https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zgc-p79L2cEas someone who's played probably thousands of pseudo-multiplayer matches over at least half of my whole life at this point i feel this video made by 2kliksphilip speaks to me.
i love playing with and against bots. unfortunately it can be a rarity to see them be a thing in more recent games, but it might be understandable with online multiplayer becoming much simpler to start playing on and more people playing because of this.
a game i'd like to make a good example of its bots is Section 8: Prejudice. there's a good amount of things to do in a game such as that, a battlefield-like thingy with side-objectives showing up every now and then that could turn the tide of the battle. they can skydive, jetpack, and drive to and from anywhere u can. they can use all of the equipment u can unlock and can build and use anything u can too. granted they're not perfect, it's hard to make human-like bots, but they're not bad either.
that game has been dead for a good long while, but lives on for me through the offline-play. heck i've enjoyed it so much i figured out how to play with up to 63 bots instead of just 31 through editing an ini file since 64-player dedicated servers were a thing, and it is an amazing experience. it feels like i'm in a war with this many of them running around doing whatever objective they wish to do at that point.
but anyways enough of me gushing about that game in particular, but i mention it because i got that game due to me finding out it had bot support. if it didn't, i wouldn't have ever touched it, which would've been a shame knowing how much fun i still have with the bots. today, not having bot support is still usually a deal-breaker for me. sometimes i can't help but think about how much fun i would have with certain games if only they would have them.
so what do u guys think about this? do any of u feel the same way, or do u at least agree somewhat that having bots in certain multiplayer games is generally a good idea? or do u think it's just a waste of time nowadays?
