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tal, do gaming w Like it or not, developers are experimenting with AI for their remasters and remakes - but can they ever be any good? [Eurogamer]
@tal@lemmy.today avatar

Sure, but I think that the type of game is a pretty big input. Existing generative AI isn’t great at portraying a consistent figure in multiple poses and from multiple angles, which is something that many games are going to want to do.

On the other hand, I’ve also played text-oriented interactive fiction where there’s a single illustration for each character. For that, it’d be a good match.

AI-based speech synth isn’t as good as human voice acting, but it’s gotten pretty decent if you don’t need to be able to put lots of emotion into things. It’s not capable of, say, doing Transistor, which relied a lot on the voice acting. But it could be a very good choice to add new material for a character in an old game where the actor may not be around or who may have had their voice change.

I’ve been very impressed with AI upscaling. I think that upscaling textures and other assets probably has a lot of potential to take advantage of higher resolution screens. Maybe one might need a bit of human intervention, but a factor of 2 increase is something that I’ve found that the software can do pretty well without much involvement.

supersquirrel, do games w Embracer has reduced its workforce by over 1800 people in the past year
MyDarkestTimeline01, do games w Embracer has reduced its workforce by over 1800 people in the past year

As much as that blows, it does make sense. They bet everything on being bought out and when that fell through they were massively overextended.

Agent_Karyo,
@Agent_Karyo@lemmy.world avatar

Except for the fact that the CEO wasn’t fired even though he made a comically lazy and incompetent mistake (going on a buying spree before confirming that the investment would go through).

MyDarkestTimeline01,

Buddy, this isn’t the navy. The captain isn’t going down with the ship. As much as we would all want or hope for them to. If anything, them chopping their workforce down will be seen as them improving the value of the company. The investors are who they actually answer to. And they are going to want them to make them money before they pull out all their investments and crater all those studios.

ampersandrew,
@ampersandrew@lemmy.world avatar

Wasn’t he fired? Or “stepped down” 9-10 days ago? That’s like the public company version of being fired.

Agent_Karyo,
@Agent_Karyo@lemmy.world avatar

I wasn’t aware. He is stepping down, but only after the company will be split into 3 parts.

Funny stuff!

catloaf,

So much for embracing

hperrin, do games w "Official" Russian Military game depicting invasion of Ukraine released on Steam as Yunarmy propaganda

Play it just to sabotage my own teammates.

DoucheBagMcSwag, (edited ) do games w MindsEye boss claims game's negative reaction ahead of release has been paid for in "concerted effort" against studio

While these are former Rockstar devs, so there is some incentive by Take Twoto potentially take them down, what they have shown is… Not impressive yet

“Driving and shooting, the game.”

Oh and you can make your own scripted driving and shooting levels

Granted you can say the same thing about GTA technically… But the characters are not interesting and the gameplay looks… off. The ragdoll enemies and the lack of any gun recoil. Just comes off as steam asset flip quality

ZeroHora, do games w MindsEye boss claims game's negative reaction ahead of release has been paid for in "concerted effort" against studio
@ZeroHora@lemmy.ml avatar

The game looks like a mixture of GTA, Mafia, modernize APB in a cyberpunk-esque universe with generic Unreal 5 graphics.

The mod tool is the biggest feature in my eyes, but for the average gamer does that make a difference? I don’t think you need to pay to criticize this game, but what do I know? I been paid by Russia and China to have this account on lemmy 🤷‍♂️

But_my_mom_says_im_cool, do games w $80 for Borderlands 4 too costly? Randy Pitchford says, "If you're a real fan, you'll find a way to make it happen"

Im always thrown off as a Canadian when I see these headlines because we’ve been paying $80 for games for decades.

