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[–] morphballganon@mtgzone.com 7 points 8 hours ago (2 children)

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

[–] CrabAndBroom@lemmy.ml 5 points 4 hours 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 2 points 6 hours ago
  1. profit
  2. hivemind

big changes are HARD to come by

[–] Marshezezz@lemmy.blahaj.zone 12 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

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

[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 1 points 8 hours ago

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.

[–] brucethemoose@lemmy.world 3 points 14 hours ago* (last edited 14 hours 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 1 points 5 hours 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 14 hours ago

It was already pretty badly ruined because of asset packs.

[–] mohab@piefed.social 18 points 1 day 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.

[–] djsoren19@lemmy.blahaj.zone 41 points 1 day 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 36 points 1 day ago (1 children)

And the bar was already very low.

[–] Nikls94@lemmy.world 21 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Just remember what call of duty calls original content

[–] BootLoop@sh.itjust.works 14 points 1 day ago (2 children)

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

[–] oxideseven@lemmy.ca 1 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago)

Is the second to last"finger" the curb?

Still terrible ai tho...

[–] morphballganon@mtgzone.com 1 points 8 hours ago

I see extra fingers are not exclusive to 2d images

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

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

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

Just don't buy shitty games.