Crimson Desert Players highlights potential AI-generated characters and graphics

Crimson Desert just opened yesterday to a somewhat chaotic and mixed reception from critics.That hasn't hindered its sales, but those two million players are beginning to encounter some troubling issues on day one in Paivel, including the presence of art assets that may have been created by artificial intelligence.

Crimson Desert launched yesterday, receiving somewhat mixed and mixed reviews from critics.While this hasn't hurt sales, its 2 million players have started to experience related issues since day one of Pievel, including the presence of some AI-generated art assets.

Several threads have popped up on social media of players questioning the authenticity of certain artwork, especially icons and paintings around the game.Here is this painting of two swords from several different angles:

Here are these strange-looking gentlemen with strange fingers:

And while all of the above I can see there was an argument for just funky proportions, the part that really looks like strong evidence of AI generation is this image of different men and horses.Just start looking at the horses feet and keep going.Τι... συμβαίνει εδώ;

Our writer, Brandon Graeber, stepped in and we found a few examples that were completely unintelligible to humans:

The use of generative AI to create assets, especially the latest ones, has become a big issue in gaming over the past year.Several companies have come under scrutiny to confirm that they use it, or even appear to use it.Nintendo had to deny accusations of using generative artificial intelligence in the world of Mario Kart for various billboards.Activision, like EA for Battlefield, has experienced constant protests over the generative AI assets found in Call of Duty.Larian Studios faced a public backlash late last year.has come full circle, revealing in an interview that his upcoming game Divinity uses generative artificial intelligence behind the scenes for things like concept art and filler text.Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 was stripped of its Indie Game of the Year award last year when it was discovered that an AI generative agent had accidentally made its way into the game's final release.changed segments.

However, if it is AI-generated art, Pearl Abyss would violate Steam's AI content policy, which requires the use of generated AI to be disclosed on the game's store page.There was no such disclosure on the Crimson Desert site at the time of writing.

We reached out to developer Pearl Abyss and asked him to confirm or deny whether generative AI was used in the finished assets in Crimson Desert.The studio already garnered positive press last month when marketing director Will Powers confirmed that all NPCs in the game and quests will be voiced by human actors, not AI, including multiple languages.

Rebecca Valentine is a senior reporter for IGN.Got a story tip?Send it to rvalentine@ign.com.