my goty :')
original video - th-cam.com/video/YV2XXwAxMFQ/w-d-xo.html
Don't know where else to put it so:
Game Science is getting backlash again for a mistranslation of Feng Ji's weibo post after TGA. Even though a huge chunk of his post is a reflection of their journey developing Black Myth, journalists are focusing on a small part that Feng Ji says: "I came all the way here for nothing". Alot of Chinese users have stated that the translation lacked the context and attitude that Feng Ji meant by this statement (H̶e̶ h̶a̶d̶ p̶r̶e̶p̶a̶r̶e̶d̶ a̶ s̶p̶e̶e̶c̶h̶ 2̶ y̶e̶a̶r̶s̶ a̶g̶o̶ f̶o̶r̶ w̶h̶e̶n̶ t̶h̶e̶ g̶a̶m̶e̶ d̶o̶e̶s̶ g̶e̶t̶ G̶o̶t̶y̶, a̶n̶d̶ h̶e̶ s̶a̶y̶s̶ t̶h̶a̶t̶ h̶e̶ c̶a̶m̶e̶ a̶l̶l̶ t̶h̶e̶ w̶a̶y̶ t̶h̶e̶r̶e̶ f̶o̶r̶ n̶o̶t̶h̶i̶n̶g̶, a̶s̶ i̶n̶ h̶e̶ p̶r̶e̶p̶a̶r̶e̶d̶ a̶ s̶p̶e̶e̶c̶h̶ f̶o̶r̶ n̶o̶t̶h̶i̶n̶g̶. I̶m̶a̶g̶i̶n̶e̶ a̶ s̶t̶u̶d̶e̶n̶t̶ t̶h̶a̶t̶ s̶t̶u̶d̶i̶e̶d̶ a̶l̶l̶ n̶i̶g̶h̶t̶ f̶o̶r̶ a̶ r̶e̶c̶i̶t̶a̶t̶i̶o̶n̶ b̶u̶t̶ h̶e̶ w̶a̶s̶n̶'t̶ a̶c̶t̶u̶a̶l̶l̶y̶ c̶a̶l̶l̶e̶d̶ t̶h̶e̶ n̶e̶x̶t̶ d̶a̶y̶. T̶h̶i̶s̶ i̶s̶ h̶o̶w̶ I̶ u̶n̶d̶e̶r̶s̶t̶a̶n̶d̶ t̶h̶e̶ c̶o̶n̶t̶e̶x̶t̶ t̶h̶a̶t̶ C̶h̶i̶n̶e̶s̶e̶ u̶s̶e̶r̶s̶ a̶r̶e̶ t̶r̶y̶i̶n̶g̶ t̶o̶ s̶a̶y̶ a̶r̶o̶u̶n̶d̶ h̶i̶s̶ s̶t̶a̶t̶e̶m̶e̶n̶t̶
Edit: The full version is actually: "The games nominated this year were all exceptional. I’m really not clear on the criteria for this year’s game of the year award, I came for nothing.” [this is a translation from a comment, take with a grain of salt, there's a lot of versions. See, even I got it wrong the first time because I just recalled it off the top of my head and mixed things up. Feng Ji's message was so long and he talked about more important things.] Chinese commenters have said that the meaning is more akin to "I came here to learn how games are selected/nominated, but in the end I didn't learn much." ).
But journalists are pushing the narrative that Feng Ji felt entitled to the GOTY award, the most egregious title I saw was something like "Astro Bot's GOTY Award should have been awarded to Black Myth: Wukong, according to their CEO" and it makes me want to pull my hair out 😭
TGA made alot of internet users come out of the woodworks to hate on any and all aspects of the game again for no reason, and it's just been so frustrating. Do you know who's keeping BMW fans hating on AstroBot in check? Other BMW fans, because contrary to popular belief, we understand that some people like other games. Just like how we think BMW is goty because we played it, others think their game is goty because that's what they played. Elden Ring players, Balatro players, every other nominee. In this comment section, I created a space where fans can let out their gripes with TGA 2024 and shout to the skies how BMW should have been GOTY, because I'd rather they do it here than under posts about the other nominees.
Leave Feng Ji and Game Science alone. Defamation is a serious fucking disease in this space.