AI Players

**AI Players** (a.k.a AIs, NPCs, Teammates, Enemies) are the NPC players in Payback 2. They are used in all modes except Story Mode, as well as in all gamemodes, except Rampage. They are also used to replace empty slots in Multiplayer.

## Description

### Behavior

Overall, they TRY to act as players. They fight, drive and capture anything the AI tells them to. For their personalities, see below.

Usually, when an AI player is inside a vehicle, they will attempt to ram other enemies. However, on some occasions they will fire weapons from their vehicle.

### Fighting & Arsenal

AI Players will usually only attack other AIs if they are near a enemy zone, they get attacked by them or if a one has the swag. They can also target other AIs even though they didn't attack them or do anything to them. AI Players hold their weapons as if they were real players in first-person mode.

Police ignores any crimes committed by AI Players.

#### AI Players will **NEVER** use:

* Auto Turrets (Unless a deployed auto turret was shot by them, it will go on their side.)
* Explosives
* Helicopter (Unless forced in specific scenarios and events.)
* Boats
* RC Cars

## Influence & Personalities

AI Players have different personalities, while some being useless and some being aggresive, ranging from Mr. Pink to Clyde. Each AI Player have their own personality (depends on AI difficulty). They are based on different movie characters or have references to them.

### Real-Life Characters

* **Biggs** - Ronnie Biggs was an English robber, known for the ‘Great Train Robbery of 1963’. He escaped from prison and was a fugitive for 36 years. He died in 2013. Ronnie Biggs was one of the only two characters still alive (along with Charles Manson) when the game was being made, but died around its official release.

Biggs W.O.C\* is the Grenades, making him good at obliterating crowds of enemies.

* **Bonnie and Clyde** - Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow, they were an American criminal couple, who travelled the Central United States with their gang during the ‘Great Depression’, known for their bank robberies, although they preferred to rob small stores or rural gas stations. They are believed to have murdered at least 9 police officers and 4 civilians, both were killed in 1934 during an ambush by police near Gibsland, Louisiana.

Bonnie's W.O.C\* is the Laser or Flamethrower, making her good at close-range combat. Clyde's W.O.C is the Rocket, making him good at sweeping crowds of enemies and also being very annoying.

* **Capone** - Named after Al Capone, also known as "Scarface". He was an American gangster, who operated during the ‘Prohibition era’ as the co-founder and boss of the Chicago Outfit. He died of cardiac arrest after suffering a stroke in 1947. For some reason Capone AI will alway get in your way in a most inconvenient moment. For example Capone will spawn and kill you just before you are supposed to capture the swag. That's I hate him from the bottom of my heart but at the same time I love him.

Capone's W.O.C\* is the Minigun, making him good at killing squadrons of enemies with ease.

* **Fawkes** - Named after Guy Fawkes, an English catholic who took part in the ‘Gunpowder Plot’ on 1605 The plan was to blow up parliament by planting 36 barrels of gunpowder in the cellar. On November 5th, Fawkes was caught and executed. In England, November 5th is a Holliday known as ‘Bonfire Night’ or ‘Guy Fawkes Night’. In 2007, a movie was made called *V For Vendetta* about a similar scenario. The main character, V, wears a Fawkes mask and celebrates the 5th of November. Interestingly enough, they both have all black clothing and red hair just like in the game.

Fawkes W.O.C\* is the Flamethrower or Laser, making him good at close-range combat.

* **Jesse** - Named after Jesse Pomeroy, was a convicted American murderer and the youngest person in the history of the ‘Commonwealth of Massachusetts’ to be convicted of murder in the first degree. He was found guilty by a jury trial held in the Supreme Judicial Court of Suffolk County in December 1874. Pomeroy's sentence was commuted to life in prison in solitary confinement. On the evening of September 7, 1876. Pomeroy was transferred from the Suffolk County Jail to the State Prison at Charlestown, and began his life in solitary. He was 16 years and 9 months old. Pomeroy remained incarcerated at the Charlestown State Prison, where in 1929 he was transferred to the Bridgewater Hospital for the Criminally Insane at 70. On September 29th, 1932, Jesse died of natural causes. He was 72 years old. As stated above he unfortunately isn't a reference to Breaking Bad, but Walter is

Jesse's W.O.C\* is the Minigun, making him good at killing squadrons of enemies.

* **Manson** - Named after Charles Manson. Manson was a criminal and cult leader that was large in California, U.S.A, during the 1960's. He was initially sentenced to death, but California's Supreme Court invalidated all death sentences prior to 1972 and his was commuted to life. Manson died in prison in 2017.

Manson's W.O.C\* is the Rocket, making him good at vehicular combat.

* **Oswald** - Named after Lee Harvey Oswald, who assassinated American President John F. Kennedy on November 23, 1963. Then, he got caught and was sentenced to death/life. Two days later, Oswald was fatally shot by local nightclub owner Jack Ruby on live television in the basement of Dallas Police Headquarters. The only way he resembles Oswald is his shirt (Oswald was a marine) and hair.

