In an unexpected twist, humans have taken back some jobs from AI. Embark Studios CEO Patrick Soderlund recently told gamesindustry.biz Studio “re-recorded” some of the AI-generated voice lines Ark Raiders With human voices only after its successful launch in October.
“There is a difference in quality,” Soderlund said. GamesIndustry.biz. “A real professional actor is better than an AI; it’s like that.”
With Ark Raiders’ player count reaching nearly half a million users on Steam, the game’s breakout success was still influenced by its use of text-to-speech AI. According to Söderlund, while no generic AI was used for the Extraction shooter sequences, Embark Studios did pay its actors for approval to license their voices for the text-to-speech AI. Even though Söderlund said that the text-to-speech AI was reserved for lines “that are not as essential to the immersion of the experience,” many players were not happy with this creative decision.
Responding to the criticism, Embark Studios is changing course and relying more on its voice actors. Söderlund said that the studio pays its voice actors for their time in the recording booth and “we will continue to bring many of them back as we continue to update the game.” However, it is important to note that Söderlund pointed out gamesindustry.biz “Some” of the AI-generated lines were replaced by voice actors, which may indicate that the studio doesn’t want to completely eliminate its text-to-speech AI any time soon.
<a href