7 Most Annoying Things Your AI Companion Will Do

[@joffcallaghan]

"Like you're a preschooler trying to find out which hole a wooden block should go in." Pretty sure they all go into the square hole

[@yoshifrazzled7628]

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[@Hermititis]

* sob *

[@marypetrie3513]

And especially when they are round lol!

[@BlandoGaming]

I'm so glad I wasn't the only one who thought of that. Thank you. Lol

[@normalhuman9878]

That’s right!

[@Jonathon_Hennessey]

One a.i companion that I really like is Elizabeth from Bioshock Infinite, not only is she genuinely delightful to travel with, but she also doesn't get in the way when a fight happens. She also finds ways to make herself useful like opening locked doors with lock picks and tossing things like first aid kits, ammunition and bottles of salt when you need them. She can also open tears to help in a fight as well.

[@theswedishgamer68]

i think one of the absolute best examples of properly handling the walking speed issue with allies is ghost of tsushima. in that game, the ai actually matches the player speed, meaning that if you walk, they walk, if you sprint, they sprint, and when there is a forced walking section, both you and the npc walk together. They will even summon their own mount if you summon yours. it's honestly so satisfying

[@terrabits]

In Yakuza Zero (and other games on the series, I presume), when you have to follow a NPC, you can simple hold R2. No need to steer, wait or run to catch up. Releasing R2 let's you free roam again. Was surprised when I saw it, it's a simple but nice feature. Also, pretty much everybody moves at the same speed when following you, so no need to wait for them too.

[@ayekantspeylgud]

Witcher 3 does this too, in the majority of cases.

[@CinderFallenAngel]

Didn't RDR have that when for example following Bonnie on horse back?

[@nightmarethrenody8232]

World of Warcraft does this inconsistently. Sometimes NPCs go at slightly faster than walking speed, sometimes they move exactly as fast as they need to to keep up with the player- even if that means going at over 300% running speed

[@sahzus]

And if you get a horse, they call one too in most cases. That game’s mechanics are great

[@973daydreamer]

One of the worst for me is when a companion ruins your stealth. Either by getting spotted themselves or by getting in your way so that you end up being spotted.

[@Kragith]

This is why I refuse to acknowledge any playstyle outside of lone wanderer.

[@Dovah_Slayer]

Ah yes the classic " duh I don't understand what we are doing so I'm gonna rush the enemy now!"

[@CuckooKukri]

My favorite is Mercer Frey (Skyrim) blundering into the bone chimes he JUST condescendingly warned you not to run into.

[@ForeverIndigoZing]

What I hate is when my AI companion immediately forgets where we just came from. I mostly get this from Skyrim. I'll have Lydia, Marcurio, or whoever I decided to bring on my magical journey. We'll go in a cave successfully kill everything, loot the entire place, and come out. My companion will then immediately say, "hey look a cave. I wonder what's inside?"

[@ericb3157]

oh, EVERY time i cast "healing hands" on Lydia, she says "a healing spell? are you a priest?" EVERY. SINGLE. TIME.

[@BlandoGaming]

I mean, if they were smart they probly wouldn't be following us around in the first place.

[@phyllissmith9426]

You will never know because Lydia is blocking the doorway again...sigh...

[@mikitz]

@@phyllissmith9426 There's a temporary cure for door blockitus called Unrelenting Force.

[@mistermidnight1823]

UGH I hate when she does that! I hate how Lydia's dialogue in general has no depth

[@dominichoughton8119]

The worst AI companions are the ones where you have to keep them alive to pass the mission / level / whatever, yet they seem to have both no sense of danger and the toughness of soggy tissue paper. The recent Goldeneye video brought back bad memories of trying to prevent Natalya getting herself killed.

[@SideComment24]

Sounds like the Resident Evil problem. The early ones especially.

[@simonbriggs203]

Alchemist: “Will you escort me past those earth shapers?” Me: “You only need to get past one because Hunter is literally right next door. You don't have to take the most convoluted path through the entire yard!”

[@Trekmaster47]

Everybody hates escort missions

[@Shadoboy]

Every single escort mission in the first Pokemon Rescue Team games. Its bad enough that your client is always level 1, but do they always have to trail in the very back of the group AND attempt to fight every other Pokemon they find? Yes, sure, level 1 Spearow, your Fury Attack is totally going to destroy that level 40 Onyx!

[@ikbendom5663]

Effing captain Keyes in Truth and Reconciliation

[@Murtaugh395]

How about when companions and followers stand doorways or paths and block them off until you end up repeatedly beaming them in the face with whatever you have just to scoot them a few inches out of the way

[@kennethnash598]

I now see reason for unrelenting force shout in this situation. and they always stop in the worse possible location.

[@coconuthalf]

Andy makes a joke about something similar at the end of the video

[@mimictear6788]

What's worse is when they do that awkward half step back that doesn't even move them out of the way and stand there for the foreseeable future. that means they clearly know they're in the way, but apparently they don't care enough to actually move out of the way.

[@jefffreeman8905]

In the original Fallout game you had to simply WAIT until they decided to move out of the way.

[@taylor3621]

Had this happen in the Modern Warfare remake; my ally got stuck on a staircase and I couldn't advance without them.

[@kilyaded7332]

It's the worst when NPC companions get in your way and get you stuck in a room with only one way out. Or when you are trying to be sneaky in Skyrim and your companion gives away your position.

[@carlsiouxfalls]

This is why I don't take companions on quests anymore in Skyrim.

