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\n\t\tArtificial Intelligence meets reality TV with, to be honest, pretty disastrous results (Picture: AiMation Studios)<\/p>\n
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Non-Player Combat, an AI-generated reality show, features 6 contestants on an island trying to kill each other.<\/p>\n
The reviewer criticises its technical glitches, bland dialogue, and lack of creativity, calling it dull and uninspired.<\/p>\n
Despite scathing feedback, the article acknowledges potential future improvement in AI-driven media.<\/p>\n
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Have you ever dreamt of watching a TV series written by a toaster, directed by a hoover, and cast by a fridge freezer?\u00a0<\/p>\n
If so, then boy oh boy do we have the reality show for you.\u00a0<\/p>\n
It\u2019s called Non-Player Combat, and it claims to be \u2018the world\u2019s first 100 per cent AI<\/a>-generated reality TV<\/a> show\u2019.<\/p>\n The series\u2019 premise is simple: six artificially generated contestants are dropped on a mysterious island off the coast of South America, where they try to murder each other for our entertainment.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n At its core, it\u2019s a rather stale mix of the Hunger Games<\/a>, Survivor, and any number of battle royale games currently clogging up Steam\u2019s free-to-play category.\u00a0<\/p>\n It\u2019s basically the type of idea someone might have when they\u2019ve only seen two movies and half a TV show in their entire life and then tried their hand at writing, because \u2018how hard can it be?\u2019.<\/p>\n To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web Now, of course, just because something\u2019s derivative doesn\u2019t immediately make it bad.\u00a0<\/p>\n Afterall, as Shakespeare once said (while ripping off the Bible, so he would know), \u2018there be nothing new but that which hath been before\u2019.<\/p>\n That\u2019s a posh way of saying everyone\u2019s ripping everyone off at the end of the day, so don\u2019t worry about it.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n So, with that in mind, is Non-Player Combat any good? Well, to the surprise of absolutely no one, it turns out that you shouldn\u2019t trust household appliances to try and make a TV show.\u00a0<\/p>\n \t\t After all, I wouldn\u2019t trust my coffee machine to write an episode of EastEnders<\/a> \u2013 I just don\u2019t think it would nail Kat Slater<\/a>\u2019s unique voice.\u00a0<\/p>\n In fact, I would go so far as to say, with absolutely zero hyperbole, that Non-Player Combat is one of the worst things I\u2019ve ever had the misfortune to sit through.<\/p>\n It\u2019s witless, cold, repetitive and duller than a trip to a factory that specialises in making exceptionally brown cardboard boxes.\u00a0<\/p>\n Now I know that AI proponents will immediately brand me a technophobe with plans of leading a legion of neo-Luddites on a server-smashing rampage across the country.<\/p>\n And yes, I must admit I do have some prejudice towards AI.\u00a0<\/p>\n \t\t Call me a maniac, but I thought the idea of robots<\/a> and AI was to have them do all the stuff we don\u2019t want to, so we can make the art.\u00a0<\/p>\n Instead, we\u2019ve somehow ended up in a world where we\u2019ve outsourced creativity to our air fryers while we do the grunt work.\u00a0<\/p>\n My own general distaste for AI art aside, however, what do I specifically dislike about Non-Player Combat?\u00a0<\/p>\n Well, the show\u2019s plagued by the usual problems we\u2019ve come to expect from AI slop.\u00a0<\/p>\n There\u2019s a visual incoherence to the setting and the characters that makes watching the show feel like you\u2019re on a particularly traumatic acid trip.\u00a0<\/p>\n Sometimes the players in the game have one ponytail, then in the next shot they\u2019ve got two, their teeth sometimes merge into one mega tooth before separating again while they\u2019re talking, and the backgrounds keep changing between shots.\u00a0<\/p>\n \t\t It\u2019s enough to give you a headache, and it doesn\u2019t help that sometimes the AI looks startlingly real, but then in the next shot, they look like a half-melted waxwork.\u00a0<\/p>\n The bizarreness of the visuals makes watching it really quite difficult, and that\u2019s without mentioning the flat narration and bland dialogue.<\/p>\n All the characters in the show talk like they\u2019ve been trained to say the most inane reality show cliches.\u00a0<\/p>\n Seriously, they make people who say stuff like \u2018it\u2019s called Love Island<\/a>, not friend island\u2019 or \u2018you\u2019re my type on paper\u2018 and think they\u2019re Oscar Wilde look original.