ARC Raiders chooses to replace AI-generated dialogue with professional voice actors

In a bizarre reversal of recent trends, human actors have managed to steal work from artificial intelligence. Speaking to GamesIndustry.biz, Patrick Söderlund, CEO of Embark Studios, recently revealed that the studio replaced AI-generated dialogue with human voices in its successful project ARC Raiders game, but only after the successful launch in October.

The decision came down to quality, with Söderlund ultimately admitting that professional voice actors still offer something that artificial intelligence cannot: “There is a difference in quality. A real professional actor is better than AI; that’s just the way it is.”

Despite the game’s remarkable success on Steam, with 14 million sales in February and more than 6 million weekly active users, critics have been annoyed by the clumsy use of…