AI-Powered Remaster of Classic Video Game "The Portopia Serial Murder Case" Leaves Gamers Jinxed, Fails to Impress

Square Enix has released their AI-powered remaster of the revered 1983 interactive video game, "The Portopia Serial Murder Case."

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Unfortunately, the AI implementation in the remastered game has been criticized by journalists and hundreds of angry gamers.

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The game sits at an embarrassing "Very Negative" rating on Steam, with only 13 percent of over 350 reviews being positive.

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Despite promises to fix text-based wrinkles with an NLP AI model, the game responds back in confusion to even simple commands.

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The AI has managed to make "Portopia" worse and borderline unplayable, according to people who have played the game.

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The remastered game seems to be more of a tech preview experiment than a full-blown remastered treatment, but it's still a slap in the face to loyal fans and interested newcomers.

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The original Portopia is considered a heavily influential classic of text-based adventure games, but until the new remaster, it had never received an official English translation.

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The negative reviews on Steam mock how often the game returns an unhelpful and all-too-common "Hm…" in response to player commands.

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