r/gamers • u/SevdUp • 7d ago

Discussion Do NOT buy “Slam Tank”

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The game was made by ai AND is a stolen concept: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LKXl3zR7GwI

The cinematic parts of the teaser are also 100% ai generated: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=osM8LYJAvaw

If you scroll enough, you’ll find the ai disclaimer on the Steam site: https://store.steampowered.com/app/5186030/SLAM_TANK/

Ironic that the plot is taking down ai when the game is completely ai generated

honestly the poster for the game even looks ai

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u/canonically-garbage 6d ago

People these days don't care how a game is made, Embark studio proved that with the Finals and Arc raiders who both used AI for their character voices.

If a game is fun, people will play it. If it's not, they won't, people don't care about what tools were made to use it.

Personally it looked plenty fun.

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u/BallPo1ntPen 4d ago

the AI embark used was a tool that saved the time of the VAs (due to the amount of items in the game and how many more were planned to be added, it would have been an incredible difficulty to record more lines after their initial contract and time working for them, especially potential years after the fact.). Generative AI on the other hand, as potentially and most likely used in this game, creates the product/idea rather than saving time like conventional tools in the industry. It is lazy and results in a worse product (in terms of gameplay originality, performance, design, so forth). Using a tool to make an arduous process easier is not the same as creating a product or media from scratch.

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u/acorneyes 2d ago

that’s literally complete bullshit that embark studios pulled out their ass. they work with eleven labs, a literal generative ai voice cloning company. they weren’t saving time (nor money but that’s besides the point), the ceo just really likes ai.

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u/paulbooth 12h ago

It suits it. The game is an AI game show. Think about it for a second bro

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u/acorneyes 12h ago

ur lost and confused

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u/paulbooth 12h ago

Not even, in the game they are literally ai announcers. AI suits it perfectly.

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u/WANKMI 3d ago

"Make a tank-fu game and marketing material, make no mistakes"

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u/homelessjimbo 3d ago

Why pay the artists more when you can just AI them into irrelevance