Oswald's W.O.C\* is the Laser, making him good at close-range combat.

* **Ronnie and Reggie (Short for Reginald)** - Ronnie and Reggie Kray were English criminals, the foremost perpetrators of organized crime in the East End of London, during the 50s and 60s. With their gang, known as The Firm, the Krays were involved in murder, armed robbery, arson, protection rackets and assaults. They were twins born on October 24, 1933. Ronnie died in 1995 and Reggie in 2000.

Ronnie's W.O.C\* is the Shotgun making him good at medium-range and vehicular combat. Reggie's W.O.C\* is the Flamethrower or Laser, making him good at close-range.

* **Turpin** - Richard Turpin was an English highwayman, whose exploits were romanticized following his execution in 1739 for horse theft. He is also known for a fictional 200-mile (320 km) overnight ride from London to York on his horse. *Black Bess*, a story that was made famous by Victorian novelist William Harrison Ainsworth, almost 100 years after Turpin's death.

Turpin's W.O.C\* is the Grenades, making him good at medium range combat and killing small gangs of enemies.

**Note: All of the real life people which the AI Players were based on, are deceased.**

### Fiction Characters

* **Corleone** - *Michael Corleone* from *The Godfather* of 1972 movie, about the Mafia in New York. Played by Al Pacino.

Corleone's W.O.C\* is the Shotgun, making him good at medium-range.

* **Kiddo** - *Beatrix Kiddo* from the *Kill Bill: Volume 1* of 2003 movie. She wears all yellow similar to the the movie. Played by Uma Thurman. Not always, but quite often Kiddo is the best at racing challenges.

Kiddo's W.O.C\* is the Shotgun, making her good at medium range.

* **R. Hood** - Obvious abbreviation for Robin Hood. A very famous legend in English folk lore, who was a skilled archer and would steal from rich pricks and give the money to poor peasants. He wears all green clothing like he is commonly portrayed.

R. Hood's W.O.C\* is the Flamethrower or Laser or Knife, making him good at close-range.

* **Mr. Pink** - One of the main characters in the 1992 movie, *Reservoir Dogs.* about a group of thieves who plan a diamond heist that goes wrong. Played by Steve Buscemi. He wears a black suit in the movie, but is seen with a pink suit in the game. Mr. Pink always keeps stealing the vehicles, other AI Players do also steal the vehicles. But mostly, Mr. Pink steal vehicles.

Mr. Pink's W.O.C\* is the Pistol, making him good at absolutely nothing **BUT** vehicular combat.

* **Travis** - Travis is the name of the original character you play as in Payback 2. He wears the same colors. Travis's name could originally have been named after the first Payback came out. The protagonist was Travis.

Travis's W.O.C\* is the Laser, making him good at medium-range.

* **Walter** - Named as the one of the protagonists of the 2008 *Breaking Bad* television series*,* *Walter White*.

Walter's W.O.C\* is the Pistol or Knife, making him good at close-range

* **Verbal** - Roger Kint, known as *Verbal* from the 1995 movie, *The Usual Suspects*. He is a con-artist played by Kevin Spacey. Verbal looks very similar to Oswald, however, the only differences between them is that Oswald wears a camo shirt while Verbal wears a plain white shirt.

Verbal's W.O.C\* is the Flamethrower, making him good at close-range.

### Removed Characters

For some reasons, these characters were removed. They can only be seen in the first official trailer of Payback 2.

* **Bundy** - Bundy was a character in Payback 2. He is likely inspired from Ted Bundy, an infamous American serial murderer who targets young women during the 1970s and possibly earlier. After more than a decade of denials, before his execution in 1989, he confessed to 30 homicides that he committed in seven states between 1974 and 1978. Bundy was probably deleted to avoid controversy.
* **Bronson** - Bronson was a character in Payback 2. Bronson might be inspired by Manson. Manson doesn’t appear on the leaderboard. Bronson probably was **Charles Bronson** (Born Michael Gordon Peterson, formerly Charles Ali Ahmed and currently Charles Arthur Salvador) - A British criminal who has been referred to in the British press as the "Most Violent Prisoner in Britain" and "Britain's most Notorious Prisoner". The reason why Apex Designs was probably gonna add this character is because the game developers are British, and the game is set in Britain. Fun Fact: Bronson and the Kray Twins (Ronnie and Reggie) actually met once, and had a special bond with them.

\***W.O.C** - Weapons Of Choice

## Gallery

Biggs holding a pistol.Bonnie holding a pistol.Capone holding a pistol.Clyde holding a pistol.Fawkes holding a pistol.Jesse holding a pistol.Manson holding a pistol.Oswald holding a pistol.Ronnie holding a pistol.Reggie holding a pistol.Turpin holding a pistol.Corleone holding a pistol.Kiddo holding a pistol.R. Hood holding a pistol.Mr. Pink holding a pistol.Travis holding a pistol.Verbal holding a pistol.Walter holding a pistol.