Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 loses a GOTY award over use of gen AI

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• GammaGames@beehaw.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  tldr: they said during the application process that no gen ai was used. Since they lied, the Indie Game Awards pulled their GOTY

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  • jonathan7luke@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 launched with what some suspected to be AI-generated textures that, as it clarified to El País, were then replaced with custom assets in a swift patch five days after release.

    Fuck using Gen AI to replace human-made art, and fair enough for pulling the award, but I do think it’s worth making it clear exactly how much of the art is/was AI. And the answer is, very little at launch and none currently.

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    • geekwithsoul@piefed.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      I think the issue is much more that they lied on the application

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• redsand@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  GOTY not going to the only game to break the store or payment processor of steam, Xbox, psn, and Nintendo already made the whole thing seem silly

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  • osaerisxero@kbin.melroy.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    It's game of the year, not hype of the year

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    • redsand@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      It’s a turn based.

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  • artyom@piefed.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Silksong is an excellent game but it’s absolutely not in the same league. COE33 is a much more sophisticated game with deeper story and advanced artwork.

    Not to mention it was 1/3 the price so they could sell many more copies, which would be reflected in server load. COE33 was also more of a slow burn, not really that hyped. None of that makes Silksong a better game.

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    • redsand@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      IMHO fart sniffing pick and the only person I know who will play it is a persona fan.

      The description and trailers don’t seem revolutionary or mind blowing. Just a pretty turn based with a story that EA or Ubisoft didn’t half ass. BF6 just went on sale for $40 from $70 and is the best selling game of the year.

      The whole thing feels very token and fake

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  • DebatableRaccoon@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Agreed. As much as I don’t care about Silksong either way, having “so many people wanted me, I broke the storefront” on your resume has to count for something.

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  • GammaGames@beehaw.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    The fact that Silksong did that is insane to me, there was so much hype

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  • Nighed@feddit.uk ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    E33 wasn’t advertised, it was a slow burn of purchases.

    Do we know their sales figures?

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• mysticpickle@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Meh. Gotta throw a bone to the other games this year I guess

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• JoshsJunkDrawer@piefed.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  If Sandfall said no AI was used when in fact AI was used, then they are 100% right in taking the awards away from them.

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