u/Equivalent_One_9479

Before the game came out just about everything I saw about the marketing was positive. But upon the game's release today I'm seeing a lot of complaints, particularly on this sub, that feel bizarre to me. People complaining about having fewer characters (albeit much more fleshed out ones where playing as them actually puts you in the shoes of the characters rather than your favorite characters just being a reskin of another character), the gameplay style being different from previous Lego games (this time its actually tailored towards the franchise its based on rather than being a reskin of other Lego games), and the fact that the interior of Wayne manor isn't explorable (this one's fair I guess, but its still far from a deal breaker for me. And I'm seeing people complain specifically because "it was explorable in other Lego games," by which we mean one small room in the first game and one small room in DC supervillains I guess? Does that one room really make those other games more immersive Batman experiences?)

Look, I love the original Lego Batman games. I grew up on them, and they're what got me into Batman as a kid. But those games aren't going anywhere, we'll always have them. We got three of them, and a spin off, and that's not even including dimensions. I love those games but I don't need another one following the same formula. Tt games has delivered an experience that's new and fresh and exciting while still having the charm and humor of the previous games. I'm having a blast with it as both a Batman fan and a Lego game and I can't understand why it's being called a lazy cash grab and slop by so many people here. Its okay for you to have criticisms of the game, I have some too, but I don't understand why this sub is treating it so harshly for being exactly what it was marketed as and exactly what Lego fans and Batman fans have been begging for. Are we really so attached to the games we grew up on that we can't allow ourselves to have fun with something new?

I like having ambience themed after franchises I'm a fan of so as a die hard Batman fan I often use the ambience channel The Gotham Archives. Early videos on the channel often used photography for the background, or cycled between official Batman images and fanart. Recent videos tend to use more original art, but sometimes weird details about them catch my eye. For instance in one of the most AI-feeling videos, (the one linked in the post) the numbers on the speedometers and dials look to be out of order or jumbled from what I can make out, and the Alfred voice sounds robotic.

On the off chance that the channel experimented with AI for one or two videos and then went back to what it was doing, here's another recent video that didn't set off nearly as many red flags for me: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EOswxHSk_Js&t=3641s

If anyone wants to be more of a sleuth and look at videos beyond those that would be appreciated but I feel like those are two solid examples of what feels suspicious to me and what doesn't. Is this AI?