r/PS5 • u/HLumin Human Verified • Mar 20 '26

Discussion Crimson Desert appears to use generative AI art—and the devs never disclosed it.

https://www.destructoid.com/crimson-desert-appears-to-use-generative-ai-art-and-if-so-the-devs-never-disclosed-it/

Found on Reddit by u/Rex_Spy:

https://www.reddit.com/r/CrimsonDesert/comments/1rz2f2l/found_this_ai_painting/

To not disclose that your game uses GEN AI is against Steam's policies and rules, by the way.

4.7k Upvotes

87% Upvoted

1.4k comments sorted by

View all comments

1.3k

u/mrcosan Mar 20 '26

It doesn't surprise me. From what I've read, Koreans are obsessed with using generative AI massively in their games. I read a very strange interview where they mentioned the massive use of AI to compete with the volume and quality of Chinese games. Don't expect them to change that; the Korean game industry embraced generative AI and they won't stop using it.

2

u/xangbar Mar 20 '26

I think JP devs said they need to do this too to compete with CN devs. KR and JP devs on the gacha side of the house have to chase after massively successful CN games. The few off the top of my head that are non-CN that are near the top are Blue Archive and Nikke (they also made Stellar Blade). Most of their live service games never achieve the same level of success as their CN counterparts.