This sounds like an overambitious promise that will never come to life and result in a half-assed mechanic, meaning the remake is staying extremely faithful to the original in this aspect
literally rule number one of placeholders is MAKE IT OBVIOUS i hate this recent excuse that gets touted around it's so transparent, people are not stupid
What happened to using this as a texture place holder in videogames instead of AI?
"We forgot to remove the AI assets" thats exact why this pattern is so visually strong