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A touch of AI is all it takes to trigger backlash, as a promising new indie falls afoul of slop skeptics (www.pcgamer.com)
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cross-posted from: https://beehaw.org/post/28095114

Vapor World: Over The Mind is a Soulslike Metroidvania with an evocative, painterly art style reminiscent of Lies of P and the narrative platformers of Playdead. According to Korean studio Alive Inc, the game had 100,000 wishlists just before its early access launch on August 19, mostly on the strength of a demo available since January 2025.

But what should have been a triumphant early access launch went pear shaped very quickly. At launch, few talked about the quite distinctive worldbuilding or the parry-heavy combat. Instead, all focus was trained entirely on something absent from the popular demo: very obvious AI use.

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[–] 1 point 1 month ago

Man there's no way to know that someone made an Earnest attempt with traditional art either they could have just been tracing, stealing or repackaging.

If you require proof of every little thing up front before you judge it, then you don't get to enjoy anything.

At some point you have to trust people at their word or you just don't get to have fun.

That's just unfortunately how society the real world and reality works.

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