While the world is extremely beautiful, the AI is remarkably stupid. On multiple occasions I have watched NPCs wandering aimlessly, driving extremely slow. The most annoying aspect is NPCs constantly moving in collision courses. Whether it's Nick kamikazing his plane to your plane. The most ridiculous example is the bear running beside the vehicle your in and suddenly turning and running into the vehicles' path and killing itself. Something really needs to be done. They aren't game breaking yet, but could become that if it isn't fixed
The AI is the only thing i hate about this game. Like i am aiming at a plane with my rocket launcher, just as i press fire, my fighter puts her head right infront of the barrel, i blow us all up. There are MANY examples like this. Or how about the fact that they start yelling about enemies being near when there isnt anything near u at all. etc etc xD
Yeah, the AI needs some serious cleanup to function properly; I've noticed that:
* NPCs often run right in front of you ("suddenly" deciding to try cross the road) as you're driving a vehicle with decent speed (this happens in a number of YT gameplay vids I've watched).
* Your sidekick (at least sometimes) apparently can't tell that the grass under their feet is on fire, and they'll stand there burning to death...while warning you about the fire. Go figure.
* Your sidekick can't tell when a runaway truck (driver sniped out of it) is about to run them over.
* Cultist NPCs seem a little too oblivious about where you are, even after they've initially spotted you--better than knowing your exact location all the time (e.g. LSPD in GTA Online), but...
* NPCs on your side fighting the cultists sometimes have zero clue about a cultist standing right next to them--I had a cultist sneak into the radar station (after liberation), and gun me down with a fixed MG, all the while a supposedly "fighting" NPC that I'd just freed stands there, gun not drawn...not even apparently aware the cultist is blowing me away. I mean, seriously? WTF?
Hurk jr. blowing up the vehicle we need to recover because a guy is hiding behind it is a bit ridiculous, mission failed. NPC that make you fail a mission is just stupid and game breaking IMO. I'm fly around and then complete convey destruction missions because a NPC group, not even hired or me engaged with ground battle and they destroy it, get the notification while in a dog fight, loose controls, cant do nothing and get shot down. Trying to intercept a box truck for loot, Nick **** boy ace, drops a bomb or strafe runs over the truck blowing it up and me along with it. Stupid needs fixed in first patch update.