IGN said wukong devs are sexism,here is the explanation from a Chinese female player 🥹
Summary
TLDRThe video script discusses the controversy surrounding the game 'Black Myth: Wukong' and its developers, Game Science. Amidst accusations of misogyny from IGN, the script explores the Chinese gaming industry's evolution, the developers' history, and the cultural impact of the game. The narrator, a Chinese female gamer and industry insider, shares her perspective on the situation, emphasizing the importance of the game's quality over the ongoing debates and expressing hope for a successful, high-quality release that could elevate domestic game development.
Takeaways
- 😀 The gaming community has been stirred due to controversies surrounding the release of 'Black Myth: Wukong', involving issues with IGN and the game's developers.
- 🤔 There is skepticism about the game's success, with some groups seemingly not wanting it to succeed, despite positive trailers and demos.
- 🛍️ The speaker pre-ordered the deluxe digital edition of the game, believing in its potential based on the quality of the first video.
- 📰 An IGN article accused the game's developers of misogyny, claiming they didn't need female players, which sparked a debate in the gaming industry.
- 👩💻 The speaker, a Chinese female gamer and industry professional, shares her perspective on the developers' alleged misogyny and the industry's creative environment.
- 🎮 The lead developers have a history in the gaming industry since 2008, and their previous work, 'Dong Zhuo', was notable despite not being widely recognized.
- 🌐 The Chinese gaming market was previously criticized for its lack of quality and innovation, with a focus on male-oriented games and a lack of female representation.
- 👥 The speaker notes a shift in the industry with more female developers and the inclusion of elements appealing to female gamers, which has changed the player demographics.
- 💬 The developers' controversial recruitment video and statements have been criticized for being vulgar and offensive, leading to accusations of sexism.
- 🔍 The speaker clarifies the misunderstanding behind the developers' statements, suggesting they were misinterpreted rather than being inherently misogynistic.
- 🏆 The speaker expresses hope for 'Black Myth: Wukong' to succeed, as it represents the aspirations of Chinese game developers and could lead to more high-quality domestic games.
Q & A
What is the controversy surrounding the game 'Black Myth: Wukong'?
-The controversy involves accusations of misogyny against the game's developers, stemming from an article published by IGN and the developers' own statements and behaviors that were perceived as sexist.
Why did the gaming community react to the IGN article about 'Black Myth: Wukong'?
-The IGN article accused the game developers of being misogynistic and claimed they didn't need female players, which sparked debates and criticism within the gaming community.
What is the speaker's personal stance on the controversy?
-The speaker is a Chinese female gamer who pre-ordered the deluxe digital edition and works in the gaming industry. She does not believe the developers are misogynistic and hopes for more cautious communication from them.
What was the speaker's initial impression of the Chinese gaming industry?
-The speaker initially had a low opinion of the Chinese gaming industry, considering it to be flooded with low-quality, re-scanned online games with no real artistic value or technological advancement.
How did the speaker's perception of the game 'Black Myth: Wukong' change over time?
-The speaker's perception changed after watching the trailers and demos, which showcased the game's setting, characters, music, technology, and cultural elements, leading her to believe it could be an outstanding work.
What is the significance of the game 'Black Myth: Wukong' for the Chinese gaming industry?
-The game is significant as it represents the aspirations of Chinese game developers, especially those pursuing high-quality games, and could potentially shift the industry away from low-quality, pay-to-win games.
What was the speaker's reaction to the developers' recruitment video that caused controversy?
-The speaker understood the intended meaning behind the controversial statement but did not approve of the way it was expressed, which led to misunderstandings and accusations of sexism.
How has the speaker's experience as a female gamer influenced her perspective on the game and the controversy?
-As a female gamer, the speaker has experienced the male-dominated creative environment in the gaming industry and hopes for more inclusive and respectful representation, but she focuses primarily on the game's quality.
What is the speaker's hope for the future of the Chinese gaming industry post 'Black Myth: Wukong'?
-The speaker hopes that the success of 'Black Myth: Wukong' could encourage the production of more high-quality, technically advanced, and artistically refined domestic works in China.
What was the speaker's reaction to the criticism and controversy outside of the gaming community?
-The speaker finds the controversy to be bizarre and believes it should be focused on the game's quality rather than the developers' personal behaviors or statements.
What does the speaker suggest as a way to avoid future controversies for the developers?
-The speaker suggests that the developers should be more cautious with their words and maintain a sense of boundaries and respect for others to avoid unnecessary controversies.
Outlines
🎮 Gaming Controversy and 'Black Myth: Wukong' Anticipation
The first paragraph discusses the stir in the gaming community due to the upcoming release of 'Black Myth: Wukong' and the controversy surrounding it, particularly involving IGN and the game's developers. The narrator, a Chinese female gamer and industry professional, expresses her cautious optimism about the game's potential quality, having pre-ordered the deluxe digital edition. She also touches on the accusation of misogyny against the developers, stemming from an IGN article, and provides some background on the developers' history and previous work, highlighting their entry into the industry and the impact of their game 'Dota' in 2013.
