Is anyone else a bit upset about the images of the gods being generated by AI? Even though they have human touch-ups, there are still so many weird details if we look closely, which gives them a creepy appearance.
Apollo’s arms are different sizes, Freyja’s left arm is coming out of her own neck, Skadi’s bowstring is completely out of alignment from one end to the other, and her pinky finger is strangely bent. Overall, these images lack “soul” and seem empty.
This is a huge contrast to the original AOM images of the gods, which had an originality that is still noteworthy even many years after the game was released.
Maybe they should improve these images, enhancing the lighting and highlighting the background to something more modern, but still keeping the old appearance?
I didn’t mention the lighting in the images of the Egyptian gods or in general, where the sun is behind them but at the same time, the front part of their body is illuminated by the sun. A typical AI mistake.
There are many other details I haven’t mentioned here. But I really wish these images were created 100% by humans, or that the old ones were recreated and not just graphically improved to HD like they were. (And please, for free, not via DLC).
Reflection of light from sand or ambient occlusion.
Yes, you are right when it comes to the portraits of some Gods, but that’s not that important. There are bigger issues and bugs that are currently being addressed, but for example, I also noticed this, but as I said, I don’t really care,this new version is funny and great
Yeah, it bothered me when the first round of god portraits came out and they had obviously been made using AI and contained a number of flaws and artifacts, (weird fingers, Zeus’ abs) as well as lacking soul. Once the second round was brought out they were obviously improved (although some round 1 portraits were better!) I let it go. They’re not perfect but good enough. I’m not an artist so I’m not scrutinising them closely. I had a look at the flaws you mentioned. Apollo’s and Freyja’s arms don’t bother me, though I can imagine they’d bother an artist. Skadi’s bowstring is crazy! Surprised they haven’t fixed that.
I would be open to them doing touch ups to fix errors like that, but no more large changes.
You know the thing that bothered me most was during the lead up to release there were a number of people on reddit saying “there was no proof” these images had been AI generated. Because their threshold for proof was basically you had to personally witnessed the artist make the images with AI. Complete losers, lol. It’s one thing to complain the images are generated by AI, it’s another to deny they were!
I did initially have the old portraits turned on, but after a while they felt too dated and didn’t fit with the aesthetic. I switched it off and haven’t turned back. The new portraits fit the new game aesthetic better and refresh the experience. My only complaint is they are hard to distinguish in tiny format, such as icons in game. Would like them to be more distinguishable at small scale!
