I figured there was a part in the game where the grappling hook would be useful, man. My point was that the lack of use outside of that highly specific situation for the player, especially an Agility-based player, is absurd and indicates a lack of forethought that I attribute to AI because I have personally see this happen in my own projects that used AI. [And the fact that I am given no clue as to where I can use the grappling hook I paid for is another point in the AI category, what game does that?]
Second, I'm aware that there is an 'injury' system for the player, they explain it to you in the beginning; what I was talking about is the enemies. There is a startling lack of enemy HP at least the encounters I saw, and combat seems highly scripted... so what do the consumables even do in such a situation?
Third, if I genuinely confused you and made you think I encountered dead zero skill checks, I apologize. There are skill checks occasionally but often for the strangest things... chasing a child through an alleyway gets an Agility skill check, cool, and so does trying to get through a crowd so that someone doesn't ask you an annoying question. But, protecting your companion from being STOMPED by Nova doesn't, avoiding getting strangled by the Crimson Count doesn't, avoiding falling down a trapdoor doesn't, avoiding getting manhandled by heavily armored soldiers who are trying to take you legendary, passed-down-through-generations weapon, doesn't, etc... you see the problem? It's only for things that don't actually matter.
Fourth, yeah DDLC was a bad example.
Fifth, four years ago was 2022. If that's your evidence that it 'predates' AI, you are gravely mistaken, and, like I said to the other guy, predating AI doesn't mean you can't use AI anyway . None of my intuition about this being AI is 'trust me bro' it's damn near certain. Here is a research paper that proves that 'expert' humans who have used AI extensively can almost 100% of the time tell AI-written content from human-written content. https://arxiv.org/pdf/2501.15654 I am telling you that I have used AI extensively, and if you would grant me that belief, then when I tell you that my brain is SCREAMING that EVERY part of this is created by AI, you should at least give it credence.
Sixth, you can't end off by copying my line 'Do I need to continue' unless you actually demolish me... which you didn't and I suspect you only replied because now there's more people here and that makes you tremble in your boots a little less to write to me. It's okay, man, I don't bite.