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The Borderlands MMO [China's exclusive] is officially saved and playable in English, 11 years after its shutdown and 17 months after restoration efforts began: "We did it" (www.gamesradar.com)
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[–] Jenthura@lemmy.zip 25 points 9 hours ago (4 children)

The project doesn't use generative AI, and he notes: "We wanted to wait until the end of the year to release, but sadly due to how powerful AI is becoming, it became clear to us that in order to avoid all of our hard work being for nothing, it was now or never."

I wonder what he means by that. Is there a rival team using AI also working on this?

[–] Gullible@sh.itjust.works 41 points 9 hours ago* (last edited 8 hours ago)

It would be trivial to pop a couple hundred bucks into an AI and get a garbage translation for the entire game, along with a codebase buggification. It sucks, but they wanted to beat the modern iteration of script kiddies to the market.

[–] fonix232@fedia.io 0 points 2 hours ago

I really don't get the sentiment.

  • if someone releases an AI version and it's crap, regardless which was released first
  • if someone releases the AI version and it's good, where's the harm? That would clearly show that the person using AI knows what they're doing and aren't just a skiddie doing half-assed prompts until it runs, just barely.
[–] brem@lemmy.world 12 points 8 hours ago* (last edited 8 hours ago) (1 children)

The AI version of whatever the fuck a "Chinese Exclusive Borderlands MMO" is.. well that sounds like a wet nightmare you'd have after overdosing on cough syrup at a Russell Brand sleepover featuring Jared Leto on vocals.

[–] Tattorack@lemmy.world 6 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

Gex? That you? Where've you been, man?

[–] snoons@lemmy.ca 4 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

maybe bought into the doom-hype ai marketing

[–] wyldrstallyns@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 5 hours ago

How's that again?