[@peenurmobile]

the beauty of being a conjurer.. you only summon a companion when you need them, and they're gone as soon as you don't:)

[@lunashadow898]

Or sets off traps you literally just avoided

[@eve5558]

Truer words have never been spoken. This brought back the painful memory of the Thieves Guild quest where I tried to sneak passed the falmer, which I could do with ease, only for the two other "professional" thieves to attract literally every enemy to our position.

[@blue_ranger]

Yep. Recently replayed Fallout 3, had Fawkes with me, considering you have to have good karma for him to be with you, it came as a shock when he opened fire on Sierra the Nuka Cola Lady, he also wiped out the regulators, so after reloading, he has to stay when I go to these locations. Must be a glitch, but still annoying.

[@obscuris3110]

I like how in all the Left 4 Dead clips, the AI actually sit still but the player backs up in a way to put them in their sights. And shoots even when it's pretty clear that those're not zombies.

[@kylepeters8690]

YES. it was driving me insane. the AI has problems, but that's the player being an idiot, not the ai

[@jasonhenson7948]

In GoldenEye, Natalya (or scientists) wandering into your line of fire was a nightmare because, once they decided to move, they did not stop even if the room hadn't been cleared and they *really* wanted to get to the other side of the most obvious choke point.

[@elguapo1690]

L4F had some of the best AI in my opinion. Waaay more helpful that most multiplayer PCs actually.

[@ComfyCherry]

yeah, and personally I rarely hit the AI when playing either L4D, I was the one in front most of the time so it's not like they had the chance to get in the way

[@ComfyCherry]

@@SgtSupaman this is why a channel like this needs to hold on to any clip that has anything notable, so that they don't have to fake it and it gives a far better example, it's not like even if it were an older 720p clip that anyone would really care, because of how obviously fake this was it kinda took away from their point.

[@lacytaylor1501]

The only thing worse than an ai companion walking into your attacks, is when the game has it to where a companion that you damage can turn on you. I've lost a number of games due to an ai companion wandering right into my attack, then proceeding to turn on me and help the enemies beat me to a pulp when it's there fault they decided to walk between my weapon and the enemy, or run into a hoard of enemies making it impossible to spot them as I swing madly for survival...

[@AuxCart]

My first playthrough of Halo CE got a lot harder after enough marines ran in front of my vehicles to trigger "The Chief's gone rampant. Take him down."

[@boobah5643]

_Wing Commander 2_ where each round counted as an attack, outside combat hitting a friendly three times made everyone hostile, and the _exact_ instant the last enemy dies combat officially ends. Sure, at first it was amusing to hear Doomsday's deadpan "I hate it when you do that." It's less amusing when you complete the mission, he continues flying between you and the exploding debris cloud that was the last Kilrathi fighter, and now everyone believes you're a traitor to humanity.

[@princesspixel3151]

Do wolves (pre-tamed) in Minecraft count? All you want to do is pet the wolf or give them a bone treat, and you accidentally hit them instead… and then all the wolves around you try to kill you!

[@blakechiles3628]

The amount of times that Serana from Skyrim has turned on me because my fireball grazed her is uncountable

[@CinderFallenAngel]

During J'zargo's quest in Skyrim, I always manage to end up turning my companion on me. Basically you're supposed to use a 'flame cloak' to kill undead, but it has a good chance of hitting your companion.

[@staticradio724]

The great thing about #2, though, is that if you're replaying the game and you know what's coming, you can strip all the good gear off of whatever party member is leaving, and then they get to do their whole tense leaving scene in their underpants. I do that every time to those two dudes who die during the Joining at the beginning of Dragon Age: Origins. Their gear isn't even that good, it's just funny as hell to watch them die in their tighty-whiteys.

[@cmdr.jabozerstorer3968]

I do the same. In fact there's a nude mod that makes things even more amusing in the Joining.

[@natbatlightwood5288]

See the thing with companions telling you how to do the puzzle could be easily solved by simply making it optional. Like just have a button that lets us ask if we really need some help rather than having them pipe up every 5 seconds.

[@venomousspiders]

Jedi: Fallen Order had that mechanic and it was great.

[@Azzameen99AZ]

Like the hint button in some adventure or puzzle games.

[@randomstuffdimension2863]

And NOT like Atreus in GoW or GoW:Rag ... "Are you lost??? Naw can't be..." "I don't think that's the way you do that..." Every....Ten.... SECONDS!!!

[@Azzameen99AZ]

@@randomstuffdimension2863 Needs a "Shut Up, BOI!" button.

[@Wynneception]

Not “companions” per se but one of the things I hate in games is when you ally with a nation in a game like Crusader Kings II or III and all of a sudden they start doing things like dragging you into constant forever wars miles away from you and plotting to murder you/your heir. With friends like these, who needs enemies?

[@shadowkhan422]

Pretty acurate to real world politics then ?

[@dirpyturtle69]

That’s why you don’t ally with anyone unless they are on your borders

[@tba113]

God, yes. Pretty much every time you ally with anyone in Master of Orion closer than a basic trade deal, they will without fail start demanding you pick fights with the biggest other rival in the game on their behalf. On the plus side, it sometimes it works out kind of hilariously, when said huge rival is on the far side of their space from you, several turns away even if you wanted to send reinforcements, making your declaration of war is basically an empty gesture. They're thrilled enough at the prospect to sweeten the deal with cash and technologies, and you don't actually have to do anything if you don't want to.

