u/Eissa_Cozorav

Now the stuff that has something to do with writing has become shorter list than few months ago.

I cannot seriously go back to Claude. They are too token usage greedy (but if I am forced to do it without other choice, I might. But the lack of non-text generation kills my desire too).

Grok is unusable, I am unfortunate enough that few days ago I manage to try Grok 4.6 and enjoy the result. But the day I subscribe, Grok freaking 4.7 get released.

Gemini at AI Studio might be my decent change but, that thing is one dimensional chatbot from 2025 tech where stuff gets reactive. I really do need to have context get researched.

Which bring me to ChatGPT. The thing is very decent AI. What it lacks in prose generation strength it makes up with research. I have experience ChatGPT for 3 month straight, now I want out.

Venice AI might be good, but again, same with AI Studio gemini, I really been spoiled by ChatGPT agentic chat in context building for writing.

Is there any future hope left. No matter how small it is?

I am too tired at how AI Studio version of Gemini frequently blocked my prompt.

For context my work has lots of potential dark stuff but I do this for worldbuilding.

 I wrote my novel based on a CYOA system I have developed, with some perks reminiscent of what r/jumpchain community have produced. Same with the Gamer system.

The setting is based on Alternate Universe where no 9/11, no GWOT, therefore resulting in lots of context necessary to generate the good worldbuilding. (For example, imagine SWAT units that look straight from Steven Seagall movie in 90s. Lots of MP9 + M4 with carry handle instead of very tacticool attachment and rails into AR-15 platform. Despite the year being late 2009/early 2010s. Tacticool mostly belong to Spec Ops guy.) So a weird mix of Y2K + Frutiger Aero era world.

Because I am not treating this like Resident Evil or Silent Hill where stuff just happen. My world is incredibly complex. It has something like CROSSED Comic "zombie" (which itself is already bleak enough that I bet no AI willing to translate the context into actual work, except perhaps degenerate writer), Dead Frontier mutated bestiaries, Silent Hill style + DOOM 3 + Ghost of Mars supernatural setting.

So, I just need your experience to tell me, if Grok can really do dark stuff.

And Crossed Comic Psycho Zombie are one of many enemies that the protagonist can eccounter. You might know or heard about Crossed Comic. I cannot even finish Volume 1 without needing brain bleach.  without getting traumatic and needing of brain bleach. Except the brain bleach itself is about killing those psychopathic zombies in my story, like Action Horror guy. The comic is so horrible. I think Claude will not sufficient, IMHO except with great amount of censorship. Minors do become involved which I am gonna prevent it. I mean fucking hell, just look at the volume 1.

Let's call it Power Fantasy, but I don't care. That's what good AI is for. But I need to get the catharsis factor right.

The jump from Metro 2033 to Last Light was substantial. I remember some people point out how Metro Last Light is more "streamlined", "easy", and even "Arcade".

For example in Metro 2033 Artyom reload Duplet one shell at one time per each barrel, while in Metro Last Light he reloads two shells at once. Heck even with the quad barrel attachment, he reloads it with the same mechanic, all 4 shells at once as if the whole thing is just damage upgrade.

Metro Last Light also changed how Military Grade Rounds behave, since Metro LL doesn't have similiar armor as the 2033 system, it simply give MGR incendiary effect. The original game's purchasable stealth/heavy armor system is also gone. There are more immediately spectacular combat options in general.

You also have Incendiary Grenade that works too much like this chemicals that triggered by concussion/being shock-sensitive to burn as if someone put Mercury Fulminate and they are produced reliable enough in Metro Environment. Metro Exodus then just changed the whole thing into Molotov Cocktail. I know it's more of design choice, compared to above shotgun shell reload, but it's clear that Last Light had become something more fast paced game compared to 2033.

Speaking about grenades, I remember back in 2033 you have to bring grenade into equipped mode to throw them. While in later games, stuff are instant enough. Same goes with other items like throwing knife, melee option. Back in 2033, someone can boast he can complete the game with just knifing his way through in Ranger Mode. Or using Shambler Bayonet.

Meanwhile, lots of game have been released since Metro Exodus, that could be a blend of Survival Horror and Action Horror. Games like Six Days in Fallujah, Ready or Not, SCP: 5K, etc. Movement are bit restricted, but damage from firearm makes both you and your enemies are glass cannon so Ranger Mode is automatic on in these games. Ammo and magazine are tracked, instead of one large ammo pool with reloading is just reseting the magazine amount. Some said that this game has different category called Tactical Horror.

