_bfme/home.jsp) website. It shows in-game footage of how EA has been able to elicit seemingly realistic emotional responses from the units and characters in the game.

It will be interesting to see how realistic and random these emotional responses to environmental stimuli really are. If successful, we could see gaming take another large step in the evolutionary process.

Just imagine leading an RPG party who's personalties and traits drive the way in which they react to in-game events. The coward runs and hides, the warrior charges forward, a wounded party member winces in pain and retreats for the safety of distance and cover. All sorts of realism from an emotional standpoint can be injected into the gaming experience.

Well, take a look at the video called "Inside the Battle: Unit Emotion Video" and you will see exactly what I mean. The video does the concept much more justice than my words ever could! :shades:

[Rafal Dudek]

it still uses the C&C: Generals game engine =P

[Jagndeke]

it still uses the C&C: Generals game engine =P

Yep... it's too bad they don't couple the adances in generating emotions together with a more advanced graphics engine. :rolleyes:

[Rafal Dudek]

Yep... it's too bad they don't couple the adances in generating emotions together with a more advanced graphics engine. :rolleyes:

heh my problem with the General's engine is the AI. Because of its scripting, its a system hog.

[Cronus]

It's by EA. Don't hold your breath. And if it does work it will only work on nVidia cards...

Sorry, annoyed by BFV...

[Terry Penrod]

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I prefer to focus on what Peter Molyneaux and his Lionhead wizards do with Project Ego / Fable for the Xbox and further refinements to Black & White's creature technology to see where this kind of AI may be going. If successful at finally blending these innovative concepts in a single RPG title (with or without the latest 3D graphic and/or physics engines), they will advance all of interactive gaming a full notch. If not, it beats me who else will in the next year or so.

Cheers, Terry

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[Torsion]

Yeah, Battle for Middle Earth almost looks too good to be true. Ive never seen that kind of emotional response from AI in an rts before. It really helps out the immersion.

[DejaFu]

EA has had a few good games but there graphics aren't the best. BF series is good. I think they just stay with the same old things for too long and exhaust them. Movies are impressive though

[DejaFu]

While others just keep redoing graphics and never release games