👥 The Evolving Perception of Female Gamers and Developers
The second paragraph delves into the perception of female gamers and developers in the Chinese gaming industry. It describes the initial lack of attention to female players and developers, the shift in the industry's approach following the success of games like 'Toki Meka' and 'Assemble Stars', and the subsequent inclusion of elements appealing to female players. The narrator criticizes the use of female players as a marketing tool to attract male players and discusses the controversy surrounding the developers' alleged misogynistic comments, explaining the context and her perspective on the matter, emphasizing the need for caution in communication to avoid misunderstandings.
📘 The Journey of 'Black Myth: Wukong' and the Hopes for the Chinese Gaming Industry
The third paragraph focuses on the journey of 'Black Myth: Wukong' and the broader implications for the Chinese gaming industry. It recounts the developers' departure from Tencent to found their own company, Game Science, and the challenges they faced, including criticism for vulgar recruitment posters. The narrator discusses the game's demonstration video that garnered significant attention and the backlash it received, particularly from IGN. She expresses her hope for the game's success, not just for its own merits but as a symbol of the potential for high-quality, technically advanced, and artistically refined domestic games in China, and encourages constructive feedback and support for the developers.
Mindmap
Keywords
💡Black Myth: Wukong
💡IGN
💡Misogyny
💡Game Science
💡Cultural Sensitivity
💡Chinese Gaming Industry
💡Gender Conflict
💡Pay-to-Win
💡High-Quality Games
💡Controversy
💡Creative Environment
Highlights
Commotion in the gaming community due to issues involving IGN and 'Black Myth: Wukong'.
Concerns about potential attempts to stir controversy around the game's release.
The game appears to excel in setting, characters, music, technology, and cultural essence.
Purchase of the deluxe digital edition signifies confidence in the game's quality.
IGN's accusation of misogyny against the game developers.
The lead developers' history in the gaming industry since 2008 and their previous work.
The Chinese gaming industry's past focus on low-quality, scan-and-win online games.
The Western gaming industry's past strength in storytelling, technology, art, music, and gameplay.
The female gaming community's growth and its impact on game development.
The controversy over the developers' recruitment post and its perceived sexism.
The developers' response to accusations and the clarification of their intentions.
The importance of maintaining boundaries and respect in professional communications.
The developers' journey from a small team to gaining significant attention with 'Black Myth: Wukong'.
The potential for increased controversy post-release based on the game's quality.
The hope for 'Black Myth: Wukong' to represent high-quality Chinese game development.
The desire for more technically advanced and artistically refined domestic games in China.
The personal connection and anticipation for playing as the Monkey King in 'Black Myth: Wukong'.
A call for constructive feedback and improvement of the video content.
Transcripts
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want to see the game success however
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terms of its setting characters music
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I'm a still on the fence about making
any final judgments until it's finally
out I'm really afraid of being blindly
optimistic only to be disappointed in
the end nevertheless I purchased the
deluxe digital Edition as soon as
preorder were available because as long
as it maintains the quality of the first
video I believe it will be worth it last
year after the annual black math woller
IGN published an article accusing the
games developers of being misogynistic
claiming that they didn't need female
players as a Chinese female gamer who
pre-ordered the deluxe digital Edition
and works in the gaming industry I
wanted to talk about what really
happened what exactly did the developers
say are they truly miss anistic
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hello welcome to my channel I'm a self
English learner from China as my second
language I can't use it properly
sometimes if I make any mistakes sorry
in advance and please correct me I
really appreciate your help so let's
Back to Black meth some people say they
are an unknown small company with no
previous work but that's not true the
lead developers entered the game
industry around 2008 and in 2013 they
developed a game called do Jon at the
internet giant tensent which was also
related to the journey to the vest story
at that time it caused quite a stir in
the industry and the games CGI trailer
were still impressive even by today's
standards
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I first heard about them then because my
classmates often mentioned them but back
then I had no interest in them or the
game not because of them specifically
but because I didn't think much of the
Chinese gameing industry as a whole
sorry for that but at that time the
Chinese gaming Market was flooded with
low quality rescanned online games with
no real works that could be considered
proper games I was playing games like
The Last of Us Portal 2 Uncharted Silent
Hill and Assassin's Creed games that
were strong in story technology art
music and gameplay back then the Western
gaming industry hasn't yet being
influenced by Dei policies and
everything was still normal you know
what you know what I'm talking about
you'll be solved I really don't want to
make this comparison but unfortunately
they really wored any notable Game Works
in China at that time almost everything
was PID to win or rame online games with
no consideration for game play or
artistic value and the technology simply
couldn't compare as a female gamer I
really dislike this development
environment not the work environment but
the creative environment most the games
were created from a male perspective
with sex woming and ugly monsters so my
first reaction was that to was just
another game like that and that
development team was just a reflection
