NPCS In Games

With advancements in AI you would really think by now NPCs would be something far more evolved in video games. Outside of them not getting stuck as often into objects in the game world, or glitch out and just go missing. Most of them still seem to be rather plain like the old days just now they have a couple more lines, good chance to have a voice actor.

There is this one NPC in Path of Exile called Alva Valai thankfully she is only around for a couple of months unless they add it to the core game. So few lines she says it just drivers a gamer up a wall. “good job exile.” I’ve heard it so many times I would almost prefer nails going down a chalkboard.

NPCS In Life

Quite a few people seem to almost be NPC like once you know them enough to know the words that will be coming next. Almost like repeating the same quest again where you don’t even need to read it as you level up an alt.

Older people can be somewhat seen as the same way. You know when they talk about that one story they have told you 100 times. Granted sometimes they change it up a bit to see if you are even paying attention or perhaps their own memory of it changes over time as well to add in the subtle differences.

Life is also rather strange like that. On a good day for most is a day that runs like clockwork. Which is like an NPC doing its full circle around a zone and saying the same things. They perform such similar actions as they have before little thought sometimes needs to even be given.