The fact that I was able to get all the achievements in the game (which required multiple playthroughs over a couple of weeks) before there was any disclosure about the use of genAI leaves a bitter taste in my mouth. I liked the idea of what this game is going for, it even has some potential for further expansion into things like other maps, maybe even new challenges, y'know, loads of things! But because the disclosure of AI usage was either too far down to read when I bought it (which may sound ridiculous to people who don't think ai is a problem in the first place, but if a disclosure needs to be included, putting it in the furthest place from where a user might see it is not a good look), or it wasn't there when I purchased it to begin with (from what I understand, this one was the case for me) I cannot trust the developers to be truly honest to the extent of how much they used ai for the game.
Frankly, that is one of the reasons why a lot of people I know tend to not trust when ai is used even as a "useful tool". I have no way of verifying that they used it for what they say they used it for--especially since trust was broken when it wasn't disclosed to me within the 2 week window that would have allowed me to get a refund had that been something I wanted to do.
At any rate, the game is pretty good, I would love to see more added to it as there is potential, I really do wish that ai was not used--or at the very least, there was more honesty surrounding its use. If you don't have a problem with genAI and the way it was handled here, you'll like the game just fine. Considering that most of the people I might consider recommending this game to are artists who are firmly against genAI though, I cannot personally recommend it and am embarrassed that I have recommended it to any of them at all.
