{"id":373731,"date":"2026-07-31T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-07-31T07:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/?p=373731"},"modified":"2026-07-31T00:00:05","modified_gmt":"2026-07-31T07:00:05","slug":"the-relic-first-guardian-director-now-says-final-release-has-no-machine-generated-assets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/the-relic-first-guardian-director-now-says-final-release-has-no-machine-generated-assets\/","title":{"rendered":"The Relic: First Guardian director now says final release has no machine-generated assets"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Relic: First Guardian<\/a> director In-hyeok Park says the final released version<\/strong> of the game includes no machine-generated assets.<\/p>\n

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According to Park, generative tools were used only during early development<\/strong>, for loading-screen concept art, a few consumable item icons, and draft localization. All of that was replaced before launch, and the localized text was later reviewed and edited by the team.<\/p>\n\n

Anyone who followed the pre-release backlash<\/a> from Soulslike fans and creators over preview footage, promotional material, and the studio’s lack of clarity can see why Park chose to address it directly. Some critics, though,<\/strong> still say the suspicious-looking elements in those early builds were never fully explained.<\/p>\n\n

Park’s position is that those tools were part of internal iteration, not something that made it into the shipped game<\/strong>. Even so, some post-launch reviews said the voice work and loading-screen art still felt machine-made, before attention moved on to The Relic: First Guardian’s technical issues, poor performance, and clunky combat.<\/p>\n\n

The whole dispute also points to a broader split across the industry: speed<\/strong> on one side, creative trust on the other. Some research has tied AI disclosures to fewer Steam<\/a> reviews and lower scores.<\/p>\n\n

You can get The Relic: First Guardian now from its official store pages.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Relic: First Guardian director In-hyeok Park says the final released version of the game includes no machine-generated assets. According to Park, generative tools were used only during early development, for loading-screen concept art, a few consumable item icons, and draft localization. All of that was replaced before launch, and the localized text was later … Continue reading “The Relic: First Guardian director now says final release has no machine-generated assets”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9343,"featured_media":373730,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","wpcf-pageviews":0},"categories":[1015],"tags":[],"usertag":[],"vertical":[],"content-category":[6771],"class_list":["post-373731","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","content-category-ai"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t