VGChartz Official Game of the Year 2025 – Final Voting Closed

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CaptainExplosion said:

coolbeans said:

That's just absurd tbh.  For one, the examples I've seen in E33's case seem rather limited - given the heat Sandfall has received.  Not to mention a recent update supposedly removed it.

It's perfectly fair to inform voters about its usage, but winning or being a finalist should be determined the 'ole fashioned way.

By supposedly they probably mean "Didn't actually do it.".

They did remove it. They used AI for placeholder assets, one of which made its way into the initial release, and was replaced by a proper man-made texture. This was several months ago.

I'm far from an AI defender, but Clair Obscur's use of it is definitely one of the tamest cases.