Comments on: Dragon Quest creator wants AI game characters to feel like real “friends,” hopes DQ10 players will confide in Slimey chatbot

By: Abeltensor

Abeltensor — Mon, 11 May 2026 20:12:50 +0000

This sounds like a supremely bad idea. Some games have already tried to integrate AI, and there are some significant concerns with that both from the perspectives of breaking immersion and security. It’s not hard for a player to break the AI out of its “intended role”. Not to mention it adds another always on internet component to the game meaning if square decides to stop supporting the AI, the game becomes unplayable.

There are places for generative AI in gaming, but dialogue is certainly not one of them.

By: Science Dan

Science Dan — Mon, 11 May 2026 13:32:10 +0000

I think it’s cool. This has potential to make things more immersive, life-like, and each playthrough original.

This is not what people keep calling ai slop,nthis is a practical use of it. People are just hopping on bandwagons, hating anything AI related.

This is the best use of ai in gaming. Go for it. I want to try it out!

By: Brando

Brando — Mon, 11 May 2026 10:56:04 +0000

My biggest worry about all this, is becoming to attached to the characters. Imagine you just went through a whole adventure, with the ups and downs, and you make a real connection with the AIs. Suddenly you come face to face with the reality of, ether you have to turn the game off and leave your “friends” in stasis forever, or you feel obligated to play the game the rest of your life just to keep your “friends” alive.

By: Malxenos

Malxenos — Sun, 10 May 2026 05:51:39 +0000

Sounds like DQX will be a hard pass

By: Chet

Chet — Sun, 10 May 2026 05:35:16 +0000

Maybe if they released in the west people would care

By: Hm76

Hm76 — Fri, 08 May 2026 15:54:42 +0000

Now this is actually something people want to see AI used for, making their game worlds feel alive through more flexibility in NPC dialogue. I like that they’re taking baby steps with it though, instead of jumping straight into the deep end, especially with how much of the industry adopted AI WAY too fast and began implementing it in ways it wasn’t ready to be used for without complications or being heavily inefficient below the surface (which is why data centers devour resources at an absurd rate, making it typically more harmful than beneficial to all parties involved, including those investing into it, in the long term, which is also why the AI bubble is close to bursting already.)

By: Skyler

Skyler — Fri, 08 May 2026 13:28:12 +0000

BOOOOOOOOOOO noone wants this shit in games. If you need friends touch grass dont try to make bestie with something that doesn’t exist