Sound the Alarm: Tomb Raider: Legacy of Atlantis Partially Developed Using AI

This sounds to me that the development team were probably forced into using AI to help the game somehow, and so they obliged by meeting the bare minimum requirements.

I knew it. The character models just screamed "realistic version of PS1 Lara Croft" put through an AI generator.

I'll get my pitchfork

Let the yelling at clouds begin!

I will cancel my intention of preordering.

If the choices are (and it is) extremely long development times or we use AI to hasten/streamline the process I’m picking the latter every time. As will the studios. I’m excited for the time these won’t be stories anymore.

Yeah...we don't care.

People will whine and moan and cry... and then buy it anyway.

The devs know that you will too.

Im sure it didn't cost anyone their job there...............

I see Nvidia and Microsoft are now referring to 'agents' using their Ai systems, agents not being humans as we are too small in number, but instead they are programmes running in devices that access Ai to perform, and those they claim number billions more then humans, to boost sales.

Also the more you give in and buy Ai generated content, the more they use Ai and replace staff and you'll end up buying games the majority of which has been made by Ai, then you'll all bitch and moan about the prices of consoles and hardware you caused by buying Ai slop...

As long as it doesn't replace the product itself it's fine. At the end of the day if people want to sell AI slop the onus of being criterious and speaking with our wallets is on us.

Those of you that think your fav game or your most anticipated game isn't using these types of tools as well are kidding yourselves.

The real art will simply become how creative devs choose to be in how they disclose it.

Eh could have fooled me. Game looks great. So long as AI is used simply as a tool (like it sounds here) and not a crutch (like no human input was implemented at all) then I'm not opposed to it.

Can we please stop crying about ai being used in early development as long as it's replaced by the final product

You can copy and paste this article for every game releasing now and into the future. I imagine there will be a story in the near future talking about how they used AI for Faye's facial animations in God of War.

I think the PSN store should also have that bit about 'made using AI'.

I’m happy they were up front about it, that’s all I think we want, so we can make our own minds up about it. It’d be worse to find out after the fact…
In any case, I’ve said it before, I try to avoid all things Amazon when I can, and with their name on this, it’s already a game I’m probably avoiding anyway.

It would explain her barnet. Less Lara Croft more Rachel Reeves.

Here we go...do you think the new god of war or GTA6 weren't helped with AI..ive got news for you...AI is here and its staying, get use to it or simply don't waste your money

It was also developed on a computer, another tool like AI….

As a tool to speed up parts of the development, that can later be refined and replaced by humans, I have zero problems with. PSSR is AI, and so are part of every game, that uses enemies, so they just don't stand in one spot and stare at a wall etc.

I hate AI slop, but that's different.

Who cares. It's a new tool, studios will have more time to focus on storytelling and playability. Bring it on.

Great news hopefully they are able the get some dlc out quicker now that they are taking advantage of AI like all studios should to be honest game development is far to slow nowadays!

Not all uses of AI are the same and blanket condemnations are unhelpful, so unless there's a reason to suspect egregious AI usage, I'm not going to hold it against any studio.

Yawn.

AI assistance in early experimentation is fine. It is undoubtedly going to become the norm for the vast majority of big budget games, aside from development studios virtue signalling for easy PR points.

Excessive use beyond early development, generated assets making their way into the final product, or developers being dishonest about using such tools are where it's problematic.

Further to that, anything made using AI will be "replaced or refined", so the amount of AI stuff in the final game is likely to be very minimal.

The wording of "will" and tense of the sentence is incorrect here based on the Steam details quote.

Also, I see no issue with this use of AI.

Make it known now so people can have their little soapbox eight months out before they buy the game anyways

You will not find someone more against generative AI than I am. BUT, if a studio use it during developpment to make things faster, and then replace it with human art in the final product, then I am fine with it I guess.

No pitchforks for me because I am capable of forming a somewhat nuanced view of AI and its use in game development.

The transparency is good, the fact that any AI generated assets were temporary placeholders and removed before release is good, the fact AI tools would appear to have been used more to make the lives of the people working on the game rather than replacing their human creativity is fine by me.

