Claude Plays GTA 4 – And Fails

🔥 What happened A Reddit developer hooked Claude into GTA 4 and other games via a custom MCP server. The AI agent gets its own keyboard, mouse, and gamepad – then repeatedly walks into walls. 💡 Why it matters The agent just beelines to waypoints with zero spatial awareness. In Cities: Skylines, residents fled immediately because Claude forgot water and sewage hookups. That's the gap: without environmental reasoning, game agents stay blind passengers. ⚡ Our take The MCP plumbing is clever; the gameplay is embarrassing. Calling Claude a mod-testing automaton misses the point – a real agent would rotate the camera and read context. This one can't.