Sheva's AI is fucking horrible.

[A-J]

Not really, she never once gets into "Dying" with me, and I've played on all three difficulties so far.

Balls to Professional though.

i just finished the "7 minute fight" for the first time on veteran and the second part of that fight took a few dozen tries, the damage cap even with the vests equipped is just too high , one good hit and the bar drops all the freaking way, and the AI in that fight tends to keep running into the boss..

[HOTvirus]

Some precious tips that be can helpful:

1) make her as a healer bot, AWAYS give mixed herb or spray or in pair
2) give rifles (better choice) and a good "UPGRADED" beretta

she will not use granades or mines, so don't worry about that
equip sheve with a armor (until act 4 with the melee and latter with bullet)

she will only use powerful weapons in attack mode, and she can't use very well the extreme weapons like: magnum, rocket launcher or granade launcher good as she can.

[Dot50Cal]

I replayed it on Normal, up to the point where I had enough. Its smooth sailing now. Man, horrible though. Even a guy who works at Capcom thinks its crappy AI on ALL difficulties.

[A-J]

Even a guy who works at Capcom thinks its crappy AI on ALL difficulties.

that's a bit harsh, most of the reviews have praised the AI for the most part ..

[CubedSphere]

I never, ever had a single problem with Sheva in either the demo or the complete game. I even played through Veteran difficulty my first time through and she did fine. Online/Split-Screen co-op is obviously better, but she's a great AI partner from my experience. I really don't know if I'm blessed with special copies of the full game and demo or if other people are just doing something wrong to make her AI go retarded.

Regardless, she's definately not a concern anymore since I gave her my maxed out SIG 556 with unlimited ammo and set her to attack mode. The chick's a beast, even on professional difficulty.

[Zimdictive]

Don't give her any good guns. She won't use them. Or when she is forced to (you have to deprive her of handgun ammo), she'll shoot you in the back. Thank Capcom there is no friendly fire. I just play Veteran myself, while she carries round all the herbs.

[Umon Daisuke]

Even if you don't give her weapons or ammo, she sometimes manages to get herself in a tight spot. I can do without her.

[Skunky]

I started my play through yesterday (on normal) and I quite like Sheva's AI. Like any sort of AI, it has its traits and methods of behavior. Hence, it's 'predictable' when you learn those things.
I'm up to 3.2 and she's been fine. She's only died once, when she got chopped by the Chainsaw dude (all the times I played the demo, that never happened).
I keep her in cover mode and keep regular checks and adjustments of her inventory.
I like the fact she's predictable and does what she's told. I've found her quite helpful a few times and she's often keen to follow up my melee attacks with her own.
A minor annoyance; a few times I've had to take herbs from her, combine them, then give them back.
If nothing else, she's handy as a movable item box...

I wonder does 'veteran' difficulty makes her more erratic, to make the game harder?

[Umon Daisuke]

No, problem is that her patterns don't change much. Add the fact that major enemies are far more aggressive in Veteran (the executioner pretty much jogs after you, and the chainsaw guy needs to be killed twice) and you've got a problem.

[James]

Wow is she that bad? Or is it because of the difficulty?

Nah, it's not. I finished the game on Veteran with the AI and it was competent enough. She fell back when I told her to, she used a weapon suitable for each situation, and most of all, she mostly dodged during most of the times she was in a "pickle".

I'd hardly say it's "fucking terrible".

[CubedSphere]

Don't give her any good guns. She won't use them. Or when she is forced to (you have to deprive her of handgun ammo), she'll shoot you in the back. Thank Capcom there is no friendly fire. I just play Veteran myself, while she carries round all the herbs.

Your post reminds me of something...

Set.
Her.
To.
Attack.
Mode.

Why is everyone glossing over this? Give her a good handgun and in cover mode, she'll ::GASP:: cover you with it. You have to do most of the work. Give her a shotty or AR and set her to attack mode and the chick shreds up enemies... and with much higher accuracy than most human partners would.

I just don't get it. Am I honestly the only person that has ZERO problems with her? In fact, here's a great example of her awesomeness:
5-3 Spoiler below...
Spoiler:

show spoiler

In section 5-3, when you're on the lift and it's rotating upward, I gave her a sniper rifle and sat back while she popped EVERY SINGLE enemy's head off. Never have gotten through that section so fast with my co-op buddy in splitscreen. And this was on Normal difficulty.

Frankly, I want to impregnate her.

[Mesker]

Your post reminds me of something...

Set.
Her.
To.
Attack.
Mode.

Why is everyone glossing over this? Give her a good handgun and in cover mode, she'll ::GASP:: cover you with it. You have to do most of the work. Give her a shotty or AR and set her to attack mode and the chick shreds up enemies... and with much higher accuracy than most human partners would.

I just don't get it. Am I honestly the only person that has ZERO problems with her? In fact, here's a great example of her awesomeness:
5-3 Spoiler below...
Spoiler:

show spoiler

In section 5-3, when you're on the lift and it's rotating upward, I gave her a sniper rifle and sat back while she popped EVERY SINGLE enemy's head off. Never have gotten through that section so fast with my co-op buddy in splitscreen. And this was on Normal difficulty.

Frankly, I want to impregnate her.

No youre not the only one. I havent had problems with her, but i wouldnt say i havent had ZERO problems. Ive only had like a few minor problems with her, nothing big.

[James]

Your post reminds me of something...

Set.
Her.
To.
Attack.
Mode.

Why is everyone glossing over this? Give her a good handgun and in cover mode, she'll ::GASP:: cover you with it. You have to do most of the work. Give her a shotty or AR and set her to attack mode and the chick shreds up enemies... and with much higher accuracy than most human partners would.

I just don't get it. Am I honestly the only person that has ZERO problems with her? In fact, here's a great example of her awesomeness:
5-3 Spoiler below...
Spoiler:

show spoiler

In section 5-3, when you're on the lift and it's rotating upward, I gave her a sniper rifle and sat back while she popped EVERY SINGLE enemy's head off. Never have gotten through that section so fast with my co-op buddy in splitscreen. And this was on Normal difficulty.

Frankly, I want to impregnate her.

Me and you both!

[Rick Hunter]

What I hate with her is that she spends her time in front of me. I can't shoot at enemies correctly, and since I can't strafe while aiming, I have to move around, and shoot again...

I'm not even talking about the times I get stuck because she's standing on a narrow path or when she shoots at me because I'm between her and an enemy.

Her AI is awful. And I still don't understand why she would use only her handgun while in cover. Why not using the sniper rifle? ...

[TheSelfishGene]

I had the silly bitch Spoiler:

show spoiler

standing up in the mounted gun fire on the mountain side, just before the bat-grub fight. She'd always catch the last 3 or 4 shots in the face, then scream for help. I just beat the troll this morning. So far I haven't found her to be much of an asset or a liability other then that instance.