Challenger's Odyssey

[quote][url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AI_slop][b]Warning: AI Slop[/b][/url] This game is partially or completely made with talentless, banal AI generated content.[/quote] "Challenger's Odyssey" is a real joke, and a sign of things to come. Basically everything in this game was AI generated and all the "developer" did was prompt ChatGPT and Dall-E... they managed to retry enough to get a working "game" of sorts, if you can call a bunch of generic AI Slop a game. You have to supply your own GPT key because the developer can't afford it... yes, that's right, this is the first time I've seen a developer that makes YOU pay SOMEONE ELSE to play a game they published but didn't even create. And Valve is okay with this garbage? As mentioned, this features really godawful, "wrong" looking AI slop instead of genuinely and sincerely created game assets. It's hard to say if this was because the developer didn't have the skill to do the job of creating real game assets or couldn't afford to hire someone who does, but it also doesn't matter. What matters is that this looks bad because of that decision. AI slop sticks out like a sore thumb... and it comes across as insulting. There's also the old adage that those who lack the budget and talent to make their own game assets usually lack the budget and talent to do the rest of the job of game development properly, too, and that's glaringly obvious here. The developer chose not to do the job of a real game developer and create meaningful bespoke levels, narrative based gameplay progression and so on. Instead, they decided that "Procgen IS content!" and lazily tried to use procgen algorithms to create infinite, samey, repetitive, soulless levels, because that's a lot less work. As a result of this poor decision, the game gets tired and repetitive almost immediately. Developers must learn that procgen is a terrible substitute for creating real content. It should not be used as "ez-mode" for content creation, as the developer tried to do here. This is "free" enough, at least you won't be expected to spend any more money after you download this, but just because something is free doesn't mean it's good. Even though this is "free", it failed to appeal to the 120 million+ gamers on Steam. SteamDB showed the game peaked at only 3 concurrent players... this is a dismal public reception. This was so bad they couldn't even give it away. Bearing in mind that free games don't add +1 to your game collector count, should you bother adding this to your library and downloading it? Nope. This isn't worth downloading. While this didn't cost me any money up front, I still feel ripped off. And this is just the tip of the iceberg. A tsunami of AI Slop is headed our way in 2025. Good luck to us all, fellow gamers. The crapstorm is coming.

Игра Challenger's Odyssey — это настоящий вызов для всех, кто ищет глубокое погружение в мир фэнтези. С первых минут она захватывает своей атмосферой, проработанными персонажами и интригующим сюжетом. Боевая система требует вдумчивого подхода, а каждый пройденный этап приносит огромное удовлетворение. Мир игры огромен и полон секретов, которые так и манят к исследованию. Графика, хоть и не самая передовая, выполнена с любовью к деталям и создает неповторимое настроение. Однозначно рекомендую всем ценителям жанра, готовым к настоящим испытаниям!

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nice

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一直连不上。。。。。

very laggy