I've missed playing FPS that had bots. I don't always want to play multiplayer online or through the story. Sometimes a friend comes over and I'd like to play some multiplayer modes with him. Well the last good game to come out with bots for doing this was Timesplitters. It seems that other FPS devs think this is a dated feature. However it seems that it took the people who made Timesplitters to bring it back. Thank You FR.

Q#31 Can you set up an offline multiplayer game and just have a like a team deathmatch game with bots?
[DL] Yes indeed, plus you can toggle the skill rating of all the bots too, if you're especially skilled. Or especially rubbish.

Bots make every game fun, and add a replay factor to the game...

I loved setting up virus on hangar with full bots (usually monkeys or stone golems) then me and my mate trying to survive for 5 minutes....

^ thats pretty fun, but me and my friend could play Ice Station no weapons powerups on, and try and survive for as long as we could. Tower runs and such made it so much more fun than hangar.

UT3 had bots, but no splitscreen, thats why i didnt play the game much, and the host advantage made me quit. Not cool when you go 20-1 hosting but in someones room you go 15-12 doing the same cause of lag.

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Originally posted by Kade_Yuy:
^ thats pretty fun, but me and my friend could play Ice Station no weapons powerups on, and try and survive for as long as we could. Tower runs and such made it so much more fun than hangar.

UT3 had bots, but no splitscreen, thats why i didnt play the game much, and the host advantage made me quit. Not cool when you go 20-1 hosting but in someones room you go 15-12 doing the same cause of lag.

Cool..

I know but on hangar we just sat at back with mini guns... make it sound easy but they pretty crafty buggers lol xD

Yeah bots multiply the replayability over time of the game by about... 14 times, if not more.

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Originally posted by Kade_Yuy:
^ thats pretty fun, but me and my friend could play Ice Station no weapons powerups on, and try and survive for as long as we could. Tower runs and such made it so much more fun than hangar.

UT3 had bots, but no splitscreen, thats why i didnt play the game much, and the host advantage made me quit. Not cool when you go 20-1 hosting but in someones room you go 15-12 doing the same cause of lag.

your mom goes 15-12 because of lag.

Coming from UT3. I sure hope that bots on the dedicated servers arent set so low that they turn into an annoyance. Also in UT3, all the Midway Servers have bots that you cant get rid of and they also steal your power-ups and vehicles hampering you to know end. Hopefully that wont be the case with HAZE. Wonder what kinf of functions/ orders you'll be able to give the bots?

FreeRad Bots are the BEST bots.

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Originally posted by Klixx:
FreeRad Bots are the BEST bots.

yeah agreed

As long as the bots actually hepl you in gameplay, I will be happy. Im used to them stealing my vehicles and power-ups and then dying or destroying the vehicle they stole. Lame.

Bots can be added if you wish, but they are optional in MP. Their AI can also be adjusted.

Can I add bots(like counter-strike)?

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Originally posted by gws898:
Can I add bots(like counter-strike)?

Oh. My. God.



And I hate when they let you adjust the difficulty of bots by adjusting the AI. Its like hey, im not so good at this game so Ill make the bots retarded. Ill just keep it at max smart but less bots if I suck.

so.. you would rather not be able to change difficulty?

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Originally posted by Klixx:
so.. you would rather not be able to change difficulty?

I am with you Klixx. The more choices the better!

Absolutely, having the option to do something...doesn't necessarily mean that you will utilize that option, however, having it is better than not.


Morne

ill play with bots more than people cause you can really see the nectar effects with them

Agreed. Having the bots as an option makes this game already a favorite.

still wish there was 4-player splitscreen. that would be awesome

@ Klixx - nice sig