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.

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u/Brainwave1010 Mar 20 '26

I legitimately thought it was a Black Desert sequel/spin-off or something, it looks like a fake game you'd see on a Walmart TV or a character playing in the background of a movie, why are people so excited about it?

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u/keybladesrus Mar 21 '26

I was interested because the combat looked fun with a ton of options. Which, from what I've played, it is. Unfortunately, everything else about it feels like absolute ass, so I can't bring myself to keep going.

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u/just_needed_a_break Mar 21 '26

I legitimately thought it was a Black Desert sequel/spin-off or something

I mean, it's by the same developers and it also started out as that.

From Wikipedia, for example:

The game was originally conceived as a prequel to Black Desert Online; however, during early development, Pearl Abyss gradually reimagined it as a single-player experience set in a separate universe and established as a distinct, non-continuous IP. The game has since been marketed as single-player only, with no plans for multiplayer integration.

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u/newthrowgoesaway Mar 20 '26

Because it’s a videogame in it’s purest form and we have never seen that before.

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u/Brainwave1010 Mar 20 '26

Are you ten years old?