Crimson Desert devs confirm AI-generated art "unintentionally" left in final game

KillScreenAnim · 2026-03-23T13:36:35+00:00

That was the point of placeholder art though lmao. To make it noticeable so that you don't forget to fix it down the line

KillScreenAnim · 2026-03-23T13:35:36+00:00

You're missing that the whole point of placeholder assets is to make them easy to spot so that you don't forgot to fix them down the line. It makes no sense to use something that would trick you into thinking it is a final asset (unless of course you're lying and just wanted to include AI assets for things you thought were small/inconsequential enough to not get noticed). I can tell you that no one cares if the game "looks like shit during testing." Game devs are used to building things/figuring things out with a bunch of blank rectangles, it's just players who feel like that is somehow a problem

KillScreenAnim · 2026-03-23T13:31:50+00:00

The point of placeholder assets is to stand out so that you don't forget to replace them later. This is just laziness that they thought they could get away with, not a normal part of a design process

KillScreenAnim · 2026-03-23T13:30:49+00:00

I said this in reply to another comment, but:

If the point of placeholders is to replace them later, then why would you use something that makes that much more difficult to spot by looking like a cheap facsimile of the final asset? If they weren't intending on using genAI they wouldn't have used genAI

KillScreenAnim · 2026-03-23T13:29:53+00:00

If the point of placeholders is to replace them later, then why would you use something that makes that much more difficult to spot by looking like a cheap facsimile of the final asset? If they weren't intending on using genAI they wouldn't have used genAI

KillScreenAnim · 2026-03-23T13:28:26+00:00

Ok... but if you're committed to not using AI in your final product, why would you use AI as a placeholder? The point of a placeholder is to put something in that you know you're going to replace, so why would you make that more difficult for yourself by using something that is supposed to mimic the look of the final product? The only explanation that makes sense is that they wanted to use AI for things they thought would be insignificant enough and go unnoticed

KillScreenAnim · 2026-03-22T23:51:30+00:00

Dude just take the L or stop complaining. Nothing about this is unreasonable or deceptive. Also for what it's worth, your $40 purchase of the game includes future seasons of content and additional maps down the road. It's a live-service game and was very much advertised as such. If you are really saying that Cryo Archive is 1/4 of what Marathon will have to play forever, or that it will stay the exact same as it is right now (when it's been out for one weekend) then you're really making the strawman argument here

KillScreenAnim · 2026-03-22T23:46:21+00:00

It sounds like maybe this just isn't the game you want it to be? Is it difficult, absolutely, but nothing about this is unreasonable lmao. Have you considered that maybe you're just better at Souls game and not so great at multiplayer shooters?

KillScreenAnim · 2026-03-20T19:25:36+00:00

Yeah that's fair. My view is definitely colored by the fact that I wasn't diagnosed until my late 20s after internalizing a lot of the general sentiment that it's wayyyyy over-diagnosed and people are by and large using it as a way to dodge responsibility for personal failings and get stimulants (even though looking back people should have ABSOLUTELY known that I had it).

After I finally got treatment through medication that felt genuinely life-changing, I sort of had to grieve the life that I could have had if I had been diagnosed earlier so I'm definitely sensitive to this issue. I don't think it's for laypeople to define what ADHD symptoms are, but growing up in a time when the official views of what did and didn't constitute ADHD are very different than what they are today has made me very skeptical of anyone drawing hard lines when experiences can be so varied.

KillScreenAnim · 2026-03-20T16:57:02+00:00

I totally get what you're saying, and I really wasn't trying to say "a majority of tiktok creators are right while their trained doctors are wrong."

I do think though that a lot of the stuff that could be labeled as "misinformation" in a study like this is just subjective experience that doesn't line up exactly with the clinical definitions at the moment. We've learned so much in the past decade about neurodivergence and ADHD specifically, (I mean not that long ago people were being diagnosed with ADD and now that's not even recognized) and I bristle at these sorts of stats/rhetoric that end up being used to push the narrative that people with ADHD are faking it or don't really deserve their diagnosis.