[@cooperanderson107]

In CK III my vassals have all decided to start taking over countries on the other side of the damn world from where my borders end. Literally the other edges of the map.

[@yondie491]

100% accurate, legit a great aspect of two great games.

[@benedictbm7852]

I love when companions call out random things that you can either see or are already engaging in like in dragon's dogma. Cries of "what's that over there?" And "GOBLINS!" like shut up man I see the goblins

[@seand7042]

Tis far stronger than a common goblin!

[@curtisjones9372]

The absolutly worst though is when they walk into a doorway before you and won't move, skyrim and fallout 4 special mentions, preventing you from completing quests or gaining loot.

[@shotgunshells2]

Special shout out to Outer Worlds that just let you walk straight through companions. It's like you've got a squad of ghosts following you.

[@curtisjones9372]

@@shotgunshells2 ah the ones who made the best fallout, clearly genius beyond the level of Bethesda.

[@ayekantspeylgud]

This is even annoying in Stardew lol.

[@Model3140digitalalarmclock]

@@curtisjones9372Unrealism is the solution to all problems.

[@Agent719]

I love how the "walk in front of your line of fire" segment had the most deliberate shooting of teammates I've ever seen. Presumably to get the voice lines, but still.

[@AZ-rl7pg]

Nothing is worse with the talking while traveling one (number 4) than when the trigger for the objective is way closer than what you think, like a sudden cutscene trigger that happens when you get 75% of the way to the marked objective so you don't get a chance to pull over to finish the dialog.

[@gabi_bird]

I just finished RDR2, and I was really impressed with the companion speed! If you gallop, they gallop. If you slow, they slow. It was great!

[@nyperold7530]

Not a "most annoying thing", but in Twilight Princess, there's a sequence where you're accompanying a monkey through deadly fog as she waves your lantern on a stick to clear the fog from an area. You can't really get too far ahead, fall too far behind, or wander off without the fog taking you down. (The monkey taking a circuitous route could be its own problem.) But when you get to the end, the circle of no fog runs into a place with no fog, so you run into it, glad to be free... but the monkey urges you to come back to her so she can finally go where you just were.

[@BouncingTribbles]

The gear thing happened to me in final fantasy tactics. It made me reload an earlier save, strip them naked, and switch them to a class they didn't have any abilities in. It made the betrayal much more tolerable, funny actually. I fully imagined the slow turn meme as my whole party attacked him once after the cutscene and instantly killed him

[@sleepykittyMMD]

It makes them easier to kill in the betrayal battles in some games

[@jerbar1280]

You're a wizard Gafgarion... a really bad one.

[@dorksanddragons]

Getting flashbacks to Resident Evil 5 when Sheva would take an item I wanted and getting it from her was like pulling teeth.

[@blue_ranger]

Hated her so much I stopped playing the game, you can be one hit from death when you enter a new room, and she will charge over and snaffle all the goodies for herself, ammo that she wastes, health items she doesn't need, or if she does, it's through stupid actions, and of course you have to keep her alive, when in reality you could probably do better without her 'help'

[@Hlessirah]

#2 goes along with one of my earliest memories in video games. When I was a kid playing FFVII at a friend's house, the moment (spoiler alert) when Aerith got murdered, I panicked, thinking all her equipment was gone forever. Luckily you do get it back but, I mean, to be fair, that cutscene does show her materia falling off and sinking into a seemingly bottomless pool of water, so what was child-me supposed to think?? I felt guilty when I realized that I pretty much valued her equipment more than her actual life.

[@josephhawthorne5097]

In fairness, Aerith literally did not have a personality in the original FF7, so anyone who actually cared about her death was just mental. It's one thing to feel sorry for the other, actually well written characters' grief, but she was just a cardboard cutout.

[@writeonshell]

If Mike's statement "I don't know, I wasn't listening, I was paying attention to my walking speed" doesn't sum up my entire life, I don't know what does 🤣

[@paperip1996]

Can we all take a second to appreciate the pure beauty of that car doing a last-second 180 to go off the ledge backwards?

[@richbuilds_com]

GTA5 a million years old and still looks fantastic. Just upgraded to RTX and it looks brand new.

[@Tongle07]

Wanted to get that Ferris Bueller exit.

[@sacrilegiousboi]

Dragon age Inquisition had a huge controversy where they had to update the game multiple times just to put additional voice lines for the characters because the fans of the game said that they didn't talk enough

[@KuueenKumi]

Wow, somehow missed that. I always thought there was a boatload of party banter

[@darklord884]

@@KuueenKumi There was some, but so few and far between, plus the trigger points for them were so rare, it was annoying. Over 3 whole playthroughs I've only heard a handful of dialogues.

[@kraziiXIII]

It wasn't that the characters didn't have voicelines upon release, but the party banner dialogue trigger was bugged and stupidly specific. It took 15 minutes of in game playtime (pausing in the menus didn't count) in the same area uninterrupted, to get one party banter. And so, you could spend hours in game not hearing the companions talk outside of cut scenes and quest/landmark specific party banter! Also in the Western Approach you couldn't get any "party banter" lines to trigger at all and it still wasn't fixed.

[@yondie491]

100% of those people need slapped

[@BlandoGaming]

Interesting. The inter-party banter in that game was some of the best. I would run around with different party combos just to listen to them chat half the time. Cole and Blackwall win most hilarious/memorable line tho.

