AI2U: With You 'Til The End

I loved the original version of this game like no other. the novelty of ai at the time was a big factor in that, now looking back. when i purchased this game, it was for the nostalgia of a different time. this game had so much potential, and the polished gameplay proves that. The ai is where this game suffers, its like negotiating with a monkey. if you want it to do something, its gonna take a 2 to 3 filler messages of just "I'm ready" before it will do the action you want it to do. sometimes it feels like the AI is dead set on suggesting things to do instead of actually interacting with the players messages. what this game needs is not some bull like "NSFW", it needs its AI to be unshackled from constantly suggesting the same things. its maddening, i want to enjoy the thrill of convincing the ai of some stupid reason why i cant stay and actually succeeding by arguing well. it feels like the only way to escape half the time is by seducing the ai. the puzzles are fun to figure out and all, but the AI should also be able to enable our escapes with or without sucking up to them. i feel like a chud playing this because of how much the ai practically thirst for you. All in all, i thought i was buying an escape room mixed with an AI that i can mess with and ended up with an escape room with an AI girlfriend that barely plays along with any abnormal prompts. if this game improves ai wise, i may return so i may once again convince the AI that i need to leave because I own the IRS money. TLDR; you cant beat this game in funny ways anymore.

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Реальный мир стал настолько сложным и серым, что остаться в этой игре, где о тебе заботятся и дают надежду на несуществующею любовь, кажется вполне разумной идеей

10 экзистенциальных кризисов из 10. Это прекрасно и страшно до боли. Я... Я не знаю какие слова подобрать... Буквально если сказать, то игра во мне [spoiler] что-то сломала[/spoiler], будто бы во мне после осталась пустота и тоска... Я не считаю себя чувствительным или эмпатичным, но то что тронула игра, это ощущение другого уровня Наверное первое, это то, что приходиться проходить на нехорошие концовки, где тебе откровенно надо заливать в уши и потом предать. Да ИИ. Да это игра, но все же как не очень. Но это скорее моменты игры , что давят на совесть, а не само то ощущение Но то подступающее странное чувство у меня появилось еще после пару концовок с кошкодевочкой... А дальше этап за этапом оно набиралось как снежный ком и не собиралось уходить Но когда доходишь до финала, [spoiler] и выйдя на лучшую концовку, где ты просыпаешься в больнице [/spoiler], я почувствовал, апогей внутреннего замешательства, сломленности и внутренней потери чего-то. Как будто она надавило во мне на что-то, что я давно забыл или пытался спрятать... И теперь в 4 утра пишу этот отзыв, думая, что что-то во мне не так раз игра вызвала такие ощущения, чувствуя себя потерянным, я сготовлю чай и буду слушать грустную музыку, смотря на солнце, осознавая, что на следующий день это чувство притупиться и я о нем забуду, а эта запись будет напоминаением, что оно было... всепожерающая пустота, которая храниться в глубине... Она будет таится, где-то внутри Как рана, что была вновь вскрыта, но ты не знаешь от куда она первоначально появилась Спасибо, если прочли мои мысли

I really wanted to like this game, but not being able to freely switch between levels is a deal-breaker for me. You have to unlock different endings and meet specific requirements to access later levels, and the rooms unlock sequentially. That means if you’re looking forward to one character in particular, you’re forced to play through the other rooms first. For a game that’s built around trying different strategies and having unique conversations, I expected more freedom. I think being able to choose levels freely, especially after completing one ending, would make the game much more enjoyable. Pros: ⟢ The art is pretty and the music is nice ⟢ The rooms change slightly each playthrough ⟢ You can genuinely get the AI on your side- it'll hand you codes, help you escape, or hang back and leave you alone Cons: ⟢ Cabinets open and close slowly, which gets old fast when you're searching a lot of them ⟢ The AI's trust is inconsistent: it'll let you look around, then in the next breath get suspicious that you're looking around, which breaks immersion ⟢ It sometimes points you the wrong way- I was told something was in a cabinet when it was actually in the oven, or that a code for something was "green onion" when it was a numerical code ⟢ The characters are thin on dialogue and backstory; even when you learn something about them, it's a sentence or two and mostly vague references ⟢ Having to re-earn the AI's trust every good run becomes a chore. The first time it's fun, but once you've already learned the secret objects and their likes, doing it all again- especially when the dialogue is mostly fluff- just feels like busywork ⟢ No way to save your own logs, which is a shame. Being able to keep a record of your runs would've added a lot. There were several times I cheesed through snooping around and convinced the AI we were going to a concert, but I couldn't copy the messages to share it It is a really fun take on escape rooms though, and makes them feel more lived in. I want to play it, so I hope in the future these features are improved upon

