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Slay the Spire 2 lead says the garbage placeholder art is "important" and gen AI would ruin it: "People would judge the game as if it's a 1.0, fully developed video game"
Slay the Spire 2 Dev Explains Why It Used "A Bunch Of Garbage" Art Instead of AI Placeholders
There's an ever-growing list of games that have received notable backlash for the use of AI-generated placeholder art in games, from Pearl Abyss's Crimson Desert to The Alters , and even the…
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Rock Paper Shotgun·2d ago

Slay the Spire 2 lead says the garbage placeholder art is "important" and gen AI would ruin it: "People would judge the game as if it's a 1.0, fully developed video game"
AI-generated art looks "very strange," says Casey Yano
GamesRadar+·2d ago
Good pixel art can be one-shotted by AI now
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Rock Paper Shotgun·15d ago

Fans Think Blizzard May Be Using AI Art Again (And They're Not Happy)
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