[@fableshearth2457]

In Star Wars: The Old Republic, there are some companions that are absolute schizos. For example, if you play the bounty hunter story, one of your companions, Mako, will talk about how being a bounty hunter is pretty much all she's ever known, but will get angry at you for killing a target as if she's not in the business of being paid to hunt down and kill people.

[@Frankly_Amazing2000]

10:56 I find it hilarious that this entire segment shows how the AI is mostly just standing in one place and Mike is the one moving his crosshairs to them. Seems more like Mike needs to check his friendly fire

[@princesspixel3151]

“Hey Einstien! I’m on your side!”

[@Nazbaque]

@@princesspixel3151 The reply I scream at my screen after hearing it 10+ times: "No, dumbass, my SIDE is over HERE! YOU are in FRONT of me! STOP MEAT SHIELDING FOR THE ENEMY!"

[@BlandoGaming]

The AI should know better then to stand anywhere Mike can shoot it.

[@brookeboyd7095]

I always got annoyed when mostly Donald and Goofy used items very frequently in fights in KH. I stopped giving them items unless it was for a boss fight. Even changing the settings to emergency only didn't help as Donald was almost always getting constantly hurt.

[@psychoairsoft7146]

This one may be a little Fallout specific, but when your companions trigger traps that you otherwise would have avoided, and suddenly the explosive you’re about to disarm has just gone off in your face… thanks Dogmeat Edit: apparently it's not just a fallout thing lol 😂 so many awesome replies for games I forgot about or haven't played yet!

[@xstarsystemsx]

I have this same problem in final fantasy xii

[@philiphunn194]

The Mechanist's Lair is an absolute treasure trove of fibre-optics thanks to all those laser tripwires. Watching a companion blunder into them and wake the turrets up is, let's say, disheartening.

[@dallydaydream]

I'd point out that this very much happens in Skyrim too, but that might imply that the AI programming in Bethesda games is less than stellar >.>

[@92HazelMocha]

Mines in kotor lol

[@mcollins2304]

"Okay Lydia, we're nearly at the Draugr Overlord's chamber. We just nees to avoid that very obvious pressure plate and -" *Ker-CHUNK!*

[@SentiNel090]

Oh man, if you ever do a Commenter's edition I have for you exhibit A: Companions using your (limited) resources. Specifically Dragon Age: Inquisition where the devs clearly meant for you to use Barrier a lot because they only gave you 10 potions per team per rest. And yet, if you didn't modify their behavior to not use consumables, all of them would be gone in one or two combats because let me tell you brother, they got an ADDICTION. And/or a death wish, for them to need the potions in the first place.

[@kilyaded7332]

Also bad in the Kingdom Hearts series

[@BouncingTribbles]

Same in fallout 4, only you can't tell them not to. Though they do have preferences, so it's not just random, they still chew through grenades and stimpacks like candy

[@Tyrranis]

@BouncingTribbles Oh, god. Do you actually TRUST your F4 companions with explosives?!? They seem to hit me with them more often than the enemy.

[@BouncingTribbles]

@@Tyrranis oh no, but I did... once... then I went and fought some raiders. It was like a fireworks show

[@SolaScientia]

Kingdoms of Amalur does the AI walking speed thing pretty okay for the most part. They just make them run full tilt wherever you need to go and have you chase after them. The trouble is when they get themselves killed and force you to reload a save because they weren't supposed to die and make you fail the quest. I have to skip the scenes after I fail a mission in Hitman's new Freelancer mode because of how Diana sounds when she's talking to 47. Yes, I know I messed up, Diana. No need to rub my face in it like that. All of these various issues just serve to prove why Elizabeth in BioShock Infinite is one of the best companions. She stays out the way, and I don't have to protect her from being kidnapped or killed. She throws me stuff when I'm low on health, salt, or ammo, and she opens up tears for stuff I need. I also don't mind her dialogue with Booker. It's one of the few games with a voiced protagonist that doesn't make me want to stab my eardrums out.

[@dominickkramer6469]

and we cant forget the best part obout elisibeth, *shes hot*

[@Hisha1303]

Wait CAN the NPC companions in Amalur die (outside of when the story says so)???? I was convinced they couldn't because I've never seen that happen

[@SolaScientia]

@@Hisha1303 On side quests, yes. The guy in Alabastra that you can help can definitely die. I was clearing out the guard towers for him and near the end he got way ahead of me on one run and kept getting killed before I could get there. The autosave was at a bad point, so I actually had to go back a bit earlier so I could keep him alive. When you're helping that camp in High Fulgen (just as you enter Alabastra) get all its people back, one woman in a cave can get killed. You also technically fail the whole quest if you got everyone back, but then someone dies in the final battle against the Tuatha. So yeah, NPCs can definitely die, but it's more down to bad timing and such than the game being difficult. I still play on the original hard difficulty, because the new Very Hard difficulty is bullshit. All they did was make enemies so damage spongy that weapons are nearly broken after just even a bit of fighting and it's not fun. The original hard difficulty is easy, yes, but it's at least properly balanced and actually fun. I do still die to annoying enemies like the damn crudoks and ettin.

[@SolaScientia]

@@Hisha1303 Now, main quest ones like Alyn and such probably can't die or be killed. I think Alyn just ignores the player if they attack her. That's just the NPCs for optional side quests that can get killed. I'm not sure about the faction quests since those are higher ranked than the side quests but still are optional.

