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[–] djsoren19@lemmy.blahaj.zone 45 points 1 week ago

I mean, most AAA titles don't even run on launch nowadays, so I'm not really sure how the quality can get much worse than "unplayable."

[–] Ilixtze@lemmy.ml 38 points 1 week ago (1 children)

And the bar was already very low.

[–] Nikls94@lemmy.world 23 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Just remember what call of duty calls original content

[–] BootLoop@sh.itjust.works 15 points 1 week ago (2 children)

That's not even the worst of what Call of Duty used.

[–] morphballganon@mtgzone.com 2 points 1 week ago

I see extra fingers are not exclusive to 2d images

[–] oxideseven@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Is the second to last"finger" the curb?

Still terrible ai tho...

[–] mohab@piefed.social 19 points 1 week ago

Whoever uses AI to crank out shit games is already cranking out shit games anyway. Only way to fight back now or in the future is to stop paying for shit games.

[–] morphballganon@mtgzone.com 12 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Ok, so... maybe choose to not use it, and choose to not buy games that use it

[–] CrabAndBroom@lemmy.ml 12 points 1 week ago

Ah but that's not how being a gamer works. When the game companies do something sleazy you have to:

  • Complain about it endlessly online

  • Buy the game anyway and play it for 500 hours, stopping occasionally to post online about how terrible it is

  • Buy all the DLC, complain about it being a ripoff and then leave a negative Steam review

Then start saving for the sequel, which will be nowhere near as good as the first game.

[–] Cabbage_Pout61@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago
  1. profit
  2. hivemind

big changes are HARD to come by

[–] Marshezezz@lemmy.blahaj.zone 12 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I worry that if I shot myself in the leg on purpose, I might bleed out

I used to worry that if I shat myself in the leg on purpose, I might bleed out. i still worry that, but i used to, too.

[–] CaptainBlinky@lemmy.myserv.one 10 points 1 week ago (1 children)

...don't use it and the problem solves itself, no?

[–] pycorax@sh.itjust.works 9 points 1 week ago

I'm sure that's what they'd like to do but then some executive gets some bright ideas about how it could make the game better despite having never ever played a game before in their life.

[–] 58008@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Wait, if devs are worried about it, and players are worried about it, who the fuck is doing it?? If it's a widespread fear, they should band together and set up an AI-weary union, and gamers would support the shit outta them for it. Make it like a privacy policy, a binding agreement that AI will be used sparingly if at all.

[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 12 points 1 week ago

Wait, if devs are worried about it, and players are worried about it, who the fuck is doing it??

The CEOs and upper management goons that don't care about anything but a single number getting higher.

[–] woelkchen@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago

Just don't buy shitty games.

[–] brucethemoose@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Yeah.

The 'dreamer' part of me pictures this as enabling solo devs with masterpieces in their heads to finally make the game they want. Or small studios to undermine AAAs even more.


...But grifters gonna grift.

And apparently people buying slop can't help themselves, whether the slop is AI or not.

[–] C4551E@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 1 week ago

Ideally, so many of modern technologies would be an incredible net positive, freeing up so much wasted human time and enabling people to pursue happy, fruitful lives. But under capitalism, those same innovations are instead ruining livelihoods, dismantling society, and destroying the ecosystem.

[–] x00z@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

It was already pretty badly ruined because of asset packs.