It's syntax is particular enough that it won't recognize "hq" (lowercase) as "Headquarters", but will recognize "HQ" (uppercase). I have no idea how to make progress. I ask what seem like obvious, natural questions, with correct grammar and punctuation, and nothing happens; I type in blunt, old-school adventure game inputs, and get some results, but hit a wall shortly afterwards. Maybe this is moreso an issue with the English language version (I believe this is, afterall, the first official release of Portopia outside of Japan, and is a small, free, tech demo that likely didn't get much QA), but I have some doubts. Maybe it's significantly easier if you're already familiar with the original game and know what sorts of questions you should be asking, which I feel safe assuming most English speakers won't be. Maybe this is an intentionally botched "AI tech demo" so that Squeenix doesn't get swept up in the prospects of automating parts of their development process, or maybe, just maybe, AI isn't actually all that impressive yet.

Reviewed on Apr 23, 2023


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1 year ago

covered all the potentialities here, very cool.

1 year ago

also i saw that your favourite game is Mario 64 which is cool. most people like it but you dont see it crop up in favourites very often.