discussion Why do you dislike AI art in games?

[Geshtar]

There are only three reasons I don't really like it in games, and two of them are sides of the same coin.

One, they're usually not animated. This is often, but not always, a dealbreaker for me.

Two, they're too perfect. The smooth shading of an AI body with absolutely zero blemishes. Even when there are blemishes, the blemishes are too perfect. Like symmetrical freckles.

Three, they're not perfect enough. A beautiful model stands before you in a brightly-lit ballroom. You're willing to overlook her extra fingers when she offers you her hand to lead you upstairs because hey, she's hot. Unfortunately, those stairs spiral directly into the wall. Then, they seem to weave into the walkway above and somehow are also part of the window sill. Suddenly, you're upside down in some kind of MC Escher-style nightmare. After a mind-fuck like that, getting laid might not seem worth it anymore. Depends how much you love Escher.

 

[Rukvia]

I'm not against AI art games, but as many others have said before, I didn't encounter one that can be considered as good. Mediocre AI art games is stretching it by far. It's not about the art, it's about game design. I understand that most game devs on this side of the net are new and inexperience in regard to game design, but there are countless guides and vods that talk about what's ok and not ok in games. Sometimes, it feels like the gameplay does the AI art bad.
On another note, hand-drawn and computer generated art takes longer to make, I can understand delays or even low content with those, but AI art is like printing press. You should be able to pop up a LOT more content with it, not just 2-3 images per update.
So yeah, that's my 2 cents on AI art.

 

[jimmecimme]

There's a lot of reasons, but to me the biggest one is a lack of consistency overall in the art.

 

[SirBanana]

If the dev is willing to put in time to make it consistent and fluid throughout, while also removing various major issues in the art then I don't mind it. It can help people who haven't learned to draw realise their visions. Of course anyday of the week I will choose real art over AI (unless the real art is realllly bad quality) just because it has more "passion" and "intent" behind it.

 

[impisi]

I'm generally okay with it if whoever is making it puts in the time to make it look good with no errors, and (particularly with VNs and the like) that the characters remain on-model and aren't all over the place. Unfortunately it seems like a good amount of people use it as a crutch and put in little effort, which contributes to the amount of hate that AI tends to get.

I'm also not a fan of people making stuff that's obviously trained off someone else's art and putting it behind a paywall.

 

[Test385]

I actually like AI art a lot, the only thing I don't like is that sometimes the bodies are warped or the amount of toes and fingers are wrong.

But maybe that has something to do with my foot fetish.

 

[SupreTiso]

I just dont like devs that abandon their own art and then decide to use AI but it took them the same amount of time to release 1 update. (example: Daily Lives of My Countryside)

 

[hobry411]

I think if you're solely creating all your assets using AI, it's never going to achieve the same brilliance. Maybe in some cases it might be alright, but not for the majority of content.

 

[Magooo]

I love to see AI art in games even if it's not free of artifacts. That will get better with time.

 

[BunnyBehaviour]

The issue I have is the people who are making most of these games are really bad at AI image generation. it's easy to make, hard to understand but once you understand then it becomes easy again.

If I showed you some AI art I made recently then it would be hard to tell the different at first glance to real art. That's what makes it good. for these types of games you will look at the image for maybe 5 or 10 seconds before going to the next image. 'Most' AI art games just look so synthetic. Once they learn to make actual good generations then most people won't care. Also we don't want to ignore the fact the most of these games were make as quickly as possible with no thought put into them. I've seen some alright ones tho

 

[Boberson1234]

I agree. I dislike it when its obviously AI art. Where almost every character looks the same.

 

[quotehorse]

I've tended to like it a lot actually. It seems like you can really do a lot of things with it that you might not be able to do with some of the available VN engines. The picture quality is also pretty great from what I've seen.

 

[Bunsdk]

Uncanny valley AI, is happening way too much.
Way too often AI pics dont really fit in with the story telling, situation etc. Its like we are back to old games where all pics were stolen from other artists at random, and just plotted in a game. It seems out of place too much of the time.
Lack of animation, or continuity in pics for an event. They all end up seeming, like they are standalone pics even if in a series of pics for a single event.

Lack of artist skill and feel. This one is huge for me. I dont get a sense of artist ability or style. Both can elevate a story significantly, or absolutely tank it.

 

[sieunhangao]

I actually like AI art if it's scenery pics. But when it comes to character designs it's a no no for me

 

[deviator555]

I actually like AI art if it's scenery pics. But when it comes to character designs it's a no no for me

I agree with this a lot. I think any kind of "filler art" is a great use of AI. But as soon as it's the main focus it's just not up to par with traditional methods. I think it has good potential to be used by artists to extend their skillset, but in the hands of an amateur, the result is not gonna be great.

 

[Gornpa]

Personally, seeing AI makes me automatically think the game is low quality. Like the product is devoid of effort or real feelings. I'd probably consider playing games with AI if there was a large amount of people praising the game despite having AI, or knowing that the game is made by a single person, and the mechanics and gameplay are pretty solid, but the art is majority AI. Then I can forgive the game for having AI because I'd probably do the same if I were solo devving a game. Also as long as the AI looks pretty amazing.

 

[nofax54587]

I think AI is like cancer, destroying human art

 

[kakarottooalgo]

I prefer ladies with 5 fingers and consistent features/proportions I guess

 

[RPK42069]

Almost all AI art looks the same and not in a good way. When I see the art my brain instantly sees how it was made which ruins the game for me. It's boring.
Using AI as a supplement is fine, but not as the only thing creating the art.

 

[KaoriSaeki]

AI generated Assets tend to be very inconsistend in my experience.

Even if each image by itself might be completely fine, often the next image is subtely different in details then the previous, because it was completely newly generated, making the transisions extremely jarring.