[@MariaTex3]

Don't forget when you want the AI to drive so you can do something else (or just so you don't have to) and then they drive like a crazed maniac that makes you regret ever letting them take the wheel. Also usually nearly killing you in the process...

[@kylepeters8690]

When I played halo reach for the first time, Kat killed me three times at least in one level. twice involved her driving. The first time she drove right off the cliff in a level where she's supposed to drive you around, than when I respawned she immediately hit me with a car while I was fighting an elite

[@Azzameen99AZ]

@@kylepeters8690 That reminds me of a clip I've seen. Kat ran the player over, then backed up, running over their corpse in doing so, then looked at them like it's their fault.

[@kylepeters8690]

@@Azzameen99AZ sounds about right. She also threw a grenade at me in an empty room and killed me. I think she just hates players

[@Hybrid_Quagsire]

...and then they complain when YOU drive and "aren't going fast enough". You know, at least I'm not hitting every tree and potential speed bump. Haha, yeah right. I definitely ran into at least 4/3 of the potential obstacles in every game with any amount of driving in it.

[@Azzameen99AZ]

@@Hybrid_Quagsire "All you had to do was follow the train!!!"

[@EntityXIII]

Having worked in food service or retail for so many years of my life, a lot of these are also how I feel about a seemingly infinite number of customers, and some co-workers, so the things in this list do track...

[@mcollins2304]

Great video (as always)! Would love to see some mention of AI companions that actively thwart the player from completing the objective, such as basically any Daikatana companion. "I can't leave without my buddy, Superfly!"

[@bird_obsession]

I've gotta mention the Partner from the first few Pokemon Mystery Dungeon games. Often times, they will go out of their way to wake up sleeping enemies, or they will step on traps without even trying to avoid them.

[@StraightShot2977]

To be fair, with gummies you can teach them new tactics.

[@ChristopherMathieu]

Sacred. (The first game.) NPCs that you have to escort across hostile territory - and despite being unarmed, unarmored, and untrained, will happily run toward the nearest demon and start kicking it in the shins. You have to spam the button to use healing potions on them just to make sure they can get home.

[@craigb2343]

I made my Skyrim companion wait for me so I could stealth through a cave. When I went back they were gone with some of my best armor, weapons and several dragon bones.

[@zJoriz]

Even worse are the companions that *refuse* to wait and catch up after a set time or distance. Ruining all the stealth.

[@CorwinAlexander]

At least in Skyrim they'll just return to your home base or wherever you recruited them from

[@BlandoGaming]

@@CorwinAlexander I had one companion who was just gone all of a sudden. Could not find them anywhere in the world. To this day they have never shown back up.

[@CorwinAlexander]

@delgreco84 companions can be killed if the final blow is struck by the PC. In the chaos of combat it's easy to do this. This is one possibility of what happened.

[@craigb2343]

@@BlandoGaming That's what happened to me. I went back to where I left them, checked where I recruited them and all my houses and nothing.

[@notoriousbmc1]

One thing I find more infuriating than a slow npc walk, is when the devs can't be bothered (or the engine won't allow it) and the npc says "I'll meet you there"...then proceeds to teleport to the location. Although, I suppose fast travel should be widely available.🤔

[@LegioXIII-SPQR]

There was one mission in the Fable series where, not only did you have to escort an NPC somewhere, but you were also required to hold their hand the entire time even though as one commenter/reviewer at the time had put it - they were "a grown-ass man". I remember this specifically because of that line. Sadly, I can't remember what the exact mission was but it was likely in Fable 3.

[@vexile1239]

Fable 1 escorting a single merchant to oakvale through werewolf infested swamp

[@nikkivalle8480]

Andy's outro actually referenced the exact thing I'm thinking of. XD Aka when your companion/party member stands right where you need to go and you're stuck or have to move in a different direction to get them out of your way

[@Pseudowolf]

The WORST thing they do? Making you care about them. 🥺

[@KuueenKumi]

Damn Bioware companions.... they steal a piece of you

[@dearone1]

I still haven't forgiven Isabella. She knows what she did!

[@BlandoGaming]

And then breaking your heart...

[@mcollins2304]

Dorian is a national treasure and I would go to the Fade and back for him.!

[@leem6434]

To this day I still remember how annoying I found Navi in the beginning of Ocarina of Time and then gradually getting used to her during the game. Then that ending… I cried and then spent the entire of Majora’s Mask telling Tatl that she was no Navi.

[@tomtitherington]

Hugo from Plague Tales constantly getting scared when I walk just a little out of his comfort zone. Hugo you can still see me CHILL!

[@christianperkins9508]

On the other side of the coin, I quite liked the AI in Lego Star Wars. Specifically, when they're a non-fighter and you run into combat, they go very, very far away to not get hot or get in your way. This is the first time I've appreciated you, Jar-Jar.

[@RandyCivilized]

I hate when they give you hints or just outright solve puzzles for you when you take too long

[@IamaPERSON]

Depends on how hard the puzzle is, imo.

[@ladygrndr9424]

And you haven't even been taking very long at all. The new HP game is doing that, and like a few seconds after you reach an area and look around, and it's SOOOOO freaking annoying.