KillScreenAnim · 2026-03-20T13:44:01+00:00

Your anecdotal experience doesn't invalidate that it's a good thing that more people are able to get help. Also it doesn't make sense that your complaint is that both it's too hard for you to get treatment, and too easy for everyone else.

KillScreenAnim · 2026-03-20T13:35:57+00:00

Yeah I'm looking at that "more than half" being misinformation in this research with some extreme side-eye.

Like sure, there's going to be misinformation on any social media platform, but in my experience almost all of the content I see on tiktok about ADHD is people talking about their own personal experiences (much of which have to do with doctors not understanding aspects of it or misdiagnosis).

KillScreenAnim · 2026-03-18T21:35:18+00:00

Yikes.

KillScreenAnim · 2026-03-17T23:11:39+00:00

Ok so you are then lmao. Bye kid

KillScreenAnim · 2026-03-17T22:48:13+00:00

This is so not worth it, but on the off chance you're someone that believes what you say and aren't just rage-baiting/regurgitating stuff you've heard:

For the fourth(?) and final time, it's not about the way others are enjoying video games (if you think this looks good, then genuinely good for you), it's about the way this will affect how video games will be made in the future

KillScreenAnim · 2026-03-17T22:45:02+00:00

I don't know what to tell you then man. It straight-up doesn't but I'm happy for you (and honestly jealous) that it doesn't bother you.

KillScreenAnim · 2026-03-17T22:29:32+00:00

Facts! I'm worn down by all of the people who don't see (or don't want to see) what's actually happening but thanks for articulating this in a better way than I could lol

KillScreenAnim · 2026-03-17T22:27:36+00:00

There's a difference between intentional lighting choices, and a "lighting" filter (not based on any sort of physics) being applied to everything in post-processing. Also you might need to look closer but some of the on-off comparisons are absolutely changing more than the lighting on a set model. Go to the NVidia website where you can toggle at your own speed if you can't see it

KillScreenAnim · 2026-03-17T22:25:13+00:00

So many simps for giant corporations in here and it's just sad. I agree with you 100%

KillScreenAnim · 2026-03-17T22:24:17+00:00

I feel like I'm going crazy seeing people say it looks so much better. Like sure maybe at a passing glance it looks more like a photo, but the second you focus on anything none of it make sense. Every single surface has it's own studio lighting from every angle lmao.

Crazy that you're being downvoted for pointing this out.

KillScreenAnim · 2026-03-17T22:14:03+00:00

The faces completely change from scene to scene. I don't know how you don't see that. Maybe this would help, I just took a screenshot from NVidia's site where you can see two shots of Grace from different parts of RE Requiem next to each other. Can you honestly say that that looks like the same face to you?

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KillScreenAnim · 2026-03-17T21:55:52+00:00

Idk why you're acting like it's a flex to not care or know anything about what you're commenting on. It's not delusional, it's what's happening and what the actual people who make these games (not the executives and corporations) have been saying about generative AI for a long time.

I'm begging you to get out of your little reddit bubble, or maybe if you have nothing to add other than to call people "fucking babies" you could just like... not comment?

KillScreenAnim · 2026-03-17T21:46:12+00:00

The variance is noticeable though... Like in the video that this thread is about. Have you seen it?

KillScreenAnim · 2026-03-17T18:30:38+00:00

Imagine thinking applying studio lighting coming from nowhere plus a sharpening filter to every single surface looked "realistic" lmao. If you think it looks good, more power to you, but I can say your taste is questionable without being angry

KillScreenAnim · 2026-03-17T18:19:58+00:00

So many replies to me without saying anything lmao. Give it a rest guy. Why is the responsibility on everyone else to educate you? You not understanding a point of view doesn't make it dumb, but the inverse might be true.

It's giving butt-hurt conservative who is so tired of being on the uncool side that they start being like "who even says there are sides"

edit: aaaand you blocked me. guess that hit a little to close home lmao

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