“Horrible”, “boring”, and “cheap”: Experts pan new chatbot NPCs, but some leave room for optimism
This year, generative AI seeped into mainstream gaming. Though it didn't so much shimmer, as smear. It mispronounced lines in Arc Raiders, "drew" a smudgy loading screen in Anno 117, voiced a sweary Darth Vader in Fortnite – perhaps its least subtle appearance was in Where Winds Meet, the wuxia-themed…
bubmagDecember 23, 2025