The Front Mission 3 Remake for Nintendo Switch 2 has sparked significant backlash from the gaming community for its poor application of AI technology in redeveloping 2D assets. Critics argue that the AI-generated images introduce bizarre distortions that detract from the original art, instead of enhancing it. The significant visual devolution has left players questioning the necessity of the remake, with many asserting that this iteration fails to capture the essence of the beloved original. The review emphasizes that while AI may hold potential, its lazy execution in this case leads to a non-immersive experience.
At every turn, this 2025 remake looks worse than the 1999/2000 original. It cheapens Front Mission 3 into something it's not: A product to be consumed and thought little about. The character portraits show features bleeding together, a pool of a water fountain appears to have become an ice rink, and city scenes add half cars—it's an unrecognizable mishmash.
I think AI has some potentially interesting uses in game development, but lazy use of AI art is not one of them, and it makes me wonder why they bothered to downgrade the artistic quality in the remake.
The AI upscaling applied in the Front Mission 3 Remake resulted in strange hallucinations and uncanny artifacts that detracted from the original game's charm and identity.
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