GTA V is one of the most successful video games of all and that coming from a studio that has been responsible for releasing hit after hit is news, there is no other that comes close to the amount it has generated except maybe Call Of Duty, so it is strange to think that Rockstar has not yet released an expansion to its singleplayer mode that was so successful at launch.
For this I have several theories, the clearest I think is the most obvious, GTA Online, the multiplayer mode of this GTA is five times more successful than the game itself, is what has given money to the studio to this day, and does not look like it will stop soon, so the efforts are focused much more on bringing content to Online than the campaign itself.
That's where the modders come in, players have been asking for a long time for an extension that uses Los Santos as a shooting range again and a very special project has come out that not only expands the story mode but also integrates AI to do so.
Meet Inworld Sentient Streets, created by community modder Bloc and completely free to download and add.
Some elements jump out, we will no longer be criminals planning robberies and trying to escape from the authorities but the roles are reversed and now we are the ones in charge of chasing and arresting criminals as two cops.
It adds many new missions but also this mod is created using the basis of an AI, the Inward (a variant of ChatGPT) which as with other games such as the Matrix in 4D allows us to speak through a microphone and receive real-time responses from the NPCs around us.
That's not the end of the exciting features because there is also a role-playing and decision making system, I'm not sure how this would work in the game (or if it would work at all) with the infinite possibilities of having a microphone and ChatGtp bouncing around with our questions but we are supposed to be able to interrogate and make decisions that affect the story.
What is that story? well I was looking at the main page of this mod on nexusmod and it looks like they are going to double down on the usual absurdity of the GTA games and we will have to stop a cult called the NihilAIsts from taking over Los Santos, we will be a cop with his partner trying to stay one step ahead of them and capture the leaders of this cult.
There are not many videos that talk about the game but the gameplays on youtube are something special.
It's unreal how fast AI technology is being introduced into video games, I still don't expect them to be refined or serve as anything more than a curiosity but we are very close to them taking over the creation of truly living worlds, I still think studios should focus on making them the traditional way people sooner rather than later we will be seeing revolutionary uses for them, this mod is a reminder of that.
All yours, @slashint - Gamer, Video Game Analyst.
