...The Ai is neither random nor stupid, I've seen alot of examples of it, its smart and will use its surroundings to its advantage. But an enemy too advantage of that item, and ruined the game to a point where it wasnt possible to continue on with plot.
I don't think they are "dumbing' it down per-se, but they are makign sure that NPC's cant do things that would ruin the game, like steal items from you, or kill important NPC characters that are necessary to beat the game or other factors that might ruin it.
I want the game NOW, it looks amazing, and it doesn't look totally stat-based or unrealistic like Morrowind (sword fighting actually looks like sword fighting! gone are the days when you spend 10 minutes trying to kill a rat because your skill with that wep sucks!). I love open ended gamesl ike that, where you can do whatever the fuck you want, steal, kill, join clans, betray people, kill guards. Have you guys seen the facegen technology they are using to create NPC's faces and for you to create your own?
http://facegen.com/
Sweet stuff.
I have no idea how someone cannot be excited for this game, I used to be a sony only Square RPG type, but everything from square recently has sucked, and Sakaguchi (one of my faves) and many other talented people like Nobuo are gone, so whatever. I opened my mind and now I'm enjoying everything.
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