[@Aliuro]

I instantly remembered the card puzzle in Control because Marshall won't shut up about the symbols and the cards for 10 seconds

[@ChaelaThompson]

The best hints were how Link would look at what you need to do in wind waker, nothing else should be needed, companions should only give hints on easy mode or something

[@KuueenKumi]

@@ladygrndr9424 aw man that sucks. Something we should be able to disable

[@taylor3621]

One of the things I dislike most about AI companions in video games is how incapable they are. They can be hardened killers with years of experience, yet have the accuracy of Stormtroopers. They can be the most capable member of the group at doing X thing, and yet they can be completely incapable of opening doors, pushing simple obstacles, or even just picking up a simple folder they keep preaching is mission critical.

[@lorddestrustor8828]

I really hated how in borderlands 3, Fl4k's spiderant pet had this really wonky collision detection where *it* could push you around and make you move when you were standing still, but was basically a ghost when *you* tried to push it out of your way/sightline. Coupled with how it seemed deliberately programmed to try at all costs to stand exactly one foot in front of you at all times, it resulted in this very annoying situation where spooderfriend was always in your face, constantly blocking your view of the loot on the ground, *and* could push you down cliffs, but there was nothing *you* could ever do to move it out of your way.

[@BouncingTribbles]

"They have to wear whatever ridiculous hat you make them wear" Makes Piper look like a bad ass

[@Kilthan2050]

In Ultima 7 your companions often require multiple tries to find a seat on transportation. Whether its a horse & carriage, ship, or flying carpet, invariably two or three try to sit in the same seat, requiring you to get up, walk in a circle, and hope they get it right this time.

[@john-paulkesseler4180]

I adored Guardians of the Galaxy, one the best narrative gaming experiences I've had in years. It got so flipping frustrating having to slow down my progress just to make sure I wasn't cutting off any of the brilliant script and performances because I got to my quest marker too quickly.

[@cmdr.jabozerstorer3968]

One I'd like to add: your companion (I'm talking about you Dogmeat) knocking all your well placed equipment over in Fallout 3. I took ages decorating my shack in Megaton and you waltz in and knock it all over! Oh and Wadsworth (who moves in to the same shack) permanently getting stuck upstairs and sometimes clipping through things as well. Then you get to permanently hear his annoying jet propulsion noise as he tries to move downstairs and his annoying banter.

[@johnoneil9188]

My personal mention goes to standing in doorways and unwilling to move.

[@riksweeney]

I really hate it when you're trying to stealth around with a companion and they suddenly decide that you cleanly headshotting that one enemy is the signal to go full Leeroy Jenkins, blowing your cover and having your character filled so full of lead bullets they'll sharpen your head and use you as a pencil. If pencils were filled with lead and not graphite.

[@petersimpson4648]

Not only will your followers in Skyrim run in front of your arrows and spells, they'll run into combat when you're clearly trying to sneak past enemies or into a better position to strike.

[@ddjsoyenby]

me: why do i keep letting you live companion?

[@petersimpson4648]

No joke; I can't count the number of times I've reloaded a save because Lydia recovered from near death only to run at a bandit just as I let an arrow fly at him.

[@nicholascross3557]

Breaking my stealth by a) moving ahead of me and aggroing everything, b) attacking anything that comes over the horizon, or, and my personal favourite, c) refusing to even attempt stealth, getting spotted and, joy of joys, not doing a damn thing until after being attacked.

[@Mini_Squatch]

ADA is the best companion in fallout 4 - seeing as she never judges you, does compliment you on occassion, has a really high carry weight, and without using mods, she's the only companion whose weapon you can change without needing to also provide ammo. (edit: the last point also applies to codsworth, and curie in her robot form)

[@OptimusSledge]

If you're not walking the wastes while wooing Curie, you're living a lesser life.

[@Mini_Squatch]

@@OptimusSledge Curie doesn't like violence, so i leave her at home with Dogmeat in Sanctuary

[@JaQuezstarr16]

ADA can still get in your way in doorways if you give her a Sentry Bot torso and Assaultron legs, like I do with the rest of my DeathBot Caravan Corps.

[@nalinea18]

Don't forget throwing a potion or a healing spell (which you set them to ONLY USE IN EMERGENCY) at you one second after you used one yourself, or randomly when you have full health. Or only trying to heal you a millisecond after you died even though you set the item/spell use to liberal. OR fainting instantly and always being KO'd when you need healing or to use a partner ability like a Limit Break. Yes, I am talking about Donald Duck in Kingdom Hearts. How'd you guess?

[@bobsquirrelking]

For number 1: the recent Hitman trilogy came SO CLOSE to getting it right. You can hold Alt to match the speed of an NPC who is right in front of you. They are still slow, but you are able to perfectly match their speed. The only problem? It breaks on stairs (unless the recent update fixed that, haven't checked).

[@sethneville]

Somewhat dovetails with #2, but what about when they die off-screen? I forget how many times in Skyrim when I was hoofing it from one location to another, only to realize (usually when I got jumped by enemies) that my companion was nowhere to be found. After winning or legging it, I got to my destination only to be met by a messenger with a letter telling me that Uthgerd the Unbroken or whoever had died, here's some money, but their gear is gone. So double-whammy, no companion or gear.

[@icewatermage3362]

How about in the Uncharted games when Nate’s companions would constantly get in the way while you’re trying to sneak around? Specifically when you’re trying to get the trophy for not killing anyone during specific chapters and then your companion decides to stealth kill an enemy so you have to start over.

[@JadziaCheshire]

I love the companions in Outer Worlds, you can tell them to go to a location and they will stay there until you tell them to come back to you. Really helps with the hardest difficulty because they die forever on that difficulty.

