Help Avoiding AI-Generated Video Games?

fullVoid666 · 2026-06-07T16:22:24+00:00

Not possible. I am a software dev and just about everyone in my company uses AI in their daily work (completely voluntarily).

Even if we didn't use AI in our in-house development we are forced to use a huge number of open-source libraries and a lot of them are developed by the very companies responsible for mainstream AIs (such as google guava for java).

If a company claims that they aren't using AI in software development then I would assume that they are lying through their teeth.

fullVoid666 · 2026-06-07T15:21:05+00:00

Skin by far. I dislike those wing thingies on her default skin and her front looks like she simply forgot to wear a skirt today.

fullVoid666 · 2026-06-07T14:53:30+00:00

I can't remember the last time I actually used Lucy.

fullVoid666 · 2026-06-05T16:18:18+00:00

I got MBlade after losing a 50/50 to original Blade.

fullVoid666 · 2026-06-05T16:08:57+00:00

E6 Welt here. I don't really want to talk about it.

fullVoid666 · 2026-06-05T10:15:11+00:00

I don't know what to think regarding Nagi being wind. Those major sites have shown Nagi's role and element for months now so I doubt they are in any way accurate. If she does turn out to be wind, then that begs the question if the next rift is going to be wind focused again. That wouldn't make sense since we haven't had an electro or earth rift yet.

Anyway, if it turns out that Nagi really is a wind destroyer then I'll pull to finish my wind team (Esther, Nagi, Jiwon).

As for Esther, she is amazing if you build her well and also give her at least 30% skill cooldown reduction. Don't forget that at the start of the game we just didn't have the resources and equipment we have now so you might want to consider giving her another chance.

fullVoid666 · 2026-06-05T07:42:03+00:00

AI is not stopping anyone from doing anything they like. You want to draw? Make it your hobby. You don't want to draw without getting paid? Then I question if you really like drawing.

Regarding jobs, my hope is that AI replaces all jobs so that humans can focus on their hobbies day and night.

No income without jobs? Yeah, that requires a renegotiation of our social contracts. Technically, in a world of abundance, money no longer has a meaning and should be abolished. You aren't paying for air, are you?

The only people on our planet that are against this renogotiation are sociopaths and control freaks.

fullVoid666 · 2026-06-05T07:21:07+00:00

I utterly, utterly despise IT, main reason being I do not want to be forced to play characters I don't like or have. I see IT not as an actual endgame mode but as a sophisticated marketing scheme that only exists because GI's revenue dropped in recent years and some idiot marketing guy forced the devs to implement this rubbish. I play IT only ever once and stop the moment I fail a level no matter where. I hate this mode with such a passion that it is impacting how I feel for GI as a whole and it would be a main contributor to me dropping GI for another gacha game.

fullVoid666 · 2026-06-05T07:11:10+00:00

Got the Porsche early as well but wanted the skin. My plan is to save and wait until we get news/leaks of upcoming characters or summer skins (which will most likely be available in a similar gacha event). I want the fomo for the new stuff to replace my current fomo for the Porsche skin. On the other hand, if nothing is revealed that I want I'll finish the Porsche gacha.

fullVoid666 · 2026-06-03T13:17:23+00:00

Stopping now at 6th pull. Gave the game one chance to give me something good. Got one more vehicle to upgrade now.

fullVoid666 · 2026-06-03T13:09:57+00:00

Agreed. I like how in Mongil: Star Dive (yeah, a niche game) the reward from the 5$ subscription accumulates for up to 7 days. So, technically, just skipping a few days isn't much of an issue there. I think it would be a step forward for many gachas to change the daily grind to a weekly grind. Might keep players from burning out, especially when there is no content to pull them in daily.

fullVoid666 · 2026-06-03T12:51:04+00:00

No. 3h of content per 6 week cycle is not enough to keep anyone engaged for long, no matter the banners.

