I find it rather comical that some of those freakshow clowns think they are dunking on Feng Ji by calling him a sore loser, citing this blog post. Like with the attack on Game Science at game’s launch, this is a complete and utter disregard of the context, the tone, and the general modern culture of Chinese people, as well as how we go about to conduct ourselves daily.
These attacks are sad and pitiful.
“The games nominated this year are all exceptional, but I honestly have no idea what the criteria for Game of the Year were this time. I came all the way here for freaking nothing!”
This does sound a bit childish, especially considering this is their first AAA game and they worked extremely hard to get this far and the reception for BMH has been nothing short of monumental. They have been awarded great honors and tons of support, which they should be thankful for and I’m sure they are. Naturally, they are disappointed they lost GOTY, but they won where it matters, which is player choice, and that reflects in their sales and how popular the game is amongst players.
I think what’s getting lost in the translation here is that this entire piece reads like self-reflection, which starts with feelings of bitterness over the loss (which is understandable) and ends on a positive note of not giving up and continuing on stronger.
“I’ve always believed the greatest value of good games is making the distribution of happiness in this world more equitable. The road ahead is long, the winds are fierce, and the demon king is still arrogant—but we’re always getting stronger.”
Please be very mindful of what kind of translation you post and how you word it, the meaning of the original text is very subtle, and similar misunderstandings have taken place before. Feng Ji is self-reflecting, he’s not being ungrateful. I’ve been keeping a close eye on this game and the developers since it was announced, and Feng Ji has always seemed like a humble guy who’s passionate about his craft.
天哪，洋人不悦辣~还不赶紧跪下磕头谢罪
I just want to add one thing that no one is talking about.
Astro bot is $60 for 10 hours of gameplay, wayyyy shorter than even Elden Ring DLC. A similar GOTY It Takes Two was $40 on release and had longer gameplay on top of being extremely fun, beautiful, and creative every level.
How this game won is beyond me, and every other forum agrees with my sentiment besides reddit, where there’s a huuge wave of downvotes for anyone disagreeing with Astro Bot winning. Something is fishy…
If this game was $30 or $40 on release, I’d be more accepting of it being GOTY. This is criminal as it encourages publishers to give minimal effort while maximizing costs. I’d not be surprised if Sony starts pumping out 10 hour games at full price from now on and people will suck up to it.
Maybe the chinene should not wait the unexpected fair head pat from a politically agenda driven american company?
Losing to astro bot?
This hurts but hurts TGA more.
As a western player I will simply say Black Myth Wukong is a great game and a phenomenal achievement for a new studio. Hopefully, all of you at Game Science feel a real sense of satisfaction and appreciation for your accomplishment. I’m looking forward to more games from that side of the world.
FJ had too much expectations and surely he “honestly have no idea what the criteria for Game of the Year were this time”.
TGA GOTY is 90% voted by game medias and 10% by players. You can’t expect game medias to vote for Wukong when many of them tried to cancel it.
I don’t make comments on whether Wukong is GOTY level quality or not—because Wukong won’t win TGA GOTY no matter what quality it really is.
TGA GOTY is a “media’s voice award”. Simply keep that in mind.
I came all the way here for freaking nothing!
False info from him because the game did win “Action game of the year” with a trophy, so it’s not like he’s leaving the event empty handed.
BMW was born in China, that’s reason.
It gave me the vibe as if Astrobot is a primary school student who scored an A+ and BMW is a Uni Student who scored an A. People would than claim Astrobot is better since it scored a higher score, which is complete BS.
We don’t need that kasaya
How is it that they keep saying the right things and winning more fans over?? Could it be that for the first time in a while we finally have developers that actually care about their fans more than just making a quick buck for investors?
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Well I think he just felt upset this game didn’t even get the award of the Art-Direction, it was written for Yang Qi
I just saw the goty winner and i am soo sad man . Wukong clearly deserved to win goty if nothing, why cant people see how wonderful and culturally rich this game is ? I love astro bot but it is never on the same level as wukong . Wukong is a masterpiece . It transcends language barriers .
I think after played both of the games, BMW is subjectively better to me. But to Astro Bot’s credit, the game really is polished to every nook and cranny. While BMW is my GOTY, I will say that BMW is more like a 10/10 masterpiece on 95% finish while Astro Bot is a 5/5 on 100% finish. I just think the 10/10 should outweighs the 5/5 at any given time.
But well, I’m just a player that likes both games a lot, not a media jury selected by TGA. What do I know.
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Not gonna fall into the rabbithole of debating which game deserves GOTY better - I think the fan base are still yet to learn this is FengJi’s personality. He definitely does not fall into the traditionally “humble” category if you follow his weibo posts or his speeches on China media.
In terms of my thoughts on him “writing a speech two years ago” - I can definitely see him doing this and I’m okay with him being such a narcissist. (I think all geniuses are somewhat narcissists anyway) The real reason why people feel weird imo is you don’t usually share personal things like that with the public.
At his age, publicity and experience, and based on how carefully the literature in the Wukong game was written(he’s behind most of it), I don’t believe he bring that up just because he wants to share that. He knows exactly how people’s going to feel about it and still choose to write it down. He knows how to provoke audience’s emotions, both in and out of the game, and he uses that skill well for his own benefits.
How do I feel about it? I think that’s a smart move given how negatively impacted this game is by the overloaded media critics. But ultimately I don’t think any of these GOTY shit matters anymore - who’s gonna look at GOTY and think RDR is a worse game than God of War?
TBH I already know how they pick the GOTY, but I not sure China can access the Website or not. It’s called Metacritic and Opencritic, all u need to do is compare all 6 contender critic score and u know who have high chance to win.
I mean you ain’t the only one that went for nothing but again this always happens when the game doesn’t win the fans go crazy for no reason