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Re:Show HN: We started building an AI dev tool but it turned... by thrown-0825 on Monday August 18, 2025 @10:55PM (#44947810)
Odd take, the stale dialogue and static quests of most rpgs could certainly benefit from llm enhancements
Re:Show HN: We started building an AI dev tool but it turned... by krainboltgreene on Tuesday August 19, 2025 @01:21AM (#44948488)
Nah, they’ll still be stale. Many people play RPGs that haven’t changed in 30 years, so static isn’t an issue either.
Re:Show HN: We started building an AI dev tool but it turned... by thrown-0825 on Tuesday August 19, 2025 @03:22AM (#44949103)
And many people don’t, there are already skyrim mods for this so your point doesnt really hold water.
Re:Show HN: We started building an AI dev tool but it turned... by nottorp on Tuesday August 19, 2025 @08:51AM (#44950947)
However, no one has ever praised the Elder Scrolls storyline.

They win by the sheer quantity and by giving you a lot of subsystems to play with.

So LLM generated quest text probably feels it belongs here. It wouldn't, for example, in something with the Witcher 3 story quality.

Re:Show HN: We started building an AI dev tool but it turned... by thrown-0825 on Thursday August 21, 2025 @05:03AM (#44970605)
except the hundreds of hours of youtube videos discussing the story of the franchise
Re:Show HN: We started building an AI dev tool but it turned... by krainboltgreene on Tuesday August 19, 2025 @10:55AM (#44952281)
It’s so funny to reference a game that has like 12 editions and is on every platform including a refrigerator and think “this game is missing something”

By the way there are LLM dialog mods for Skyrim and everyone thinks they’re a joke because they suck.

Re:Show HN: We started building an AI dev tool but it turned... by thrown-0825 on Tuesday August 19, 2025 @12:12PM (#44953211)
you seem to enjoy speaking in absolutes, that's a really bad habit
Re:Show HN: We started building an AI dev tool but it turned... by krainboltgreene on Tuesday August 19, 2025 @05:08PM (#44956275)
You can't even put your name on the table, brother.
Re:Show HN: We started building an AI dev tool but it turned... by lkjdsklf on Tuesday August 19, 2025 @08:48AM (#44950927)
I think the staleness comes from the fact that it’s the 60 billionth time you’ve done some “quest” to go gather some crap up or kill the same thing in a loop for an hour.

No amount of dialogue is going to save that.

The actual story dialogue is usually interesting enough already

Re:Show HN: We started building an AI dev tool but it turned... by suddenlybananas on Tuesday August 19, 2025 @08:57AM (#44950987)
Quality writing is what is most important in an RPG, something that LLMs are distinctly terrible at.