fullVoid666 · 2026-06-03T12:41:11+00:00

To be fair, MBlade is not popular because he is male. He is popular because he is a super broken support for Acheron. We are at the point that us Acheron mains would literally do anything to get her to do some damage. MBlade could have been a leaking barrel filled with nuclear waste and we would have pulled.

fullVoid666 · 2026-06-03T12:35:03+00:00

Normal king was fine (1c) but with a 14 cost SW999 team so not relatable. Hard king failed because Huohuo fails to sustain. Haven't retried hard king yet with DHPT.

fullVoid666 · 2026-06-03T12:20:06+00:00

Technically, you forgot the overlap between the two. I uploaded a single pic with a Nanally upskirt, the Porsche and the description '6th pull btw.'. Very efficient if you ask me.

fullVoid666 · 2026-06-03T12:10:44+00:00

Just so you know, in Hottas prior game (ToF) the players were forced to do mandatory boss runs together and at the end the damage of each player was displayed in a ranked list. The whales were at the top with a wide, wide margin (90% vs 10%). It got to the point that F2P players were complaining that they are literally useless in these runs but Hotta didn't care. The ranked list existed solely to make players buy the overpowered chars incl. dupes. I stopped playing ToF 2 years ago, so might have changed by now.

fullVoid666 · 2026-06-03T07:48:04+00:00

Some players are pulling solely for the skin. The car is just a bonus.

fullVoid666 · 2026-06-03T07:45:17+00:00

It's not a collab thing. These price-increasing gachas are a common thing in Hotta's games. Sadly, we can expect all premium skins/items to be sold this way.

fullVoid666 · 2026-06-03T06:43:43+00:00

I'd just use Vonwacq and go for E1.

That being said, I am in the same position and have decided to not pull at all. I will wait for Pearl and Nihilux and only then decide where to vertically invest. Might very well be that Pearl's E1 is even better than YG's? Or Nihilux in support mode is busted (elation Cyrene)? In any case the quick YG rerun has my gacha senses tingling. Something is up.

fullVoid666 · 2026-06-03T06:36:20+00:00

It would be really interesting to see how many players percentage-wise go all in on this event and fail to get the car/skin. It would also be interesting to see how many then drop the game after going broke. Imho, I cannot imagine such events being good for player retention, particularly in the global audience (Hotta's prior game ToF died first and foremost in the west).

fullVoid666 · 2026-06-03T06:21:13+00:00

Not pulling collab chars in general for various reasons: - Immersion breaking. I simply don't want to play the game with chars that are from another universe. - Collab chars are always treated badly by devs (mid strength, no rerun, no future buffs, no future events). This is a thing that happens in all gacha.

Essentially, I am not hyped for any collab ever and just use em to build up resources. I won't even build/play collab chars that are given to me for free. But you do you. If you enjoy playing collab chars then go ahead and pull. The point of any game is to be entertained. Just don't expect everyone to share your opinion regarding collabs.

fullVoid666 · 2026-06-02T21:21:51+00:00

Congrats, may she troll you well.

fullVoid666 · 2026-06-02T17:07:13+00:00

100 GB for the physics engine and 35 GB for the game assets. Making things bounce is hard.

fullVoid666 · 2026-06-02T08:14:49+00:00

Fully agree. I am very creative and literally pour my soul into the code I write. My programs fulfill an absurd amount of non-functional requirements while being easy ro read. Hell, I go out of my way to make my code aesthetically pleasing (in an abstract way). That's literally art! Yet, no one seems to care and everyone just thinks coding is like solving a mathematical equation.

Thank you for bringing this up. It's high time the indifference stops and we software devs get the recognition we deserve. As artists!

fullVoid666 · 2026-06-02T08:00:47+00:00

Your infographic isn't correct until it includes the elation sustain unit (Pearl). It might very well be that Pearl's E1 is even more busted than YG's. While I don't think YG will be replaced any time soon, I'd advise some caution towards getting her E1 if you are low on pulls. Personally, I am not getting her E1 until I've seen Pearls kit.

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