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@Hexapus I already said I don't think AI should do everything since its potential is limited compared to human imagination. I just think it can be a good tool.

Also you say wasting capital on the assumption that an indie automatically has it in the first place.

Yes, but Stephen King is able to sell millions of copies of a book because of the printing press, something that was once the job of humans to manually do themselves.

As for the rest of your point, my position isn't that AI should do all the work, I just think it can be an effective tool for those who don't have the disposable capital to hire extra talent. Its also not a zero sum game if an indie developer who didn't even have the money to hire someone, uses AI instead.

@Hexapus The printing press was actually criticized upon its release because it eliminated the need to pay scribes and monks to manually copy books. Additionally, the demand for illustrators declined, as illustrations were a common feature in manually produced books but became less necessary with printed text.

Stephen King conceived The Shining on his own, but he was able to bring it to life much more quickly and affordably using a typewriter, rather than paying someone to write everything by hand. With AI today, it’s even easier and faster to proofread a novel or translate it—tasks that were once time-consuming and costly.

Blue-collar jobs are already being gradually replaced by automation. For example, fast-food restaurants and grocery stores increasingly use self-checkouts instead of human cashiers.

The difference, however, is that creativity remains exclusive to human imagination. AI, while not inherently creative, can open new doors for people by helping them realize their visions in a more cost-effective way. Similarly, game development, which once required a university education in the 1990s just to learn the basics of coding, can now be learned at home with readily available tools and resources.

@PinballBuzzbro like somebody else said above, some people just simply can't afford artists, and learning art takes time.

@axelhander keep in mind, at one point in history the same fear mongering was happening with type writers, calculators, and computers

They easily had the technology back then to make a Lara Croft mousepad with the "wrist support" if you know what I mean lol

@Daniel36 I forced myself to finish it because I thought I was just missing something. There were several times where I wanted to give up, even going as far as taking a week off from playing.

I think the fact its also kind of a rip off of Neon Genesis Evangelion helped its popularity a lot.

@KitsuneNight with the exception of some Nintendo, i don't really play anything after the seventh gen

@Daniel36 I never saw the appeal of Xenogears. I played through it for the first time recently, and It has probably the worst pacing I've experienced in a game.

The story itself was nothing compelling to me, it just felt like a first year philosophy student trying to be deep. The combat was at least kinda fun.

Really says something when the majority of the list is PS1 and PS2 lol

While I agree with most of it, I think a lot of classics are still missing, and I personally think Xenogears and FF10 are ranked way too high.

@nuff64 ill take it!

@Blast16 he can wield giant sword or hammers, but we know hes no match against a golf club

@nuff64 lmaoo thank you, but I actually saw it used on twitter originally

too bad sony would just rather keep making sad dad movie games instead

@jesse_dylan sadly very accurate

only in the 90s can you be a slacker in your 20s who lives at home, while somehow having a hot girlfriend lol

just came here for Morrigan

@slider1983 I can respect that, Croc in some ways is a lot more chill of an experience with its slow and steady approach

@slider1983 I disagree, it revolutionized 3D gaming, and It still holds up fairly well in spite of the camera being wonky at times.

@PZT tbf Croc released on three platforms, one of them being the very successful PS1. I'd say its impressive that Banjo had around the same amount just on the N64 alone.

@RossoftheRobots Its no Banjo or Mario 64, but its worth it if you enjoyed those games.

@RossoftheRobots Why not? Its a fairly solid platformer for its time, and it would benefit a lot from a better control scheme.