Regardless of your own personal opinion of generative AI, it’s very apparent at this point that it is widely unpopular. Sure, there are some success stories here and there with AI like Arc Raiders and I can’t argue against a game that is obviously extremely popular, but at the same time I’ve seen games drop off the face of the earth and get their reviews tanked as soon as it comes out they used generative AI. If anything I’d say Embark learned their lesson from their previous game, The Finals, to where they just didn’t even try and hide it for Arc Raiders and I think that helped with their success. They didn’t tell anyone about using AI for The Finals until it released and I feel like that’s a big reason why it never took off. Went from over 200,000 players to less than 50,000 in the span of a month or two.
I’d say it’s more of an honesty problem. The games that are successful were known to have generative AI from the start while the ones getting a lot of flak are the ones that were trying to hide it. To be perfectly honest, I’m okay with you using generative AI to make your game. Personally I’d lose a significant amount of interest in your game if you did and I’d be pretty disappointed, but I’d have a hell of a lot more respect for you if you were upfront about it than the ones that try to hide it.
eatCasserole@lemmy.world 2 days ago
I like this guy.