Online discourse around the use of AI technology is in dire need of some nuance.

I knew this iteration of her face looked generic

I don’t see the issue here, anyone complaining just does it because they like to complain. If everything AI generated will be used only on early development and replaced before the release then everything is okay.

Doesn't change anything for me, still buying the game day 1

AI will make devs even lazier than they are now. Take oblivion remaster for example. Outside a house there are no windows but go into the house and it has two big windows on either side of the door. Simply lazy developers.

Now all the babies will start crying about it..as if 99% of games from now will have sone kinda A.I used in production..I just want them to use it like Where Winds Meet.. give it to the npcs..its great fun!

I bet it's not even an issue but people will complain anyway.

Use A.I. to go up one more cup size and Lara will be looking more like her old self. Game looks great though. Pity it was delayed.

No thanks! Also amazed that some people will gladly accept any old slop thrown up to them.

Another article about AI, Oh No!
Anyway...

Yeah, who cares. All the doomsday-ing over AI baffles me. It’s just another tool.

Know one cares

I used to think development was better entrusted to humans; Then they decided to include a talking gelatinous cube as a sidekick in one of my favourite dark fantasy franchises.

Roll on, clankers.

Wow! Shocking. Won’t effect sales in the slightest though

Mmm, guess I won't pre-order, then. I'll wait and see how much of that AI was replaced by human work, then buy accordingly.

Still really want the game. And I can appreciate 80% of games probably have similar AI use despite not disclosing it. But still...pretty lame.

@Fizza Absolutely the first rational thoughts I've seen here, thank you!! It seems the majority are unable to use forward thinking and reason now, its just staggering. But I guess that's the idea, right.

I do give them credit for being upfront about it rather than it being discovered later in them being forced to remove it. Doesn’t mean I don’t like it of course. Still, like it or not, it’s becoming more and more common.

If you're not using AI early in the process to help model a bunch of different ideas to see what works when it comes to life on screen, you're wasting time, money, and talent. If every studio isn't using "AI-assisted tools...during development to support some early exploration and temporary development content," then they're going to start with their next game.

AI is fine for prototyping - that's a use case it can actually be good at, given the proper direction.

cues my Peter Griffin in classroom meme

Using some AI doesn't matter to me. I am all for streamlining the process. It's when they use AI to develop the entire game. I am pro tools that assist, not replace.

We definitely aren't far away from getting the sloppiest of AI slop in all AAA games which is a shame.

Won't be long until studios start replacing people with slop

I keep saving money by not having to buy these terrible games.

Not surprised, that scene in the trailer with Laura sitting on the chair saying “well you found me”, the mouth movement on her face looked jarring and out of place.

A shame, I didn’t have any real interest to begin with, now my interest is pure rock bottom for this game.

Never in all my life!!! Did I care that much unless the end result looks like AI made it. In 10 years nobody will care, we will have reskilled elsewhere, and T100's will be cracking the whip.

So ***** what? There's nothing to see here. Who really sincerely cares about this? If you really care that hard about this I have a laundry list of things you should considered caring about just as deeply that may actual make difference in the world.

Crazy how the so called "devil AI" is doing a better job that lots of human devs f.... hilarious like Kratos Said "hey devs don't be sorry be better"

So they used it for prototyping by the sound of it. Who cares. If it helped speed up development after everything that happened to Crystal Dynamics then do what you got to do to get games out quicker.

I can understand using AI on Tuesdays and and Thursdays. But if they use AI on any other day, devs are either lazy or corporate is evil and I will return my copy that I've yet to buy.

Placeholder ai isnt bad. Stop yelling at clouds.

Is that y her tits seem small 😳 🤔 🤣

I am really excited for this game. Day 1 purchase for me.

@DartLOD Absoulty agree

This sort of disclaimer will soon sound like "The internet was used in the production of this game". For better or worse.

I consider this "money saved"!

Whilst use or AI in early development that doesn't make it into the final product isn't the end of the world, we should also remember that literally thousands of games are releasing each year, making it easier than ever to skip games from Devs that don't care about the integrity of human artistic vision. Thanks to Steam transparency we know and can make an informed decision on these things.