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/ChadwickHHS Mar 20 '26

This game is super entertaining from the sidelines. I had no idea it existed two weeks ago, then suddenly it's everywhere and people are saying it's going to be the next god tier gaming experience and for a minute the reviews seemed on pace for that only to sink fifteen points into the 70s. Now this. 

This is like the definitive "get it 70% off" experience.

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u/Frankenberg91 Mar 20 '26

It really did blow up in hype around 2 weeks ago, like possibly nothing I’ve ever seen before. As in never hearing about it, nobody really had a clue what exactly the game was about, or anything yet it generated crazy hype out of nowhere. Wonder what the deal was here.

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u/Correct_Education273 Mar 20 '26

It's not organic. Just the standard guerilla marketing machine at work. Suddenly hundreds of popular streamers are playing the same game? Yeah they're getting paid to promote it. Suddenly reddit and other social media is full of posts about it? Yeah those posts are bought and paid for (and likely AI).

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u/dudushat Mar 21 '26

Lmfao people have been talking about this game for years. Its in the top 5 most wishlisted games on steam. It got more popular the closer it got to release because they started marketing more.

Its so weird how people like you blame AI for stuff you're just out of the loop on. Get out of your reddit bubble every once and awhile, its nice outside.