>Stab an unsuspecting NPC in the back, he screams
>Other NPC in the camp goes "WTF was THAT? That didn't sound good, I'm gonna check it out!"
>His buddy goes "are you fucking insane!? We don't know what's out there, stay in cover!"
>"Fuck you, I'm moving to a better position!"
>Moments later, breaks from cover and heads across the road
>Fill him full of lead
>Start lobbing molotovs around the camp
>Fire SPREADS, IN REAL TIME ALL AROUND
>"HOLY SHIT WE'RE GONNA BURN TO DEATH"
>"THERE HE IS!"
>Intense firefight ensues as I run into a nearby Adobe shack for cover
>"The fucker ran into that building I'm going in, cover me!"
>"No bro, don't be fucking stupid, just toss a grenade in there"
>"Aye, that's a good idea"
>>Hoof it out of the building just in time to watch him lazily underhand toss a grenade through the doorway I just exited
>Put a few rounds into him while the entire surrounding area engulfs in flames
>"Christ, I'm shot! Don't think I can move!"
>Other NPC: "FUCK, stay there, I'm coming!"
>Runs over, PICKS HIM UP and carries him to cover to heal him
>Kill him before he can and he drops his wounded comrade to the ground
>Wounded NPC withdraws his pistol and decides to try to hobble to cover by himself
>I follow him
>He falls down, leans up against a tree and starts taking potshots at me with his .45
>Shoot him into the head
>Camp cleared, entire area blackened as fire crackles in the trees and bushes

What the FUCK happened to AI in video games!? This was in 2008 for Christsakes..