Players have discovered an additional 30 minutes of unused NPC dialogue in Metroid Prime 4, which was cut from the final version. The extensive chatter, considered a poor design choice, contrasts with the typically solitary nature of the franchise and highlights the game's controversial development decisions. The found dialogue was meant as background filler but was ultimately deemed inappropriate for the game's atmosphere.
Ubisoft has developed an AI tool called Ghostwriter to help scriptwriters generate first-draft dialogue for non-playable characters (NPCs) in video games. The tool will handle repetitive tasks such as phrases and sounds uttered by NPCs during triggered events, freeing up writers to focus on more important aspects of the script. However, the announcement has been met with criticism from some in the industry who argue that editing AI-generated scripts would be more time-consuming than writing their own dialogue.
