it's so bizarre and alien to me when someone makes a "retro shooter" where the enemies have, like, a fuckin navmesh to follow. i'm so incredibly used to doom pathing which consists of
you're not supposed to understand how to go around things. you're a zombie. i can see your brain from here and a big chunk of it is missing
Also in real life even non-zombie people tend to be really bad at pathfinding and tend to just like. Head straight for their target and then move around things as they come up. See also why traffic patterns are so gosh-darn awful in so many places.
yeah navmeshes simulate perfect global knowledge of terrain, which in many cases is absurd
The AI version of "retro 8-bit" games that have way more resolution, color depth, and moving objects at once than real 8-bit games, or just slap a screen door in front of the camera and call it a day
me, smart: my game is 12-bit. that was never a real thing so no one can get on my ass for breaking the rules i'm making up
which game are you playing atm? I had a similar experience with Boltgun (still of a hell of a fun game!)
oh none in particular, i was just reminded of it by... wow i don't remember. dusk stands out the most since it's the closest to the doom mood i think
