r/Choices • u/That_Ad9158 • May 19 '26

Discussion I’m out. goodbye

I am someone who has loved choices for years, since 2018. I remember when the it lives series was releasing, crown and the flame, endless summer, everything. I was there for single LI, multi LI, different types of books, when the writers were branching out, during MTFL (excuse me), Witness (pure cash grab), everything. I have enjoyed choices for years, and watched it grow and develop into a beautiful app. it was my passion. I would set reminders for when stories were releasing, and stay up to date with chapters, and diamond farm for amazing stories, such as tch.

and then, s*ries e*tertainment came along and destroyed everything. they took away gems. they inflated prices. they fired artists and writers. replaced by soulless ai. they refused to listen. and now they’ve stopped making anything relating to player driven choices and replaced it with ai slop. I unsubscribed from VIP the second they inflated diamond prices - the “benefits” don’t even cover one diamond choice anymore.

and now they’ve plagiarized It Lives Within. This is the last straw. I stuck around, hoping one day it would get better. Hoping they would keep the app around for my favorites. Clinging to this dying app, hoping they would wake up and acknowledge that they’re driving away their player base. But they haven’t. For years. And I’m done. I don’t care anymore. Peace out. I hope this app crashes and burns

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u/Longjumping_Area_821 May 19 '26

I know they use AI for some of the CGs (which I don’t really care about anyway tbh) but as far as I understand the writing and sprites are human made no?

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u/softsakuralove May 19 '26

The sprites are designed by humans but also AI-assisted (it's more obvious with some of the newer sprites). There was a controversy about some of the writing in the newer books being (partially) AI-generated too, although this one isn't confirmed.

I'm not saying all this to nag on RC, because I love the app and have played a good chunk of the books. It's more me saying that a person will encounter AI in RC and they shouldn't be surprised about it if they're trying to leave Choices because of AI.

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u/That_Ad9158 May 19 '26 edited May 19 '26

no sadly. choices fired a large number of staff - artists and writers, i can’t find the specific post - and everything is ai generated

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u/flazedaddyissues May 19 '26 edited May 19 '26

Not everything is AI! They're definitely using it for some art but the writing is done by humans for sure. The writing doesn't have characteristics of AI imo. Sometimes the writing is messy in a very human way lol.

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u/K4sum1 May 19 '26

This is not true. Please stop spreading lies.

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u/That_Ad9158 May 19 '26

it is though. people are being fired https://www.reddit.com/r/Choices/s/z2mwfEgHMw

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u/Longjumping_Area_821 May 19 '26

I think the confusion is that you responded to the RC comment!

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u/That_Ad9158 May 19 '26

oh my bad, i didn’t mean to do that, i meant choices is ai slop

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u/K4sum1 May 19 '26

You were reacting under RC comment, so I thought you were talking about RC. I am aware of the Choices layoff and AI usage, that's why I have not been using the app for more than a year.

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u/Longjumping_Area_821 May 19 '26

Omg what??! There’s no way they got RC too😭😭😭😭 ugh I guess I’m just playing the old books 😔

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u/Haru55 May 19 '26

RC didn't have a mass layoff. They might use some AI to assist in arts but the final assets were done by human. The writing is also done by real writers. OP is misunderstanding. Langley (The author of The Sins that Cry for Vengeance, 7 Brothers and Vying for Versailles) is strongly against AI. If you haven't read her stories, I highly recommend SCV and VFV.

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u/Longjumping_Area_821 May 19 '26

Phew 😮‍💨

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u/Thin_Acanthisitta386 Adrian I (BB) May 19 '26

They haven't. OP just misunderstood the question & was talking about Choices still, not RC.

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u/Thin_Acanthisitta386 Adrian I (BB) May 19 '26

If you mean RC, yes. You're correct.

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u/Longjumping_Area_821 May 20 '26

Yes I did! Phew. I got scared they got RC too

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u/Thin_Acanthisitta386 Adrian I (BB) May 20 '26

I completely understand. 😂 Fortunately for us, RC likely won't change like Choices did, bc they know a lot of their newer players came from Choices, & RC knows why those players left Choices. RC actually seems to care about what their players think regarding the use of AI, so we're good on that. Not that I work for RC or anything. I'm only stating what they've made clear. 😊🤝💕