Rumor: Level-5’s Holy Horror Mansion Trailer Accused Of Using AI Art
Earlier this week, Level-5 released a trailer for Holy Horror Mansion, an ambitious cross-media project described as the “next concept Yo-Kai Watch“.
Following its release, many fans began expressing concerns that Level-5 might have used AI Generated art for the trailer. Specifically, the backgrounds seen in many of the trailer’s shots have inconsistencies that are characteristic of AI generated artwork. This claim is further supported by an old interview Level-5 had with Automaton Media, where they mentioned experimenting with AI generation for game development.
On further inspection, the trailer for Holy Horror Mansion appears to feature backgrounds that were either partially or entirely generated using AI. I am incredibly disappointed in Level-5, this is not how you create a successor to Yo-kai Watch. https://t.co/cggBMr0RoH pic.twitter.com/qXxR62t3Cw
— purrplecolored 🌃 (plushkit era🧸) (@purrplecolored) September 24, 2024
Using of AI Generation in games has been a controversial topic amongst players, with many believing it to be unnecessary cost-cutting and harmful to artists. Others are a little bit more tolerant of its use, stating that it is fine as long as it is not featured in the final game.
I tolerated the AI use during their development as it was promised to only be used as referencial material but creating an entire trailer, having minimal original assets and padding it out with AIgen without remarks to the viewer is some of the scummiest behavior immaginable
— ToriBear's Trivia Corner (@YoukaiNewsEN) September 24, 2024
I think a lot of people worried about the use of ai in #HolyHorrorMansion should ease down a bit considering how Level 5 is going about using it
To summarize it simply, yeah ai will probably NOT be in the final game https://t.co/druzGRCfQc pic.twitter.com/EPnsC386ML
— Addy🌈🍌 (@Rainbonanana) September 24, 2024
At the time of this writing, Level-5 has yet to officially confirm or deny the use of AI generated artwork in their trailer. Stay tuned for more updates as they come.
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