While I think AI will be good in games, the games in question should be built with the AI in mind, rather than just shoving the AI into an existing game.
Square-Enix was doing a remake of an old detective game called Portopia, with the idea of being able to converse with NPCs about the case. That made sense, but they have seemingly abandoned the project. They should have kept working on that, instead of doing this Chatty Slime scheme.
- Fortnite tried this with Darth Vader
- Fortnite is struggling so bad they had to lay off 1000 employees
Coincidence?
Honestly, yes.
Spyware in video games now?
Vote with your wallet yall.
Has there been a single game ever released that has used AI and it been well received? I should really get into being a c-suite exec. It would be easy, I could turn up to work absolutely shitfaced and still do a more competent job.
Conversation is honestly one of the places I think AI would excel at. You can have more interesting conversations instead of the same 5 phrases over and over.
Where winds meet was pretty well received and it also did this AI chatbot powered npc’s
The fact that I have no idea what you’re talking about it’s kind of my point really. There has been no successful AI game.
You not knowing about a game is completely irrelevant to whether or not it was successful.
Gross.
NB4 players start turning the slime into a sex chat bot.
What a creative new form of DRM !
Everyday I stray further from the path of mainstream gaming.
Oh it’s a companion, so I guess I can’t kill it.
Despite it being AI, I really don’t have much of a problem with implementation like this. It sounds like the rest of the game is made by humans. Having a clippy-type companion that offers tips for your class or forward progress tips based on previous progress, the idea has potential. AI has the potential to be extremely helpful in guidance. The issues come from building the infrastructure using AI. We shouldn’t be using it to create, but to enhance what has already been created. AI is a tool, not a solution.
Yeah, until chatty slime tells you to talk to a nonexistent NPC and you spend countless hours trying to find a character he made up.
GenAI is a fancy text predictor. It can and will make shit up, because it simply does not know what it is saying. Why would an assistant the likes of which you suggest not just be scripted “traditionally”?
So does that mean the game will be always online? Or does the AI companion disappear if you’re offline?
Edit: read the actual article and it’s about an existing MMO, so the game is already always online.
Which is a shame, because it’s the only DQ game I haven’t played because it’s a MMO and not translated into English.
Finally a good use for AI… Chatty slimey, I’m playing a game. Please execute a kernel exploit.
I can’t wait for the first videos from people who turned that Ai slime into an mysognostic, racist, pile of blue shit!
inb4 ai bros vibe code a Linux client in docker to expose this as an openai compatible API so they can get free tokens, and square Enix Just bans all Linux users
Nonono… I have a better idea. Do NFTs.
