Your Ghost Recon Wildlands AI teammates are surprisingly good at cheating Eurogamer.net If you click on a link and make a purchase we may receive a small commission. Read our editorial policy. Your Ghost Recon Wildlands AI teammates are surprisingly good at cheating Bravo, team! News by Wesley Yin-Poole Deputy Editorial Director Updated on 19 Jan 2019 12 comments Most video game fans know AI teammates often bend the rules when it comes to helping the player character out. But in Ubisoft's Ghost Recon Wildlands, the friendly AI gets away with some pretty outrageous cheating in order to make the player have as good a time as possible. YouTube channel AI and Games published a fascinating video into how this all works recently, explaining the various ways your Ghost Recon Wildlands AI teammates bend the rules as you play offline. The video is well worth a watch, but I'll highlight some of the cheats used to support the player fantasy here. For example, your teammates are invisible unless you give them a direct order, so they won't be spotted unless you tell them to shoot or move, or you're spotted yourself. This system ensures the player shouldn't blame the AI for getting spotted. But my favourite AI cheat revealed in the video is the "magic shot". Brilliantly, it's impossible for your AI teammates to miss a sync shot (a queued up shot on a marked target) because they never actually take the shot. They pretend to take the shot, and the marked enemy mysteriously drops dead. This ensures your teammates don't miss and thus don't screw up the mission for you. Thanks, video game! Video games have been using cheats like this for years, of course. But it's cool to pull back the curtain and see how the magic tricks are done once in a while! Become a Eurogamer subscriber and get your first month for £1 Get your first month for £1 (normally £3.99) when you buy a Standard Eurogamer subscription. Enjoy ad-free browsing, merch discounts, our monthly letter from the editor, and show your support with a supporter-exclusive comment flair! Support us View supporter archive More News Splatoon 3 Amiibos will be out next month Ink-coming! 3 Fans think Phil Spencer's shelf is teasing the Xbox Game Pass streaming box UPDATE: Xbox confirms old Keystone prototype. 61 Modder dives into Demon's Souls files following PS5 jailbreak, discovers fabled Ring of the Chieftain Who knows what's nexus? 5 Google announces cloud gaming Chromebooks less than a fortnight after Stadia shutdown GeForce Now preinstalled. 11 Latest Articles Digital Foundry Sennheiser's legendary HD 599 open-back headphones are just £70 at Amazon in the Prime Early Access Sale Comfortable with neutral sound and a wide sound stage. Preview Football Manager's new Console edition is the best you'll get without a PC Getting Touch-right. 1 Splatoon 3 Amiibos will be out next month Ink-coming! 3 Fans think Phil Spencer's shelf is teasing the Xbox Game Pass streaming box UPDATE: Xbox confirms old Keystone prototype. 61 Supporters Only Premium only Off Topic: Take a minute to appreciate Cookin' with Coolio's incredible scallops recipe. What a great book. Premium only Off Topic: Reading City of Glass in comic form "Where exactly am I going?" Premium only Off Topic: Il Buco is a transporting film about a really big hole Underlands. Off-Topic Netflix handled Sandman brilliantly It was Dreamy. 9 Buy things with globes on them And other lovely Eurogamer merch in our official store! Explore our store