Producers of Persona and Honkai: Star Rail in Dialogue: Is AI Really the Future of RPGs?

Recently, YouyanShe published a deep-dive conversation between the producers of Persona and Honkai: Star Rail, focusing on the question: 'Is the future of RPGs reliant on AI NPCs?' This topic has sparked heated discussions within the gaming community.

Regarding AI's application, rational players analyzed that the interview clarifies AI's current role—a tool to assist writers in generating side-quest dialogue rather than embedding chatbots directly into the gameplay. Players noted that AI-driven games currently struggle with maintaining consistent world-building, emphasizing that 'a game without a human soul has no meaning.'

The comment section quickly shifted to a more chaotic tone: some players demanded the implementation of Mahjong, sparking a debate over which regional rule set to use. Others, devoted fans of the character March 7th, begged for dating simulator features, while humorously warning of the 'eight-boat jump' (a slang term for romancing multiple characters simultaneously, often leading to disastrous consequences).