they are interesting tho!!!

(i love also looking at and taking apart mechanical things!)

I already had 10 hours after the first session... so yeah...
Its more now looking at it with a sigh.

But yes at least i quit that!! 💪🏻

they are. Hands down. They have their own issue which doesnt make then great either.

I'm mad i stumbled over it too late... I got it gifted... as a reward for quitting smoking from my partner...
and entirely forgot about the issues at hand. Not much to be done but I will refrain from recommending it to more people. And removed any mention of it from my side.

I'm not too deep into vocaloid... but I also am pretty sure they pay royalties...

that scavenged the internet... stole the works and then mixes it for you into a slushy...

The first required skill... both in acting as well as editing...done by humans...who again got paid.

the other requires none like hiring actual VAs...u just steal their shit.

It is...
Because as you said yourself. Someone got paid. Lend their voice.. then u make a voicetable out of it... which is like a prefix bitcrush and distortion filter.
People. got. paid. for. this.

Nobody got paid with genAI except for the sub fee that pays for a program,

ugh... it just drives me insane that this game is such a great thing but has to be ruined by the fact we are shitting on VA work.

Like you went the length of development and creation... but skipped an essential part? For what? Cost?

Dont get me wrong... I get where you are coming from... but the difference is that one paid to be able to use such voices and alter it to the point of it sounding entirely different...

And typing prompts into a machine that then spits out something and you run with it...

I keep repeating but...

There is a large difference between using paid assets and filters plus your skill to create a voice.

And using a program that is based on stolen art and works and tell it to do something...
Which mind you... using the program costs often more than paying a VA.

The problem lies with genAI...
The vocaloid voicetables were created by humans... and alot of skill to create them. Paid assets.

Unlike gen AI where you tell it to read it in a british accent and it will steal assets to mix and regurgitate it.

Plus the footprint it leaves in nature.

As a beginner tablet definitely!
Its responsive and works well! Mine is 10 years old and still works nicely.
Its also small enough to fit nicely on my table but big enough to not be too hard to draw on it.
It comes always with 3 replacement tips (believe me when u draw alot they will use up..)

Like yeah argue that its the ONLY thing... THAT doesn't make it ANY better!!!
This game could EASILY be my game of the year.... and I get it ruined by the fact that they shat on Voiceactors!

Needless to say... I removed any visibility of the game in my library, discord, etc.

Like seriously you don't understand how mad I am about this.
I played the game alot in the first two days with friends... I had a blast.

Now... I look at it and just feel angry... such a good game and I now feel like I betrayed a bunch of friends...

By yapping about it once....by liking the game.

Some questtext and the emote voicelines.
Something you could've easily achieved... and I dont think it would've been THAT expensive...
Considering the amount of VAs out there... considering the amount of talent out there.

Why oh why had a gem like that be tainted by the use of AI?

wasn't FOR THE FUCKING FACT!
THAT IT USES GEN AI VOICES!
It's an insult to any VA and an insult to the game. I'm serious about this part... The game is so well done, yet the studio couldnt be arsed to pay a handful of VAs to do the voicelines.

Like... there is seriously not THAT much VA in this...

Steam is very vague about it and after looking into it.... the studio is notorious for keeping it hush hush.

I remember reading about it some time ago but by the time Arc Raiders came around, I had forgotten a little about it.

Arc Raiders could've been easily one of my favourite games if it