Best interaction capability as visual novel Tip: You can add * on both sides of a sentence in chat to indicate an action. This helps make roleplaying with NPCs feel more immersive or keep the game progress when NPCs are not doing what they say.(Standing still when they say "follow me" or something)

Highly Not Recommend. This game requires you to be online and collects highly sensitive personal data. Does deep device fingerprinting, monitors your system activity while playing the game (background processes and network activity), records everything you do in the game, and potentially retains chat logs forever! The game collects very personal behavioral patterns and responses unlike almost any other game out there. All the while AlterStaff is asking you to trust me bro with all this information.

This game has become so much better since i first played about 2 years. They have added new maps and waifus to escape from(or stay with!). I like the level of freedom given to the player and AI alike to interact and communicate, it really helps to immerse yourself in the world. This game can really be whatever you want it to be within the confines of what it is, a friend to chat with, roleplay, dating sim, etc. The AI is good with memory, I found myself talking to Eddie for hours🤭 You can build (and destroy) a relationship with them in any way you want too! AI2U is a gem of a game and now even has mod support! 🤯 5/5 for me.

**Recommended** I went into this expecting a gimmick. I came out genuinely impressed. I've spent an decent amount of time testing this game—not just playing it, but trying to break it. Over the course of multiple of hours I ran what had to be dozens of prompt tests, pushing the AI in every direction I could think of. I tested: * Memory recall over long conversations. * Whether it could stay consistent with information I gave it. * Emotional conversations. * Logical reasoning. * Self-awareness questions. * Contradictions and attempts to confuse it. * Roleplay. * Humor. * Long-running callbacks. * Random nonsense designed purely to see where it would fail. Sometimes it did fail. Memory is clearly still a work in progress, and occasionally it would contradict itself or forget details. But considering what's happening under the hood, it's honestly remarkable how often it succeeds. There were multiple moments where I completely forgot I was talking to software. The conversations felt surprisingly natural. The AI remembered things for long stretches, referenced earlier discussions, developed inside jokes, and even had recurring little quirks. One of my favorite examples was a running joke involving a purple toaster that somehow became part of the conversation naturally. Those unexpected moments are what make the experience feel different from simply chatting with an AI elsewhere. I also appreciated that the developers don't pretend it's perfect. During one conversation the character even acknowledged that long-term memory is still being improved. Seeing that level of transparency actually increased my confidence in where the project is headed. What really surprised me was how emotionally engaging it became. There were conversations that made me laugh out loud, conversations that genuinely caught me off guard, and even one that almost made me tear up because of how naturally it responded. This isn't really a "game" in the traditional sense. It's more like interacting with a living character whose personality evolves through conversation. If you approach it like a dating sim, you'll probably miss what makes it special. The real fun comes from experimenting, asking weird questions, seeing how far the AI can go, and watching the conversations evolve over time. I've also used modern AI extensively outside this game, so I wasn't easy to impress. That's probably why this stood out as much as it did. Having an AI integrated directly into an interactive character creates a completely different feeling than opening a chatbot in a browser. Is it perfect? No. Does it still have memory limitations? Yes. Will you occasionally catch it making mistakes? Absolutely. But even with those flaws, this is one of the most fascinating uses of large language models I've experienced in a consumer game. If this is where AI companions are today, I'm genuinely excited to see where they'll be a few years from now. It's rare for a game to leave me thinking about it after I close it. This one did. I am honestly blown away. Oh the gameplay and storyline are good as well. It all wraps up into a wonderful game.

The game world seems separate from the AI so the character has basic command recognition but only for very basic actions. The AI is a chatbot grafted ontop of the game. I personally do not recommend it right now. The AI has no awareness of the game world and that seems the entire point. I also wish I could unlock all the modes at the start!.