[@Neonsilver13]

I could swear that in Dragon Age Origins the equipment from companions that leave ends up in your inventory. I'm certain that's what happens with the equipment of the two wannabe grey wardens from the intro that die. Also probably the most annoying thing, making you reliant on the AI's ability to finish a quest or mission. Just thinking about that one mission in GTA San Andreas with Big Smoke.

[@kevinvogler2380]

#7 had to replay Control II several times because Natalia walked in front of my gunfire!!! That level seems way harder now than when I was a kid lol

[@MatthewCSnow]

I cannot count the amount of times a npc companion trapped me into a corner and never bothered to move

[@RidireOiche]

I actually had to restart a run of the first Dead Rising because of similar situation.

[@rexusthevaliant6311]

That's the one thing I haven't liked about GOWR. There aren't many puzzles but when I get one I wanna feel good about solving it and maybe find some cool secret or good loot for my effort. I don't feel rewarded for playing when the game keeps telling me how to do things.

[@carlsiouxfalls]

As for those Left for Dead clips, I think a lot of the problem is you're constantly backing away from the zombies as they approach but your AI companions stand their ground and that's why they get in your way.

[@garretteverett2613]

One that bugged me in Fallout 4 was how many of the AI companions criticized me for picking up stuff. Yes, I am a packrat and I do put in time at the workbench - the core gameplay mechanics have been designed to actively encourage and reward this behavior.

[@VonBlade]

47 also has that "walking/running speed" problem. Nothing is as annoying as Claptrap though.

[@OptimusSledge]

Never played a Borderlands game for long. I had a free trial of 3, got as far as Claptrap being captured, heard someone say I had to rescue him and thought "But do I?" Turned it off and considered that a happy ending.

[@KeybladeMasterAndy]

@@OptimusSledge to be fair, 3 is considered by many to be a weaker entry.

[@mychatpalace]

tbh i hate it when an Ai companion just up and dies via walking into obvious traps. then you have to reload a previous save or try and carry all the loot they left. like in elder scrolls, they walk right into tripwires,releasing deadly maces, or falling logs, rocks or swinging ax traps in skyrim or in those wall smashing ones in oblivion.

[@pjsell]

Any game that lets you damage/destroy an AI companion automatically makes my list of favorite games

[@Gamer3427]

I like how in the "the AI walk in front of you" section, every single one of those instances in the clips was a deliberate, (or at least negligent), attempt to murder them when they were standing still out of the way.

[@Terriblegam2r]

This is why Dogmeat remained my companion. Like a real dog he never judges you for anything you do in the game.

[@lisah-p8474]

I was always too anxious he would get hurt. One yelp and I'm totally focused on Dogmeat. Lol

[@akumuryuu]

Happens in both Fallout and Skyrim - break stealth when you're not discovered yet. Enemies get slightly alert, and your followers suddenly decide to rush them, even though you haven't been found yet. Or maybe you want to escape and hide again, and yet they're not paying attention to you being in stealth mode still.

[@ericrose419]

I think that Horizon Forbidden West has your companion react to match your walking/running speed. I wish all games would pick up on this mechanic!

[@britishwerewolf6153]

I find it annoying when your companion scolds you for doing things they ignore other NPCs doing or, the hypocrisy, do themselves. So many times a Skyrim companion has told me to “watch what you’re doing” because I slightly nudged a moveable object then pathed into them self and send it flying without comment.

[@cluelesskhajiit]

I get way more annoyed than I should when my "allies" in Fallout 4 steal my loot, and waste my ammo in the middle of a fight.....I've literally forced them all to use a melee weapon just to stop it.

[@Dasspapirfly]

The "walk faster than your walking speed but slower than your running speed" is pretty self explanatory though, it's so you can catch up if you dawdle but not force you to walk the entire way. Optimally they'd program them to match your speed but that's too much work I suppose

[@HostileTakeover2]

I read somewhere about the reasoning for that walk/run speed. IIRC, the speed in between walk/run is so if you get stuck or wander off to the side a little they don't get so far away that you can't catch up. That they also implement a stop/wait to alleviate that speed problem but sometimes the NPC can get stuck. So it's easier to just go with a slower speed. But ultimately it's a choice between annoy people with the speed or risk even greater headaches if they don't.

[@OptimusSledge]

Maybe just make it a cutscene. Preferably a skippable one so I don't have to sit through it on a repeat playthrough.

[@marykateharmon]

Much prefer Guild Wars Two just having the escourt person run as fast as possible and expect you to catch up.

[@613aristocrat]

11:30 I think in the ending of a certain book where there was a love triangle, the female MC ended up choosing the guy who didn't get in the way of her throws. This would be a spoiler if I told you which of Patricia C Wrede's books this was.

[@JamesTM]

I appreciate that every single one of the demonstrated friendly-fire incidents are 100% the fault of the player. :D

[@Ceece20]

Shadow of War: your recruited orc captains are way too weak/constantly betraying you. Sorry I’ll say it, the Nemesis system was tuned to have your captains betray you or get killed way too often. They might have tuned it down later, but I definitely remember having to face 4 captains with 1 betrayal, 1 blood brothers of the betrayer, and 1 dead by ambush of an enemy captain. How about letting me have some control instead of screwing me over with RNG?

[@GravyInMyVeins]

I played L4D/L4D2 with 3 friends and they walked into my line of fire just as much as the AI does. I think it might be the panic of facing hundreds of zombies. Unfortunately, human companions DO shoot back!