Video games haven’t risen in cost with inflation and they’re much better and bigger now so I’m not super upset, but they are now at the point where I won’t buy a game at release or full price. I think the new price here is $93 cause that’s what the new Indiana jones is going for

What I hate most is that the game actually costs $150 and they split it and give you a stripped version for $80. I think gta 4 was the last game i truly felt made sense, game releases, we buy it, story dlc comes out later we get it, transaction over. No online bullshit that tries to keep you paying money into the game without end. Not a game split into little chunks and sold as tiers at release

OsrsNeedsF2P,

Video games haven’t risen in cost with inflation and they’re much better and bigger now

I agree with the bigger, but not better tbh

MoonHawk,

No one is asking them to grow x50 for every successful game they sell. Sure they have more expenses but how is it in any way relevant to the consumer? There’s no shortage of studios increasing budget massively and then shitting the bed when it comes to quality and actual gameplay. They are literally doing that to themselves.

Schadrach, do games w $80 for Borderlands 4 too costly? Randy Pitchford says, "If you're a real fan, you'll find a way to make it happen"

To quote LazyTown: Yar har, fiddle de dee…

mechoman444,

Sail the high sea! 🏴‍☠️🏴‍☠️🏴‍☠️

carl_dungeon, do games w $80 for Borderlands 4 too costly? Randy Pitchford says, "If you're a real fan, you'll find a way to make it happen"

The trailer for the new borderlands looked like the most soulless, boring cash grab. Anyone put much time into it yet?

Harvey656, do games w $80 for Borderlands 4 too costly? Randy Pitchford says, "If you're a real fan, you'll find a way to make it happen"
@Harvey656@lemmy.world avatar

Suck my cock pitchford. Hope the game bombs as bad as the movie fuckwad.

Vlyn, do games w $80 for Borderlands 4 too costly? Randy Pitchford says, "If you're a real fan, you'll find a way to make it happen"

I don’t condone this, but we already had $60 games 10 years ago. If you simply add inflation you’d be at $81 today. That doesn’t even take into account that modern games also have larger budgets compared to back then.

Video games really are a cheap hobby comparatively speaking. I still wait for sales of course :)

dermanus,

Games have been surprisingly inflation resistant. I paid $70 for Playstation games in the 90s.

mnemonicmonkeys,

Games have also gotten massively cheaper due to distribute due to digital downloads being the most common, and they’re making way more sales due to gaming having a much larger audience.

The main reason these games have ridiculously inflated budgets are because execs are pushing for more management, which in turn push for oversized teams making design-by-committee out of fear of making something people don’t like. The gamin industry doesn’t get to make excuses anymore. Them being unable to reign in their development budgets aren’t our problem. They need to figure out how to offer games at a lower price, because they’re going to run out of customers willing to pay otherwise

Vlyn,

Actually around half the budget of an AAA game is just marketing cost. Which feels wasteful, but if you need to recoup hundreds of millions it might be necessary.

gamermanh,

That doesn’t even take into account that modern games also have larger budgets compared to back then.

It also doesn’t take into account how much more they make even at the lower price points

If game companies want more money for their games they can start by cutting the worthless CEOs, not raising prices

Vlyn,

Actually around half the budget of an AAA game is just marketing cost. Which feels wasteful, but if you need to recoup hundreds of millions it might be necessary.

IzzyJ, do games w $80 for Borderlands 4 too costly? Randy Pitchford says, "If you're a real fan, you'll find a way to make it happen"
@IzzyJ@lemmy.world avatar

I will never buy the game out of spite

Hermit_Lailoken, do games w $80 for Borderlands 4 too costly? Randy Pitchford says, "If you're a real fan, you'll find a way to make it happen"
@Hermit_Lailoken@lemmy.world avatar

That’s what he thinks.

kmartburrito, do games w $80 for Borderlands 4 too costly? Randy Pitchford says, "If you're a real fan, you'll find a way to make it happen"

I’m really bad about buying new games at launch where I like the franchise and getting burned (looking at you bf2042).

However with all of the stupid politics, tariffs, and recession coming in the US, I’m sure the hell not buying this at $80, even if I’m a long term borderlands fan. I have way too many games in my library I should be playing/finishing anyway.

I hope others speak with their wallets as well.

lefixxx, do games w $80 for Borderlands 4 too costly? Randy Pitchford says, "If you're a real fan, you'll find a way to make it happen"

I am not a reaI fan ?.I am ok with being a “hypothetical” fan and buying it later at a reasonable price

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