\u00a0<\/p>\n I was also very amused by the constantly shifting \u2018first priorities\u2019. Most notably, one contestant gets dumped in the desert, and they immediately say \u2018My first priority is water.\u00a0<\/p>\n That makes sense, right?\u00a0<\/p>\n Well, not 10 minutes later, we see the same blank-faced robot gobbling down a beetle and saying food was his first priority. Clearly, some wires got crossed that day\u2026\u00a0<\/p>\n \t\t I\u2019ll be honest, though, none of that bothered me. I have exceptionally low standards for AI-generated content, and for the most part, Non-Player Combat lived up to those expectations.<\/p>\n It was ugly as all sin and blander than cheap vanilla ice cream, but that\u2019s par for the course with this artificial sludge.\u00a0<\/p>\n What I can\u2019t forgive, however, is how dull the show is. Seriously, if there\u2019s one benefit to AI, it\u2019s surely that you can do anything.<\/p>\n So, why does Non-Player Combat look like it has the same budget as a mid-tier BBC<\/a> or ITV<\/a> show?\u00a0 If we\u2019re going to waste electricity and water on this claptrap, surely it should look like a blockbuster?<\/p>\n Nothing exemplifies this more than the guy who has to fight a polar bear.\u00a0<\/p>\n That should be an amazing fight sequence that pits man against beast, but it\u2019s more like a slide show of a particularly boring mauling.\u00a0<\/p>\n \t\t Here\u2019s the thing, though, it doesn\u2019t have to be a bear; it could be a two-headed hippopotamus, or a dragon, or a 16-foot-tall giant made of green-headed ducks.\u00a0<\/p>\n What I\u2019m saying is that AI frees us from the constraints of the everyday, so why would you make the fight so boring?\u00a0<\/p>\n Now, arguably, the reason for this is that the tech, as impressive as I reluctantly admit it can be, just isn\u2019t there, yet.<\/p>\n As I already said, the bear fight looked like a fight scene from a student film, and I don\u2019t think putting a giant creature in there would improve the stunt choreography.<\/p>\n Still, I think it limitations of AI and those who like to use it to make art. They can do anything, yet they choose to do stuff we\u2019ve seen before. <\/p>\n \t\t Why? Well, in my opinion<\/a>, it\u2019s because they care more about the end product than the creative process, to the detriment of the art they\u2019re trying to make. <\/p>\n If they valued the process, they wouldn\u2019t ask a machine to make a TV show for them; they\u2019d learn the skills to do it themselves, which would help them see the possibilities beyond repeating what came before. <\/p>\n And that\u2019s ultimately my main rub with experiments like Non-Player Combat.<\/p>\n \t\t Those who push AI will tell you that it democratises AI by lowering the bar for entry. But I think the sad thing is that all it really does is lower standards.<\/p>\n Yet, as scathing as I\u2019ve been in this review, the people behind Non-Player Combat will have the last laugh. <\/p>\n This tech is only going to get better and better, and while I\u2019m laughing right now. I don\u2019t think I will be in a few years.\u00a0<\/p>\n Non-Player Combat is streaming now at http:\/\/www.aimation.world<\/a> and on YouTube. Non-Player Combat is streaming now at http:\/\/www.aimation.world<\/a> and on YouTube.<\/p>\n Got a story?<\/p>\n If you\u2019ve got a celebrity story, video or pictures get in touch with the Metro.co.uk<\/a> entertainment team by emailing us celebtips@metro.co.uk, calling 020 3615 2145 or by visiting our Submit Stuff<\/a> page \u2013 we\u2019d love to hear from you.<\/p>\n Arrow Arrow Arrow
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\n\t\tAll the gear and no idea (Picture: AiMation Studios)<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/SEI_277286395-548d.jpg\")
\n\t\tAm I entertained? Not really. (Picture: AiMation Studios)<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/SEI_277278986-92db.jpg\")
\n\t\tThis robot is in the desert (Picture: AiMation Studios)<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/SEI_277279051-25bc.jpg\")
\n\t\tThis one\u2019s in the arctic\u2026 I think (Picture: AiMation Studios)<\/p>\n![\"(Picture:](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/SEI_277279049-690a.jpg\")
\n\t\tThis one looks way too happy to be on a death-defying TV show (Picture: AiMation Studios)<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/SEI_277278995-2c5a.jpg\")
\n\t\tAnd this one is in the jungle \u2026but not really (Picture: AiMation Studios)<\/p>\n![\"NON](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/SEI_277393722-e212.jpg\")
\n\t\tOh no, a snake \u2026 or should that be sn-AI-ke? (Picture: AiMation Studios)<\/p>\n
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