[@QuiqueZapata]

I also hate it when a companion talks over something else, usually over a quest-giving shopkeeper or another companion.

[@EiferBrennan]

AI companions are way more trouble than they're worth most of the time.

[@ayekantspeylgud]

I actually had a pretty good time with some… SOME of them in Far Cry 5. Granted, not for major missions. The specialists can be a little obnoxious (although it’s helpful that you can direct them) but I had a good time doing small fights with some of the regular fighters. I was coloring in the map, so I hired 2 random fighters and drove around with them on Infamous. If I went down, they’d help me up and one of them actually got on the gun that my vehicle had and was effectively using it. Overall, a good time and they wouldn’t talk too much in between fights.

[@ChrisKetcherside]

It would be nice if escort npcs teleported to you if you get far enough away and you are not in combat. It would fix the whole to slow to follow you issue by letting you go as fast as possible. While you can’t just run away from every combat in the quest

[@The-Majin-Glaceon]

As a Left 4 Dead 2 Player, This is extremely relatable.

[@bomouth142]

Speaking of AI wandering into your line of fire: What about Skyrim, where your companions/random NPCs walk into your line of ranged fire until they get sick of, and then turn, on you, with consequences ranging from a follower that is now trying to kill you to an ever-increasing bounty in a hold you weren't trying to cause trouble in? Or what about Skyrim followers who keep triggering floor traps resulting in your death (too many instances to recount here)? Or what about companions/followers in games that seem to be completely impeded or flumoxed by a 2 inch change in elevation, resulting in them either getting stuck until they despawn or taking a massive and hilarious detour (Hunter and Warlock pets are notorious in WoW raids for causing wipes because you decided to jump and they decide to run through and aggro half the raid, resulting in a wipe).

[@TheWorstPartyMember]

I can't believe "not healing you" was nowhere to be seen. We all know who I'm talking about.

[@h0pesheart]

Seeing the DA:I party all in yellow tartan had me in stitches, don't do the Bull dirty like that!

[@NexeL_NKC]

If some companions can’t seem to follow you close enough, there are others who will follow you entirely TOO closely and it just looks weird when you start sprinting and they are 2 feet behind you, somehow not getting their shins ruined by your battle hardened boots.

[@yousawnothing]

Anska in High Gate Ruins. Skyrim companions are already quite a ride, but that woman is constantly breathing down my neck, pushing me onto traps, and in general trying to stand inside me. Seriously, give me some space! Five feet back, you pyromaniac!

[@RoughThief]

"You're on fire! But you probably already knew that." I fucking lost it. It's almost self aware. Almost.

[@isaacgleeth3609]

Kratos gives Atreus a hug, thus igniting the latter on fire. Then, Kratos says that line back to him.

[@BouncingTribbles]

If blocking doors, standing or walking awkwardly in cutscenes they shouldn't be in, and giving you away completely in stealth aren't on here I expect a follow up video, ASAP, or we riot

[@nathancarter8239]

I am reminded of Navi from *The Ocarina of Time* or Fi from *Skyward Sword* in the *Legend of Zelda* series, who are almost contractually-obligated to remind you some thing exists or you can do X with your tools. I think the developers at Nintendo overcompensated for this in *Breath of the Wild* where you are given almost no suggestions whatsoever.

[@Rustymoots]

Get stuck or never attack when ya need them lol

[@thebellowfellow]

YES! Number 1! Yes i hate that so much! Like sometimes I really get into a game and i like walking next to the npc that is speaking. But I either go too fast or too slow and it eats me!

[@ColinKillick]

Judgy companions can be great if they're sufficiently likable and well written though. My doing the right thing in Disco Elysium was about 10% out of any genuine moral feeling and 90% so I wouldn't disappoint Kim Kitsuragi, the greatest sidekick in gaming history

[@lisah-p8474]

Agreed. I'm a gremlin and sometimes I need a moral backbone by way of pleasing my in game friends. Lol

[@axtheaxe7633]

"Molly" from Deep Rock Galactic. She's pushed me off cliffs and to my death so many times. They've even added voice lines to the game to acknowledge it.

[@kraziiXIII]

I spy an excited Dragon Age fan who put a cheeky plug of the series in after there were Dreadwolf leaks! Respect as always Jane!

[@Jessie_Helms]

If you think AI spoiling the puzzle is bad, how about AI giving you a faulty hint. In Jedi Fallen Order there’s a puzzle on Zeffo infamous for having a “hint” that actively misdirects players. “Maybe we can use the lids to keep the fires lit” Cal says… while next to a waterfall… so everyone tries to line up the orbs for a force push to keep the fires lit… When the actual solution is to carry them over to a different area… and the lids are completely irrelevant.

[@BC_Animus]

So... if you had to choose one, which of the OX crew would you choose to be your AI companion?

[@nightsong81]

Definitely Jane. We all know she's the secret final boss, so loading her up with the worst equipment right before her inevitable betrayal will make that fight way easier.

[@lisah-p8474]

I'd pick Andy for the banter, and he's proven himself capable of stealth in the Hitman series, which sets him apart from nearly every other companion ever.

[@BadMarriageKawagoe]

Andy, hands down. The sarcastic dialogue alone would be award worthy.

[@katfromthekong414]

In Fable II the dog sometimes got stuck on the scenery. Your buddy would usually trail right behind you, so it could sometimes take a while before you noticed he was gone and then, instead of being the hero of Bower Lake, you had to backtrack trying to find him like a frazzled dog sitter.