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Re:Google announced Genie AI can generate platform video games by seanhunter on Thursday February 29, 2024 @08:52AM (#39549268)
It's really hard to imagine that an AI-generated storyline would be worse than say most Bethesda questlines of the last 10 years or so. Or say Ubisoft circa AC:Valhalla. There are so many storylines and quest objectives in games these days that are more or less:

Go here and get a pencil. <watch a cutscene>

Ok great. Now I need 3 more pencils. <watch another cutscene>

OK now go here and follow an NPC for ages while they walk really slowly. <watch another cutscene>

OK now shoot the guy <watch a cutscene>

OK we're done, have a cookie. Any time you want to, come back here and I'll send you to go fetch more pencils.

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Re:Google announced Genie AI can generate platform video games by bilbo0s on Thursday February 29, 2024 @08:59AM (#39549357)
To be fair,

I only had the blue pencil after the first quest. I had to go back. Not for the cookies really, but rather because I needed the yellow, purple and especially the red pencil. Only then would I be the level 10 mage capable of retrieving the black pencil.

You act like they were making a fool out of me or something. /s

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Re:Google announced Genie AI can generate platform video games by ben_w on Thursday February 29, 2024 @09:29AM (#39549713)
There was a parody video a while back, can't find it now, about RPGs from the NPC's perspective. PC steals all their stuff and also their grandmother, ends up receiving the sword of grandmothers.
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