Games began wiring large models into NPC dialogue, letting players speak freely rather than choosing preset options. It improves immersion but brings new challenges in content safety and character consistency.
Key facts
- Players can talk freely in natural language
- No longer limited to preset dialogue options
- Content safety needs extra mechanisms
- Maintaining character consistency is costly
Big Share take
Wiring NPCs to models is a big immersion win, but the risk is real: players will absolutely try to make characters say things they should not. Teams building this spend most of their effort on guardrails, not dialogue.
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