Game Trailer Showcased By IGN Slammed For Using AI 'Placeholders' - Kotaku
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Game Trailer Showcased By IGN Slammed For Using AI 'Placeholders' - Kotaku
"Introducing Fallen, a new Xbox 360-era inspired character action game where you play as Astra, a fallen angel who must battle through Hell and its demonic forces. It's in development for console and PC,"
"It looks nauseatingly bad, genAI isn't just walking back gaming hardware, it's trying to make the games themselves awful too,"
"This is the most AI ass AI video game I ever did see lmao,"
"What ended up being shared as an 'official trailer' was actually our early dev 'tone pitch', i.e., a work-in-progress UE5 teaser designe"
The Fallen debut trailer mixed generative AI-produced visuals with claimed in-engine Unreal Engine 5.4 gameplay footage, presenting an Xbox 360-era inspired action game starring Astra, a fallen angel. Social media users reacted strongly, labeling the visuals as lifeless, janky, and "AI slop," with cosplayers, streamers, and YouTube commenters criticizing the aesthetic. The game's developer acknowledged generative AI elements in the released trailer while asserting that gameplay clips were genuine UE5.4 work and describing the released piece as an early dev tone pitch and a work-in-progress teaser.
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