So back to my question, with all the context of previous games, what do you prefer?

Claude is too expensive, Venice is too censored nowdays and the credits cost stay the same, Ai Studio version of Gemini is fine. But it doesn't handle memory context and it is basically bare model without good API.

Granted, for one-shot prompting a story that surprise my liking, Claude is still the best. Especially once you give it Skills for writing that use as much as just 2% usage for Opus 5. Still it's nothing that GPT cannot do, especially since it can learn from Claude's made prose that I give it.

Despite that, the #1 position for creating dialogues concerning non-english language especially from Asian region is still held by Gemini due to what I assume more larger and rich datas that Google have. But this is not concern so far.

I am basically creating CYOA system adventure, reminiscent of good roleplay stuff in internet forum such as in Spacebattles. Example1 Example2
I think the 5000 words output per prompt for a chapter is already surprassed most human writer in productivity.

Sorry for bad title, I cannot edit it.

TLDR: The 22nd century in Doraemon may not be humanity’s natural future. It may be a future that has already been changed, repaired, and reshaped by time travel so many times that the original timeline is gone.

The 22nd Century Earth might have avoided Time Paradoxes through a possession of sophisticated Time Travels technology (perhaps, a very stable, yet restricted to most, Closed-Timelike Curve) that enable some form of acausality. Resulting in symmetrical spacetime that always in motion. (Meaning universe spacetime undergoes exponential expansion. Because of this constant cosmic inflation, the spatial distance between any two points is always increasing, yet exhibit symmetry and even supersymmetry that always supports stable return distance to starting point.)

This can be switched off and on at will, that means, it still allow something like Dictator Switch and What If Telephone Booth to function (and allows Time Patrol to trap nasty characters). Yet even timeline created by this device is still reachable by Time Patrol.

That also makes the villain of Nobita and the Birth of Japan much more interesting. Gigazombie is not only trying to conquer the past. He is trying to escape the jurisdiction of the future itself. His obsession with isolating his own time makes sense if the Time Patrol can normally reach even altered timelines. To truly win, he must create a sealed historical pocket: a private timeline outside the causal network.

So the real horror behind Doraemon is this: Nobita is not being visited by a cute robot from a clean, utopian future. He is being visited by an artifact of a future that has already weaponized time, normalized reality alteration, and built institutions to stop the universe from collapsing under its own paradoxes.The 22nd century is not advanced because humanity naturally invented everything.

It is so advanced because history has been edited until nobody remembers what “natural progress” was supposed to look like.

I have been using ChatGPT back when it was just text-davinci-001. Lots of journey happened with lots of down and maybe ups during it. Let's just say the reason why I come back is because ChatGPT of now has very good image model. Even on free use. Now I am on Plus subscription, suffice to say the system is smart enough than free agentic model that I have used.

Doesn't matter if it's older model and cheap one like Gemini 3.0 Flash or Gemini 2.5 Pro. For roleplaying and writing purpose, I cannot help but feeling like Google has better training data than xAI/ Grok 4.3 can ever be. And I remember it too well that you can even do NSFW in AI Studio if you are good enough with your instruction set.

What do you think?

Here's a thing about corn in general. They are so designated to be overstimulating, hardcore that at some point i was basically disgusted.

But AI image and video? they are so addicting. Idk how to deal with this. The thoughts always come from time to time. What if you make a nice scene based on certain story, history and these characters. And the cinematography is so believable and you will not notice the usual but very subtle hint of porn actors being unwilling of what they do. It's like your mind keep telling me that, this is romantic not abusive scene.

Idk how to deal with this in long time. It's like chewing nicotine gum after years of being active smoker using cigar. (skipping cigarette or vape). You crave for something but you feed it with lesser stuff. Yet ultimately it's the same harmful substance. Yet the guilt is somehow lesser.

Doraemon is originally Kodomomuke (Manga/Anime that is aimed for kids pre-12 years old). This is why you see Nobita is potrayed as 4th grade elementary student.

Though part of me wonder if a young adult like a college student or a high school student has Doraemon. I think college hazing is quite horrible compared to elementary school bullying and the financial pressure of student these days make wonder what they would do if they got Doraemon gadgets. So the story would not just be about surviving social pressure and having good grade.