Post

I value trailers way less than I used to. Show me someone playing the game, not some AI slop. (On that note, props to Warlock for showing gameplay as early/rough as it was).

Even showing them playing the game live won't be authentic. See the Halo 2 E3 demo for the prime example.

After everyone complained about that we got a solid 10 years of game shows where they feel the need to zoom in on the controller to prove the dude is actually playing it.

www.reddit.com/r/Aniimo/com... I am very ambivalent about this. As someone who writes software, I can see how LLMs can help me generate at least boilerplate code for unit tests. Sometimes even full test cases. Also, this was previously something interns did to gain hands on xp on code bases.

And by "abivalent" I really mean conflicted. I see this a good way for small teams to get more consistency in their programming. Which DOES help speed up developing and relieve them of "busy work" they can then spend in designing actualy gameplay. However, the industry IS in danger.

New grads have NO way to gain hands on xp in deving short of actual dev work. Which is HARD to step into as someone who never did that prior. There will be a shortage of good developers in the future because young people can't get a foothold in the field. IMHO this is a regulation issue :(

This bums me out more then the usual news about AI slop games as I’ve maintained a defense of Geoff Keighley for years. He has his faults but I always believed he wants the best for the video game medium. However letting in all these slop trailers really hurts my faith in him and what he’ll present.

He is just a host for gamescom, not making excuses, but it's not his show to pick and choose.

A lot of the responses are "screw this, only indie games for me!" But a lot of these studios ARE indie, inasmuch as thst word means anything. There's no safe niche to hide from this trash. It's infuriating.

Yes the way we use the word indie in the daily context has largely lost all meaning. The historical context for it has changed so much that it's mostly a vibe things these days. Many indie studios also opt to operate in the same way and make the same things that AAA studios do, just with less money

its bad enough that every game in Unreal looks the fucking same, now they're all using AI to replicate some kind of future-punk aesthetic. you could have taken many of the trailers stacked end to end and idk if id have noticed they werent the same game