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2 days

The Borderlands MMO [China's exclusive] is officially saved and playable in English, 11 years after its shutdown and 17 months after restoration efforts began: "We did it"

www.gamesradar.com English

until ceased and desisted: https://blolgame.com/

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    The Borderlands MMO is officially saved and playable in English, 11 years after its shutdown and 17 months after restoration efforts began: "We did it"
    www.gamesradar.com
    Modder and fan project lead EpicNNG says "thank you to each player who has joined us as we make history"
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    • Jenthura@lemmy.zipEnglish
      2 days

      The project doesn’t use generative AI, and he notes: “We wanted to wait until the end of the year to release, but sadly due to how powerful AI is becoming, it became clear to us that in order to avoid all of our hard work being for nothing, it was now or never.”

      I wonder what he means by that. Is there a rival team using AI also working on this?

        • America@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
          2 days

          It would be trivial to pop a couple hundred bucks into an AI and get a garbage translation for the entire game, along with a codebase buggification. It sucks, but they wanted to beat the modern iteration of script kiddies to the market.

            • glimse@lemmy.worldEnglish
              2 days

              No, that’s not it. AI has made huge leaps in reverse engineering games this past year. Not translating the text but figuring out the underlying code from the machine code output. It’s why there’s been a big wave of “mashup” games lately, the biggest step in a fan-made remake used to take several years but it can be done in a day through brute force trial and error.

              Whether or not you support AI at large (I sure don’t), this is kind of the “perfect” use for it and it is pretty interesting. Many of the AI-decompiled projects have nearly identical code, they’re not just slop recreations.

              The implications of these developments go far beyond video games. Security through obscurity can no longer cut it

            • brem@lemmy.worldEnglish
              2 days

              The AI version of whatever the fuck a “Chinese Exclusive Borderlands MMO” is… well that sounds like a wet nightmare you’d have after overdosing on cough syrup at a Russell Brand sleepover featuring Jared Leto on vocals.

                • Tattorack@lemmy.worldEnglish
                  2 days

                  Gex? That you? Where’ve you been, man?

                    • brem@lemmy.worldEnglish
                      2 days

                  • snoons@lemmy.caEnglish
                    2 days

                    maybe bought into the doom-hype ai marketing

                      • wyldrstallyns@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
                        2 days

                        How’s that again?

                      • fonix232@fedia.io
                        2 days

                        I really don’t get the sentiment.

                        • if someone releases an AI version and it’s crap, regardless which was released first
                        • if someone releases the AI version and it’s good, where’s the harm? That would clearly show that the person using AI knows what they’re doing and aren’t just a skiddie doing half-assed prompts until it runs, just barely.
                      • VerseAndVermin@lemmy.worldEnglish
                        2 days

                        Preservation is cool. 🙂👍

                        • MrShankles@reddthat.comEnglish
                          2 days

                          I wonder if it works on linux

                          • iamthetot@piefed.caEnglish
                            2 days

                            Download now before the cease and desist hits! The more people who have it, the more likely it will live on the internet forever.

                              • brem@lemmy.worldEnglish
                                2 days

                                • Postmortal_Pop@lemmy.worldEnglish
                                  2 days

                                  Any tips on the best place to find it?

                                    • iamthetot@piefed.caEnglish
                                      2 days

                                      It’s linked right in the OP.

                                        • Postmortal_Pop@lemmy.worldEnglish
                                          1 day

                                          That’s on me for not looking closer.

                                    • 87Six@lemmy.zipEnglish
                                      2 days

                                      Is it good? Has anyone here played it?

                                        • iamthetot@piefed.caEnglish
                                          2 days

                                          The project lead himself says the game is not very good, lol. Still, very cool project. And a meaningful attempt at preservation.

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