画中诗

[quote][url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AI_slop][b]Warning: AI Slop[/b][/url] This game is partially or completely made with talentless, soulless AI generated content.[/quote] "画中诗" is basically an evolution of asset flipping... a "jigsaw" game where instead of stealing a bunch of Unity assets and trying to get paid for it, the developer used AI slop instead, and then stole a bunch of Chinese poems. Which he then slapped on a basic jigsaw template, so it's more like a word scramble as you re-assemble the poem while looking at the backdrop of disgusting, ripped off, soulless anime slop imagery. The use of AI slop is never acceptable, it's an ongoing insult to real, genuine content creators and to gamers alike. There's no English translation for the game, but that's okay. The language of bad games is universal. 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. Now on to pricing and value for gamers. This is "free" enough (not every "free" game in the "free" section is truly free, there's usually some hidden price tag), 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, and the cost of a game is more than just financial, your time is valuable too. In terms of public reception, this failed. There's over 130 million unique gamers visiting Steam every month. SteamDB showed the game peaked at [b]only 3 concurrent players[/b]... this is a dismal public reception. This was so bad they couldn't even give it away. Gamers can smell disgusting AI slop from a mile 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? What's the verdict? Nope. This isn't worth downloading. I didn't pay money, but I still feel almost as ripped off as the Chinese poets here.