of the Chinese game development industry
however I didn't think this was a
problem because the fale gamer Community
wasn't very large at the time both
female developers and Gamers were
relatively few with a male to female
ratio of about 73 even among the
excellent games I mentioned earlier
there weren't many female players I
remember that female gamers only started
to get attention around
2015 with Japanese games like token
numbero and assemble Stars this game
fured beautiful and handsome male
characters combined with the popular
fosi culture which is the h of Imaging
male CS in romantic relationships with
each other though the find themselves
are not necessarily lesbian or gay since
then domestic developers started to
notice the consumption potential of
female Gamers and as more women entered
the industry developers began to
intentionally or unintentionally include
more elements that women
liked such as goodlook men or cute
little girls this lead to some games
have up to 16% female play players the
funny thing is that some developers even
use this statistic as a marketing tool
to attract male players like come to our
game to meet real girls imagine if World
of Warcraft introduced a new race that
looks like Legas and War six closes
attracting many female players and the
male to female ratio shifted from 73 to
4 55 then blizzard would run an ad
saying we have the largest number of
female players come and pick your real
wife it's unbelievable I came to play
the game but I Ed have been treated as a
game asset this happened to Chinese game
industry and
community that article accused of saying
we don't need female players was writen
in this contest the Developers weren't
saying they didn't need female players
but that they didn't need to do things
to Pander to women and then treat them
as a resource to attract men who wanted
to date of course I'm not defending them
I don't think they're misogynistic this
article clearly reflects the male
perspective creative environment I
mentioned where crudeness is s as a
humor and offensiveness is considered
art although being interpreted as self
mockery although the intention was to
express a desire not to C to anyone male
or fale or other groups the way it was
said made people uncomfortable leading
to a series of misunderstandings I'm not
someone who engages in gender conflicts
while I don't like this Behavior I don't
think it's a big deal that needs to
limited their creativity and expression
I just hope they can be more cautious
with their words for fortunately their
Fame was still limited to a small circle
in China that time so it didn't cause
much of
f later due to creative differences with
tensent they left and founded their own
game company game science before working
on black meth Wukong they made two
mobile games to survive which I don't
know much about but during this period
they made some rather vulgar recruitment
posters that reflected their usual style
and received a lot of criticism I'm sure
you have encountered people like this
those who think dirty jokes or swearing
are funny personally I don't mind much I
think everyone occasionally swears to
release a stress and I do too but I
would never bring such Behavior to work
or formal occasions nor would I include
it in videos that's a sense of
boundaries and a respect for others
otherwise like them now why you getting
high attention their low quality
Behavior also gets Mega even causing
people to accuse them of being sexist
this could affect the reputation of
their work which is a PT then came to
the black meth compared on August 20
2020 to recruit Talent they released a
game demonstration video that shocked
the entire China gaming industry this
small team suddenly gained overwhelming
attention and the Creator fi posted the
famous wo that IG un criticized as
sexist particularly the first
sentence was translated by IGN as I
wanted to expand my circle and hire more
people get lecked until I can get an
eraction my English isn't very good so I
don't know how native English speakers
perceive this but in Chinese what he
actually meant was I just wanted to
recruit a few people but received more
price than expected which made me feel
uneasy however I wanted to clarify that
just because I understand what he was
trying to say doesn't mean I approve of
his way of saying it again you can call
him rude and crude but there's no need
to lab him as sexist the backlash
against them on the Chinese internet
actually started at this point of the
first video came out and wasn't anything
new their inappropriate remarks from
before were ducked up and wi separate at
this time this is bre reached Beyond The
Gaming Community and every year since
whenever they release a new video it
Spar another wave of criticism with
people arguing fearlessly over it IGN's
report last year was lated to the game
and it even related to a national level
which is rather bizarre I think think
this kind of controversy will only
increase after black Mas Wukong release
if there are any flaws in the game's
quality the criticism will likely be
even more intense even though I'm aware
of all this I've never cared much nor
have I been interested in joying these
battles my only concern is the final
quality of the game because this is more
than just a game it carries the hopes of
Chinese game developers especially those
pursue high quality games we have had
enough of rant Goa pay to win low
quality games China has become the
world's largest gaming Market thanks to
these games and capital is more inclined
to invest in what they say as profitable
even large companies with ample
resources have never dared to do
something like this I have stolen cars
in GTA 5 clamed the Florence cathedral
in Assassins crade I was also the King
of the Elder run but now finally I get
to be The Monkey King I really can't
describe this feeling I Tru hope that
Wukong can success so maybe we can see
more high quality technically Advanced
and artistically refund domestic works
so I sincerely hope that regardless of
the controversies surrounding its
development team black math Wukong
doesn't disappoint Us in terms of FAL
quality as that is is what I truly care
about so that's all for today's video
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please correct me and I'm sorry if I
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