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Re: Square Enix Aims To Automate 70% Of QA With Generative AI By 2027

Bobb

@billychaos I don't want to get down and gloomy on my video games news site's comment sections but the only reasoning I make of it is profit. Stone cold cash. Unlike humans, a machine does not need a salary, it doesn't need to look out for its health and cultivate family and friends. It doesn't ask for benefits, it can work 24/7, it won't go on strike if conditions are subpar. These companies want AI to reach the levels of human finesse so they can have unpaid slaves that won't make them look bad in the public's eyes (aside from huge layoffs)

Re: Pokémon Legends: Z-A's Mega Dimension DLC Scores December Release Date

Bobb

Personally, I'm interested in the DLC. The idea that you would have to survey an alien area (even if it's a gray scale carbon copy of actual Lumiose with different paths) against insurmountable enemies (level 140-160) that requires you acquiring items (berries) to craft upgrades (eat donuts) so you can fight them on equal level gives me this survival exploration vibes. If done correctly, it could be slow and gradual and be very fun. Or they could fumble it and it becomes very mechanic and easy. I want to stay positive, though

Re: Square Enix Aims To Automate 70% Of QA With Generative AI By 2027

Bobb

@TomSupreme I mean that only as a joke as I despise the idea of that advancements in AI technology eating away on creative jobs, but it's been a few years now all these "lower costs, max profits"-led-by-investors companies have been releasing broken games and using early adopters as QA. I'd welcome them replacing the consumer as their QA testers

Re: Square Enix Aims To Automate 70% Of QA With Generative AI By 2027

Bobb

As long as IA works as a tool to automate mind numbing chores the actual human QA tester had to do over and over on different milliseconds to try and trigger a bug, I can see that.
Being ignorant on machine learning models myself, though, I can't see a way to leave a program trying to force bugs out of another program. Sounds like a bunch of buzzwords to me

Re: Poll: Is The Latest Metroid Prime 4 Trailer Teasing Another Legacy Character?

Bobb

@CupidStunt I'm usually of the same opinion but I also think there are only so many unique stories you can tell using the same setup. Sometimes throwing other characters around helps to flesh out the world lore better.
That said, my favorite part of the Metroid games is the feeling of isolation and constant interactions with other characters often diminish that sentiment

Re: Pokémon Legends: Z-A Mega Dimension DLC News Coming Tomorrow

Bobb

@Bats1234 the eshop description says it will happen in "Hyperspace Lumiose" so I'm guessing an alternate version. Just hoping it isn't a copy or a smaller map.

I wish it would be as big as the current map and pokedex. Double the current available pokemon species please

Re: Pokémon Legends: Z-A Mega Dimension DLC News Coming Tomorrow

Bobb

@astrogamer I think this is highly likely. According to Serebii, it's possible to transfer Mewtwo and Diancie from home to Z-A, so their info is already in there (also the fact they have Mega evolutions just waiting to be used in a game about Mega evolutions)
Regarding release date, I think it's already set for February 28th according to the eshop description.

Re: Monster Hunter Stories 3 Is Getting Bonus 'Side Story' DLC Next Year

Bobb

Capcom has a story of supporting MH games with later free DLC despite recent trends (and as always the MH expansion for each game) but I can't shake the feeling they weren't clear whether this is paid or not on purpose. I hope it isn't the former, when did we go back to thinking announcing paid DLC before the game is out was ok?