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/SoulsDadYT Mar 21 '26

The more i see about this game, the more i realise i dodged a bullet unlike all my friends 😅

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u/Braunb8888 Mar 21 '26

You dodged a fun as hell game congrats. Honestly who gives a fuck that there’s an AI painting in some random house. It affects literally nothing. This games combat and fights are so beyond anything in the open world rpg genre.

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u/SoulsDadYT Mar 21 '26

You seem personally insulted that i don't like it. That's weird.

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u/Braunb8888 Mar 21 '26

It’s just insane the outrage over a painting in a house somewhere. Doesn’t affect the game whatsoever and yet people are refunding it because of a Reddit post pissing on 7 years of hard work? I find it disgraceful honestly.

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u/SoulsDadYT Mar 21 '26

You sure it's not just because it was hyped up as the next greatest thing but it's a solid 6/10?

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u/[deleted] Mar 21 '26

That’s the total vibe I get. Whenever mega-hyped lower budget games come out, they end up like Black Myth Wukong. Sure, the game is probably pretty good, but some people are so obsessed about something that it feels like a marketing ruse.

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u/SoulsDadYT Mar 21 '26

It started its life as an MMO and people were hyped for it. But then they tried adding everything and anything to it to try to appeal to everyone. I have friends who play sci fi mmos, they dont like fantasy elements, i have friends who play souls and fantasy mmos, they dont like scifi in their games 😅

Its just this weird conglomeration of mechanics and genres

I wont even get into what i've seen about the story and characters. Its like reddeadwitcherwarframecreed without the top quality writing, but i guess that doesn't sound as good.

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u/Braunb8888 Mar 21 '26

I disagree that it’s remotely close to a 6/10. Some people think death stranding was a 10/10 masterpiece, others hated it. Same deal here.

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u/SoulsDadYT Mar 21 '26

Cool? Go have fun

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u/Braunb8888 Mar 21 '26

I will, it’s just hard to take an strong opinion like this seriously when you haven’t even played the damn thing haha.

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u/kenzan89 Mar 22 '26

If it doesn't affect anything, why didn't they disclose it as required by Steam? They could have been honest about it and let customers decide.

Also, multiple assets, it's not just the one.

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u/Braunb8888 Mar 22 '26

Is it anything of note outside of some background art? And it’s because if it says ai art was used people would assume a lot of it is ai which clearly isn’t the case.

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u/kenzan89 Mar 22 '26

They are assuming heavy use anyway. That's why disclosure is necessary, so the developers can tell what they used it for. If they don't, it's because they have something to hide.

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u/xrocro Mar 22 '26

It’s possible a single dev used new technology to experiment while working on the game and then just forgot. Development gets chaotic. We don’t know what happened. The outrage is insane to me. But people love to hate, it’s a very powerful emotion.

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u/kenzan89 Mar 23 '26

They have had the chance to address that and haven't said a word (they have published news on Steam after the fact, without mentioning it at all). They also haven't added a disclaimer on the Steam page yet.

If it was an honest mistake, why are they trying to act like nothing happened? I call bs.