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PlayStation auto-play patent shows a feature to skip grindy sections of games

Sony is apparently experimenting with an AI tool that will play the game for you when you are grinding away. A PlayStation patent for “auto-play” mode would simulate your gameplay style in certain environments and apply them to skip that section completely. This technology would likely be built directly into the cloud-based PlayStation Network and be a new feature that subscribers would have access to.

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Christopher53d ago

Hah! Either will never happen or publishers will charge you to use this AI. This concept would only exacerbate the problem we already have with GaaS.

gold_drake53d ago

doesnt that concept already exist tho?

buy dlc to get a ahead in games? money, weapon and exp dlc come to mind but yeh. one more thing for them.to potentially charge for.

Christopher53d ago

Usually, for GaaS/Seasonal games, you'll have to perform actions to earn specific in-game currency to buy things for events. Then they sell the currency with real cash or a third-currency to then buy the in-game currency items (it's honestly truly bloated to hide that they're cheating you out of money). With this, they'll just give you items if you do something 50 times or the like and then charge you to have the game play it for you. It's better, right? No currency shenanigans, just play the game and we reward you! But, the truth is they'll inflate the amount of times you have to play through content just to get the same thing.

TallDarknWavy52d ago

I can't remember the name of the developer but they said that if you need fast travel or pay to win schemes in order to not play the game then your game sucks and I completely agree.

Cacabunga52d ago

A funny one i remember is RDR2 some players bought gold bars with real money to get the high bounty license in RDO and they could use it for nothing because they need to grind like morons to get the bounty wagon which is a must for catching more than one bounty.. people were complaining to R* it was hilarious

TheKingKratos52d ago (Edited 52d ago )

I don't get how anyone would use it ... I mean if i don't myself grind to get what i want in the game and simply skip all that and just keeps upgrading my level to the point of becoming a walking tank... What's the point of playing at all if i am not going to work for it and learn along the way ?!

Christopher52d ago

You are not like a very good portion of gamers who are influenced by FOMO (fear of missing out).

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jambola52d ago

Why?
Why not just remove the Grindy part?

I hope it's not an excuse to make them worse, but optional if you pay

mandf52d ago

The Grundy part is how they pad and fill out games. Reviewer would complain nothing to do or game to short

Eonjay52d ago

This IGN blogger mode will allow 'reviewers' to play games like rest of us.
I will never forget watching GamingBolts spoiler video for Horizon FW and realizing they never played it. Made me wonder if they play games at all.

Skuletor52d ago

As if most modern games don't hold your hand enough already.

jambola52d ago

Lol
Spiderman 2 reminding me how to swing 12 hours in

Christopher52d ago

I'm playing Kingdoms of Amalur again and the Fate mode reminder every time my fate bar is full is extremely annoying and takes up so much space on the screen.

Profchaos52d ago

Reminds me of those 24 hours races in gran Turismo 4 having your PlayStation play for you.

But realistically if you have to use any of these for Grundy games there's a bigger underlying problem of the game not respecting your time in the first place.

Grind for game length is a real problem in my view

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Balatro: Challenge Mode Guide

If you're having trouble clearing the tough trials in Balatro, then take a look at our Balatro Challenge Mode Guide

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Helldivers 2 dev responds to complaints Patrol Spawns are worse

The Helldivers 2 community manager has responded to complaints that the updated Patrol spawn rate is even worse and too difficult.

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DustMan1d 5h ago

Didn't have any issues with enemy spawns after the patch. Me and a friend were able to complete a suicide operation as a duo. Maybe ran into a handful of encounters that were true grinds. What I'm assuming is that people aren't actually moving away from an engagement they will not win. Getting overwhelmed? Throw a orbital laser, or a couple air strike and move on. You may have a hulk or two follow, but with distance between you and them they aren't trouble. Also, do not sleep on the expendable anti-tank. It's part of my loadout now consistently because you don't really have to worry about picking your secondary up every single time you die. Plus if your carrying one, and then drop it's stratagem you've got 3 shots you can pull off relatively quickly. They knock out gunships in one shot. Just got to learn how to arch the longer shots.

jznrpg2h ago

That’s one thing I always notice with a lot of random groups. They just sit there and fight and fight unending swarms shooting mainly with their primaries. Run n Gun is the name of the game. Like you said throw and orbital or eagle then run and kite the mobs that follow and take ‘em out one by one while your moving. If you have a sentry throw that down and keep running.

Doomeduk1h ago

That's the great thing about HELLDIVERS the wide ranging mix of load outs and strategies at disposal and all work do I take a stratagem flamethrower or hope to pick something up and take an extra orbital instead ? Stun grenade or impact ? even placement of cannons needs to be thought about considering Bugs or Robots

jznrpg2h ago(Edited 2h ago)

They don’t seem worse. They haven’t changed much if anything.

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Helldivers 2 How to Get and Use SG-22 Bushwhacker

A new Secondary has arrived to Helldivers 2 and it is devastating.