Xbox has used its new ai software to recreate the iconic Quake 2 And gaming fans aren’t happy.
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The “Experimental Tech Demo” Uses Microsoft’s recently unveiled muse system and “dynamically generates gameplay sequences” inspired by 1997’s Quake 2Every input you make triggers the next ai-generated moment in the game, almost as if you were playing the original Quake 2 Running on a traditional game engine, “explained microsoft in a q+a.
This bite-sized demo pulls you into an interactive space inspired by Quake 2Where Ai Crafts Immersive Visuals and Responsive Action on the fly, “The continued. Quick and Compelling Playable DEMO. “
The AI-Powered Recreation of Quake 2 Is available to try out in browsers now. Over the weekend, geoff keighley also shared the game but fans are impressed with the cutting edge tech.
"We Made a program that vaguely and inacurately imagines what it might look like it if you were playing quake 2 right now! It requires all the same equipment you could instead use to actually play quake 2, but requires a billion times more Electricity. Check it out !!" https://t.co/nisslzb4oq
– Lance McDonald (@ManfightDragon) April 6, 2025
“Wow! It’s Dogshit,” Wrote one fan with many other people having issues with Blurry Graphics, Laggy Controls and the Poor Frame Rate. The AI Engine also has a “context length” of under a second, meaning that the tech will forget any enemies or architecture that are available in a second. “This can also be a source of fun, whereby you can defeat or spawn enemies by looking at the floor for a second and then looking back up,” Wrote Microsoft.
“I don’t know what this shit is but it ain’t quake,” said one fan. “This disgusts me on a deeeeep level,” added another.
“Ai has it’s uses but i’m simply not interested in gaming companies using it as a quick, easy and ultimately lazy method for creativity. Textures Rather Than Improving Them, Bringing INTO Question Why Anyone Would Genuinely Wish to Hand Over Money for What’s Essentially An Even more Soulless Product Than Usual. Element-Not some pre-Programmed guesstimate of that element, “explained a third fan.
Announcing the muse ai tool earlier this year, Microsoft Boss Phil Spendser said: “We’ve talked about game preservation as an activity for us, and these models and their ability to learn company how a game Plays without the Necessity of the Original Engine Running on the Original Hardware OPENS Up a Ton of Opportunity. ” Soever Quake 2 is still available on a number of modern caonsoles.
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