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azath92today at 4:39 PM1 replyview on HN

Only because it is something i find fascinating: > There are those Orcs in that one Lord of the Rings game who hold grudges against you.

Is referring to the nemesis system in Middle-Earth: Shadow of Mordor and Shadow of War, and its an amazing set of interlocking procedural systems that do genuinely feel like its AI, but is really AI in the sense its always been used by games (the rules the games follow to govern NPCs+world) and not AI in the sense of modern LLMs or even other generative systems. This video is a great look at what it is and why its great IMO https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lm_AzK27mZY

I think a system like this could really work well with some modern LLM stuff, but it certainly feels magic without it.


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coldpietoday at 4:47 PM

> I think a system like this could really work well

Too bad, it's patented! https://www.eurogamer.net/shadow-of-mordors-brilliant-nemesi...

Fuck software patents and every single person who has ever filed one.

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