Call Of Duty: Black Ops 3 To Offer Enhanced AI

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The next instalment in the CoD franchise may look a little similar to last year's future-set Advanced Warfare (we do know the COD studios check out each other's games during development, although we're assured they never share ideas), and its armies of robotic enemies certainly look familiar – but don't settle too comfortably on your laurels, because veteran studio Treyarch is looking to shake-up the tired set-piece formula with Call of Duty: Black Ops 3.

In the latest issue of Edge, game director Dan Bunting reveals much of this comes from the desire to improve the player's control over the game: "We still push people into choke points and constrain heights, but we wanted to give players an extended mastery curve, to expand the upper limits of how they learn movement through the map,” he explains. “We automate a lot of things. We let players concentrate on the combat; everything else is fluid – it sublimates to a primal part of your brain."

To support this, Treyarch is promising an overhauled AI system, which includes an improved 'nav-mesh' so your opponents have a greater understanding of the environment, as well as 20 different 'mentalities' that define distinct changes in behaviour. "With the greatest reverence and respect for [Call of Duty], sometimes the tactic is just left trigger, right trigger, dead,” says campaign director Jason Blundell. “With some of our new AI archetypes, that won’t be viable. We’ve also opened up the spaces, so you need much better situational awareness.”



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TricksPosted:

Yoke I mean i get it they have to change it up to keep people interested but the futuristic theme isn't helping the series.


100% agree. I think one year as fine and now it needs to go back. Literally no one wants futuristic because it is honestly stupid. When I play the beta if it is like AW I'm just gonna stop. Of all people I thought Treyarch would save this game.

OXTPosted:

Yoke I mean i get it they have to change it up to keep people interested but the futuristic theme isn't helping the series.


You're right, to be honest I will probably buy it but I prefer something like MW2.

YokePosted:

I mean i get it they have to change it up to keep people interested but the futuristic theme isn't helping the series.

DankStorm-Posted:

I guess that this is good?

CinitiPosted:

Cant wait Treyarch have not me down with their games , so i don't think they will let us down this time either! Love the music on this trailer :).

OwenPosted:

I don't know why but this game reminds me of destiny

SkittlePosted:

This could turn out good, but I really want them to go back in time a little bit for future CODs

-Dylan1Posted:

I hope they make it similar to BO1/BO2 with the Zombies but make the Multiplayer more fun than the other games.

Repulsive98Posted:

I hope that it's not going to be the same as AW.

LiaPosted:

I just hope it's nothing like Advanced Warfare!