Fans Revolt Against AI Making Their Games Feel Cheap, Soulless

Netease, Tencent, and HoYoverse have all been criticized for adapting AI in their games

Windows Games By Sisi Jiang Published April 12, 2023 | 𝕏 Copied! Image: NetEase Despite all the discourse about what effects that AI will have on game development, we don’t have to speculate about what can happen. We can just take a look at how AI is transforming game development in China right now. A combination of AI adaptation and regulatory setbacks have reportedly caused illustration jobs to decrease by 70%, with companies increasingly relying on DALL-E and Midjourney to produce fast and cheap assets for video games. However, Chinese players are unimpressed with the results. According to

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