Kingdom Hearts II AI Miscalculations

Here's another interesting one. I've noticed it before, but I've only recently begun doing deeper research into it.

When the allies use regular attacks, they start attacking too early and don't got close enough. The only reason they're able to land hits is because after the first time they attempt a regular attack, they are moved forward a bit. In the case of Donald and Mulan, it also happens with their Donald Fire and Mushu Fire, respectively, abilities.

Look at 4:32-4:37 for a regular attack miss and then look at 5:42-5:55 for a Donald Fire miss several times in a row here:

At that point, Donald should still be using Donald Thunder or Donald Blizzard if he had it before that boss, which he doesn't.

It's like the developers just chose a random, "Okay, when the AI is here, we'll just have them use this ability, but for regular attacks or abilities with a shorter range, we'll just choose this spot and won't take range into account." As far as I know, this wasn't an issue in Kingdom Hearts.

Once again, what do you guys think about this and a possible reasoning, whether intentional or not?

@iwantedtoexplode

 

I'll try to get some better examples. It's pretty much like Donald Fire/Mushu Fire, though.

Right. They can't predict if an enemy's gonna get away, so when they attack, it should at least be with regard to where the enemy is at that point. As for the Pete example, correct. He was stunned. And correct. Donald Fire has short range. That's what I'm saying. At that point, Donald still should have been using Donald Thunder. He was just wasting MP with Donald Fire not hitting, so they should have set it up so he started casting Donald Fire when at least the edge of the fire would hit enemies. :P

Thank you for responding to this thread. :)

 

@iwantedtoexplode, I could have made a short clip with the same fight as in my other thread where I'm still waiting to hear your opinion (;D), but have a look at 2:10 - 2:20 here. You should be able to see it.

Pay close attention after Auron is finished with his Divider attack. The second time, Hades teleported away, yeah, but the first time Auron attacked, Hades was completely still. Auron, just like all the other allies, attacks too early with regular and special attacks, though obviously it's not a problem for his Divider attack.

 

True.

It is odd, though. They didn't start attacking too early in the first game. :p