Bungie's Damian Isla Comments by Rob Fahey

24 August, 2008

Bungie's AI guru on the thinking behind Halo.

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Yossarian

25/08/08 @ 00:03

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Good article. Still pretty much the best emergent AI in the business. F.E.A.R. is the only other game that gives me as much satisfaction in outwitting enemies minute to minute.

HA10

25/08/08 @ 00:16

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+1

Halo's greatness lies in its gunfights which never play out the same way twice, and in its supremely balanced weapon set, which make each and every individual encounter and campaign replay a fresh experience.

kgthatsme

25/08/08 @ 00:52

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lol poor guy

Trip SkyWay

25/08/08 @ 02:45

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Nice interview, very interesting.

mazzl

25/08/08 @ 08:29

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so what's the un announced game then? ;)
nice interview

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25/08/08 @ 08:52

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Absolutely, F.E.A.R. and Halo are untouchable. And I also have to say it was a great interview, wish we'd get more of that development-focused stuff here and not just on Gamasutra.

Xnoybis

25/08/08 @ 09:45

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+1, more of this please

Got an interview for an MSc in games programming in a couple of days, this has provided some interesting conversation points if i get stuck on what to talk about. Thanks guys :-)

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dirigiblebill

25/08/08 @ 11:27

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Very enjoyable interview. His point about AI being very much a part of a picture which includes physics, animation, level layout, etc is an interesting one.

matrim83

25/08/08 @ 11:56

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Very nice read.

Interesting bit about physics affecting AI. Something that I never noticed.

Feanor

25/08/08 @ 13:58

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"Sony can't code AI for shit says Halo man"

EG's next headline?

bcolter

25/08/08 @ 15:31

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Excellent interview!

Crofto

25/08/08 @ 17:36

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Yeah, no matter if you love or hate Halo, I don't think anyone can deny that the games, at the very least, offer some of the best AI to been seen in FPSes. I hope Bungie's future games will produce similar impressive AI.

Mashum

26/08/08 @ 00:22

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It's so much more interesting to read this kind of article, rather than the normal PR. Any chance of more technical minded stuff? Just for geek interest really.

There is a fantastic presentation at halo.bungie.org somewhere on the AI of Halo 1, can't find it at the mo but it expands a bit on some of the things mentioned in this article.

barchetta

26/08/08 @ 11:05

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Funny, the latest EDGE just plopped onto my doormat and the first thing I turned to was an almost identical article!

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