Heartopia

good fun nice

This game is so peacful and fun. I really enjoy playing it.

Ошибка. Ошибка. Ошибка. Не тратим время, проходим мимо

A lot of people are still judging this game from its first few months of launch, which they have every right to do so. But seeing these comments going into the latter half of the year when the two major controversies (that I know of) have been addressed by the company in question is disheartening when I think about the potential players who might have an interest in trying the game. As someone who has played since launch and has hundreds of hours spread across PC and mobile, it is disappointing to see the reviews; yes, I believe the company made mistakes, but they have addressed them and I do hope they adhere to their words, learn from their mistakes and keep improving. All the hobbies in the game (fishing, bug catching, cooking, gardening, etc.) are accessible for everyone. People who enjoy or don't mind doing repetitive tasks will probably enjoy this game a lot more than others. It's a very casual game, which can sometimes feel boring or grindy if played as a main game. What you miss out on by choosing not to spend money is purely cosmetic (including building textures and furniture). There are still outfits and furniture you can obtain in the game without spending money. If you don't mind cosmetics too much and can live without having those sparkly outfits/furniture and think you still might have fun with the game's hobbies, try it out. ---- 1. The use of AI was not disclosed when the game first launched. ---- - I agree with the players that this should have been disclosed from the start. I think this would have also saved the company a lot of grief and some prospective players may have still given the game a try, as they now state on the Steam page "AI is used in the puzzle gameplay to reinterpret and redraw in-game snapshot images" and "AI is used in in-game chat to help players understand different languages". The game has also been given the "Artificial Intelligence" tag. They officially addressed this shortly after the game was released, and state "Monetization Content in Heartopia does not include AI-generated materials", and I hope they keep their word. - I am personally not a fan of generative AI either, and I do hope they are being truthful about their use of generative AI only being used for in-game puzzles from screenshots inside the game itself. If the game's assets are handcrafted by people on the dev team, then I don't take too much issue with this. Puzzles are a tiny piece of the game, and you can choose not to interact with this feature. I don't know what their backend looks like, but if they used a locally hosted AI model (yes, you can host your own generative AI on your own PC with the older "higher-end" GPUs, e.g. Nvidia 30 series) and trained it with their own handmade material, then I have even less concerns - unlikely, but we can dream. - As for translating in-game text between languages, I think it's pretty self-explanatory and don't think most players have an issue with this use case. It would make sense to use a third-party vendor's AI services. As someone who is not a fan of AI, I can still see it has its use as a tool, and know that it isn't going to go away any time soon. That being said, it is important to be mindful of the effects that big tech and the use of AI have on people and the environment - people being displaced from their homes for datacentres, the monetary and resource cost to maintain and power them, the environmental cost, potential job loss, and not to mention the cost of our critical thinking skills. I came across a Youtuber's video with the point that the use of generative AI may have also been directed by upper management/investors, which is good point. Unfortunately, you do need funding to create a game with this kind of scope. ---- 2. An in game coloured NPC consumed a bizarre (poisonous) mushroom which led to the character performing a mix of random bodily emotes to "depict the symptoms of dizziness". Players have mentioned hearing monkey noises in game during this cutscene. ---- - Racism has no part in any game or in any interaction with other people. It is disappointing that this made it through QA, and I want to preface this by saying that I am NOT justifying the company's actions in releasing this cutscene. However, what I want to say is I can see how this made it past QA with the company being China-based or primarily Chinese, and I also don't think they intended this to be a jab at darker skinned people either. China's population is largely homogenous compared to countries like Canada and the US which both have a visible mix of different ethnicities and skin colours. Lots of things we (heterogenous societies) may interpret as racist, or things that we know that may be inappropriate to say may not be obvious to people who live in homogenous societies. Ignorance DOESN'T make racism okay, but I want to highlight how and why situations may end up like this. The company did address this issue shortly after the release of the patch that introduced this cutscene. - I think what's most important is to teach and let them know that actually, things like that are not okay. Help them understand why it's not okay (which the community has done so). Then it's on the company to make sure they can do better next time, and I do hope they don't make a mistake like this in the future now that they have a global audience. ---- 3. Gacha ---- - I'm not going to defend the company's monetization model, because I don't like gacha either. I would rather buy all cosmetics outright, but I don't see that ever happening. I enjoy the game enough to spend my own money on it. If you are a collector and like cosmetics, tool skins, building and have a hard time dealing with missing out, I would say avoid the game or tread with copious amounts of caution. - As someone who does support the game monetarily, I hope they consider implementing a way to obtain gacha tickets (exhibition passes) by playing the game regularly.

i wouldnt rec this game to anyone

i like this game so muchhh

cute game

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