Choices: Stories You Play

Your ai slop bores me Every new book uses AI. I’ve been playing Choices for a long time and the game I used to love no longer exists. There’s no original art anymore. It’s all AI.

What a Disappointment I’ve been a longtime fan of Pixelberry, and all their games. I started playing High School Story in 2013, and followed it to its conclusion (and even still check in on my school from time to time), as was the same for Hollywood U. I was sad to see them both end, but happy to see Pixelberry continue their storytelling with Choices. I loved it, at first. I loved the uniqueness of every story - the varying art styles, which felt distinct, intentional, and clean. I loved the diversity of characters and love interests, and stories that kept me wanting to start the next chapter right away. Enter AI. What a swift and unfortunate fall from grace it has been to watch Pixelberry integrate this shoddy, second-rate “tool” into their work. The art styles all look homogenous now, and when they do take different artistic directions, they look choppy and unpolished (look to the backgrounds of “Scream for Me” and “At Your Royal Command” if you want some of the more egregious examples), and their characters look uncanny and doughy. Especially those smiles, which look more like they crawled out of the 2022 horror movie rather than an actual person. (If you want a real laugh, look at Be Mine, Valentine, where the main character is rendered in a vastly different - and far more creepy - art style than the other characters, most notably their first date, literally the second character you are introduced to. It is jarring.) It’s unfortunate to see a studio that I have loved and cherished for their commitment to worthwhile and engaging stories take shortcuts that really undermine the quality of their work. I am not pretending that AI isn’t creeping its way into more and more platforms as time goes on, but at the end of the day, the implementation of AI is a CHOICE, and one that I don’t feel is worth paying in Diamonds, Keys, or any other in-game currency. You have a team of immensely talented artists. Utilize the full extent of their skills, rather than shelling out underwhelming content. (And if you intend to respond to this review with the AI article I’ve seen you reply to others with, don’t bother. I’ve read it, and I’m just as unimpressed with that as the recent content. “These tools have helped us lessen our overall workload while allowing us to push our creativity and explore new options to create a better experience for our readers.” I can definitely tell that your workload has been lessened, but can’t believe that your creativity is being pushed, or that you’re creating a better experience for anyone this way. Sentiment is worthless without the quality of content to back it up.) Ultimately, I am still choosing to leave a two-star review because I know the Pixelberry team is capable of more. They just have to choose to not cave to the easy route.

This Rise and Fall of this App Needs to be Studied I've been an on and off again fan for awhile, and the way this app nosedived since 2024 requires an extensive nosedive due to all the behind the scenes mistakes and errors that are present in the current output. Modern art assets are completely AI generated and were never given a second look through, which is made evident due to the parent company (Slop-- sorry, Series Entertainment) and the original creators (Pixelberry) going through many, many layoffs. Modern updates consist of begging the player to go to Series' run.tv app which is completely AI generated, and consists of both slop and slop made out of beloved titles on Choices before Pixelberry's acquisition.

AI Slop Fest Used to be great in its golden era. But, all good things must come to an end.

Best App Ever I’ve been with choices for years and I believe since the beginning. Such great story lines, characters and a vast array of different genres. Truly such an amazing game. I’ve nearly read almost all the books.

Dejo de funcionar Desde la ultima actualización, la app no me abre

Characters I’ve been playing this game for almost 10 years. Characters in the recent books are not as appealing as they once were. The characters are starting to look too cartoonish.

Don't support AI slop AI slop, owner company doesn't give a damn about fans or employees

Sloppy AI TRASH everything feels watered down. Absolutely hate the ai art pay artists for their jobs!

Don’t set a book to read at 12:00pm Don’t put a book at 12:00pm to look at on your choices apps. Put a book at 11:00am not 12:00pm.