I kind of created this thread so that I can complain about the AI in Saints Row The Third. It's been really pissing me off - for those of you who haven't played it, in some missions you have non-optional companions to help you out in battle, but they are such an annoying hindrance. Like most followers, I don't really expect them to be too helpful or even take out enemies for me, but sometimes they will just run into walls and continue running into walls, or get trapped in random corners, which completely slows you down, because you cannot progress in missions if they aren't relatively close by you (you get a 30 second timer that says you're abandoning them if there's too big of a distance between you, and if you don't go back and get them un-stuck in time, you fail the mission). This totally sucks in timed missions since you basically have to hold their hand and guide them through areas while avoiding getting shot and keeping them from getting shot and getting to where you need to be on time. It's like an escort mission in disguise, and I just finished one where I had three of these idiots with me.
In terms of side missions, I failed the final trafficking activity over and over because Zimos literally will not get in the car. During these activities, I can't drive. When I get in a car I can only sit in there and wait for him to take his sweet time walking to the car while 500 people shoot at us from helicopters and cars. Sometimes he'll just completely stop walking, and there's nothing I can do to get him moving again until one or both of us dies. Sometimes, he'll pick a totally random car to get into. Sometimes, that car is on fire. And then he explodes and I fail the mission.
