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Co-op game Party Animals has been spammed with hundreds of negative reviews after it announced a $15,000 AI video contest.
As detailed on the game’s official website, Recreate Games is running a competition, inviting short films, drama series, animations, music videos, and more on any theme as long as it’s “positive” and connected to the Party Animals game.
So far, so what, right? Well, it’s the next bit of the rules that’s caused a little commotion.
“[AI-generated content] must be the core creative tool, including but not limited to AI-generated images, video, music, voiceovers, 3D assets, etc.,” the competition insists. The winner secures a whopping $15,000, with cash awards of $1,500-4,500 also available for runner-ups.
While Party Animals maintains a “very positive” Steam user review rating for all English reviews, recent reviews are now “mostly negative” after over 800 negative reviews were left since the competition was announced. “Rest in peace, loved this game but they’re leaning into AI now so I will no longer support this company,” reads the “most helpful review,” posted by someone with over 26 hours on record.
“I genuinely wonder if any company ever takes even a single glance online, to see what the general consensus

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