This is where you start to see Asias propensity for gacha and fan service games bubble up.
And yet, none of this could have prepared me for Taipei Game Show.
Its Fan ServiceEverywhere
As always, Im not here to yuck anyones yum.
I have many friends who I love and respect who play fan service games.
Im not a prude who thinks 18+ games shouldnt exist, I leave that to thepuriteens of TikTok.
That said, there was alotof it at Taipei Game Show.
Not just small booths, either, like at Tokyo Game Show, but gigantic splashy displays.
Another booth, this one for Girls Frontline 2, was perfectly PG on its face.
Many of these fanservice gamesareChinese-developed, so it makes sense that it would be popular among Chinese-speakers in Taipei.
What did horrify me, however, was one AI-generated game at the shows Indie House called Abyss.
The boothdidhave a screen that displayed what was clearly an AI-generated trailer that looked vaguely medieval fantasy in nature.
There was also a vaguely humanoid robot standing by, doing nothing.
When I asked what the game was about, he said it was an AI-generated fantasy MMO.
When I asked what you could do in it, he said you could generate your own quests.
But whats the game about?
He was remote controlling it, though.
It also wasnt speaking, which apparently it could do.
It featured something that looked like a Roman colosseum.
The whole thing was very depressing.
Many of the gamesreviews on Steamcall it a cash grab and a scam.
But with AI-generated games, theres no love of the game.
Theres no soul, no craft, no care.
Id much rather pay to see feet.
Are we just yassifying faces now?
