The developers of Marauders looked the Fear games for the Ki

One of the best things when playing an extraction shooter game are the interactions you have with others in the game. In Escape from Tarkov, real players and Ki-Scavs patroll like them about the map, and it is part of fun to distinguish in a tense fire battle, who is who is. Marauders wants to repeat this success by supporting his AI on the enemies of one of his biggest influences - Fear.

The ego shooter of Monolith Productions likes something outdated today, but he really helped to put the bar for realistic, non-playing characters. In Fear, the Ki could avoid fire from covering and communicating with each other to build abuses. These skills left the ki more realistic - and sometimes you have the feeling to play against real players.

This is something that Small Impact Games wants to mimize in Marauders, a new extraction shooter, the next month on the WASD will give his debut. According to James Rowbotham, UI, Animation and Design Developers of Small Impact, Fear served as inspiration for the team, especially in the design of their RAIDs - offering the space for up to 16 players - lifelike.

"Escape from Tarkov is obviously an important inspiration for an extraction shooter, but if you look at what the best KI systems are, Fear has one of the best," he says the PC player 24. So we took this concept and made it our own. "

In Marauders, every action she performs has a consequence, and similar to other players, the Ki reacts on it.

"It's complicated, but you have your own behavior," Rowbotham continues. "They make decisions like people. If you have little health or fear, they behave rather so. The idea is that it will be more interesting to play against Ki, and for a small fraction of the time you could think it was a player. "

As you know from our preview of Marauders, the heart will beat you faster if you hear steps on a metal floor. By designing the Ki more realistic, Small Impact adds more tension to his already dramatic game and forces the players to quickly think and diversify their style of play.

It is an interesting concept and one that is perfect for this genre. If you are looking for more information about the game, you should definitely read our guide to the release date of Marauders.