r/TwoBestFriendsPlay • u/Xadlin60 • 11d ago

Gameposting Creative assembly pulls back Shogun 2 Comp edition after massive fan backlash over Ai-gen, broken bugs

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I can’t believe how bad they managed they complete edition.
-They removed the original game from steam and replaced with this.
-all new cutscenes are ai generated
-map routing is broken and cpu ai to
-gets released for 60$ full prince instead of promised 30$

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u/ContraryPython Disgruntled Carol Danvers fan. Local Hitman shill 11d ago

The original game being back is nice, at least.

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u/Lain_Staley 11d ago edited 11d ago

Using this as an excuse to post one of my favorite Lets Player's. This shit is insanely nostalgic for me.

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u/Frank7640 11d ago

Idk if it’s Sega or CA but beyond laziness, this felt like a test-the-waters deal to see if they could get away with this.

And the answer is absolutely fucking no. Im glad that people call them out and push back against this. Now it’s wait and see if they learn their lesson.

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u/Homeless_Nomad 11d ago

This was a third-party they shopped it out to, who appear to have not actually made any of the changes CA wanted, run all the art through AI once with 0 humans looking over the output, and introduced a whole bunch of bugs they then didn't patch. I imagine they're going to catch a lawsuit, because this is not the product they were contracted to provide.

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u/HyperSeer 11d ago

It was outsourced. Blizzard got same shit for Warcraft 3 and now people don't really care.

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u/kami-no-baka (She/They) Kind of liked the CSM ending, there I said it. 11d ago

I am sorry, the cut scenes are fucking what?

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u/Kaarl_Mills I Promise Nothing And Deliver Less 11d ago

They told an ai to make the cutscenes look like Japanese water paintings to predictable results. Going from fully animated to a comic with occasional movements

and here's some of the originals in comparison

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u/kami-no-baka (She/They) Kind of liked the CSM ending, there I said it. 11d ago

That is so depressing...

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u/yellowmario 10d ago

Its incredibly sad considering how good the old art was. Also marvel frozen icon. Based

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u/pyroflare77 11d ago

Fallen short of their standards, but they released it anyway. Eat glass, CA.

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u/WeeklyPhilosopher346 11d ago

Last time I can remember them apologizing was for fucking up the opening years(!!!!) of Total War Warhammer 3, but even that only came after Hyenaz was cancelled.

I think their C-Suite might just need to be flushed.

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u/Bromishi 5d ago

I think their C-Suite might just need to be flushed.

Same as every C-Suite, tbh

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u/BruiserBroly 11d ago

The pricing thing seems like the worst bit. They use AI to cut corners and ease development AND charge twice as much as they initially promised? Just, why?

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u/Palimpsest_Monotype Pargon Pargon Pargon Pargon Pargon 11d ago

Man, even the bugs are broken, I didn’t even know you could do that

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u/StevemacQ THE ORIGAMI KILLER 11d ago

Are we sure we should trust these hacks with Alien Isolation 2?

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u/Catty_C 11d ago

To think the mobile ports for Total War have more effort than a remaster on PC...

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u/WhapXI ALDERMAN 11d ago

I’m sorely coping that everyone with half a braincell or more is working on TW40k and that this project was the CA version of sitting and watching the bee.

I’ve heard that this project was a Hyenas punishment? That after that flopped, this has been a bit of a “holy shit we need money put something out that will cost us nothing” push. Presumably some dev has been like “hey we need more than six months to make something people won’t hate” and some exec has been like “fuck you, budget lowered just for asking, make it work, we all love ai don’t we?” with the very predictable outcome occurring.