the novel "journey to the west" is loosely based on Xuanzang's pilgrimage to South Asia to obtain Buddhist Sutras is already diverse culturally speaking if taken on face value, the only reason why it's bugging westerners is because they can't see any white or black characters in it
@@me_souljah Just so you know, LGBTQ characters existed and were well known and respected in those times particularly in Asia. It was western ideology and idiocy that caused people to change their viewpoints. Buddhism comes from India and so does the kamasutras which refer to male-male relations. In china, male concubines were also common. So maybe read a bit of history because right now, you are parroting western ideology more than the ancient asian philosophies
Wukong is a Chinese story. So what if it does not cater to American wokism? Chinese culture is Chinese , period. If Americans don’t like it. Then don’t play the game .
@@cmck1777 those are boot licking Chinese 公知，who consider boot licking the west as the most delicacy of this world and all chinese should learn from them to boot lick the west.
@@lipeepipol Chinese culture and history spans milennia and women's role in that culture and history is extremely prevalent. As such, Feng Ji's misogyny was heavily criticised in 2020 when he exhibted it. This is largely censored on platforms like BilliBilli and Weibo though as it doesn't help to promote Chinese culture values (which include women's rights). It's a complicated topic but largely about Western misogyny infiltrating China's gaming culture which is generally more balanced than in the West. Not about Western calls for diversity being forced on Chinese developers.
@@Will-sq3ip I don't that's what's being questioned here. Rather there are concerns about the company's misogynistic internal workings and China's broader representation and perception of women.
@@cmck1777 Misogyny is always bad but when comes to Asian cultures, it can’t be helped. China isn’t the only one you know, Japan and (South) Korea too.
This should be at the top! Please China, don't fall for the woke! The success of this game and many others from China is a huge indication that gamers don't want woke.
American:" We welcome diversity and embrace different types of culture. China: "Here's our culture, an amazingly faithful representation of it. America:"NOT THAT KIND OF CULTURE. REEEEEEEEEEEE"
The people who criticise the game in that way are such a tiny minority, just about everyone in the West who likes and plays video games defends this game against those people.
Man, the Western hypocrisy is getting ridiculous year on year, clearly the so called diversity and inclusivity they preached was only on gender, LGBT and black races
Don’t forget that every company in China must obey to ccp. That means they can spread their propaganda or manipulate other countries through TikTok or games . Young people usually use TikTok and playing games. Do you andir sitandi?
@@darkmatter5424 I didn't say they were genius. What I meant is that, since the story has them go to India. It wouldn't be unreasonable to include Indians. Maybe Arabs too depending on where they go in India. Just an idea
@@TimberlakeTigerGirl The "India" part is around the Tibetan area which is ethnically different from the rest of India. This is the part of India that's culturally and genetically closer to China, but of course you'd rather ignore that because... diversity and inclusivity! 😅
Not really - gaming technology is derived from 1950s military experiments and has driven the creation of an industry that has shaped the political world. Companies like Nvidia and TSMC continue to influence legal decisions worldwide.
@@arent2295 perhaps I've misunderstood? My comment was in response to the idea that people getting mad at a game is 'crazy'. My point was that people should be getting mad at games, or at least having passionate reactions, as games are an important political force. Hope that clarifies my position!
@@cmck1777 ehh, most people just treat games as entertainment instead of as a political force. I can't really blame the guy or most people in fact for thinking it's crazy to get mad at people playing games.
There are no controversies, its purely activists that are posing as game journalist that are trying to smear the game because their DEI garbage was rejected.
@@Verxx-sc2tl I am a researcher of games at Stirling Univeristy in Scotland so I have researched this extensively. I can't find any sources to support your claims published by any authors from a major university having undergone peer review. Maybe you can help me?
They are just sad and jealous of the Wukong game success that people really want to play/ buy games like this that doesn't have the DEI checklist in the game. Meanwhile just look at their DEI AKA diversity games and look how much it flooped so badly and the typical when the game fails badly on sales they blame the people for no buying their bad games.
@@annan7728 but the uproar here was caused by a Chinese developer's behaviour towards Chinese women... and their uproar on Chinese social media. It has nothing to do with America. To say this is about Chinese games being Chinese is to imply Chinese games should have a vendetta against women... which, given China's history of respect towards women, would be very odd.
SCMP only tainted with the East by its address. It's editorial and most reporters are bias towards West. Kept a couple of East leaning reporters to maintain it's facade of representating Far East.
About time the west stop thinking that? Maybe the chinese should have exported their culture instead of destroying it the past century. Maybe they should have done that if they wanted the west to stop thinking about ninjas all the time.
@@HuanLeVuong I'm enjoying the video game perfectly fine. Chinese culture is great when it's actually allowed to be expressed. Simply pointing out objective facts to the guy trying to make a snarky comment.
About time the Chinese stop thinking that there is such a thing as ‘The West’ with only one opinion or prejudice about China. Oh, you want to say that not all 1.4b Chinese people think that same thing? Yes, you’re right. But you should seriously learn to apply the same courtesy to people in other countries.
@@xuan3236maybe USA should not have imported Japanese stereotype post WWII. Are you blaming chinese for what happened under Mao's regime? Make me laugh more. "Exported culture" Hahaha
@@deleted_user727 what way do you think the world is? Technically speaking, the world's population is composed of about 70% of people from Asia and Africa while half of the world's wealth is held by 1% of people. Hope this helps.
@@cmck1777 well that's how it works, just like there are trillions of animals in Earth but humans are the ones using most of the resources. but what does this topic have to do with my original comment?
@@deleted_user727 you stated that the world is fine the way it is... but also that you're sick of diversity drama... I'm struggling to reconcile these ideas. The world is diverse... but you are sick of the drama about attempting to show the world the way it is? I'm just a bit confused about that.
1:29 "A lack of diversity or inclusivity"? In what? The characters? Or the staff? Either way, the game is meant to be as close to the original story as much as possible, which the main characters are all male. And the staff? Since when were there a lot of women working in the gaming industry to even be hired?
The staff. Millions of women work in STEM adjacent fields across the world. 29% of STEM positions go to women. Women tend to perform better than men at University on average as well so much of the best programming and design talents are women. However there are trends of active misogyny in game workplaces that actively deter women from entering that field. Happy to provide sources, hope this helps!
@@cmck1777 Woke journalists were not talking about the number of women in the studio. They talked about the lack of female characters in the game as a main bad point, which is dumb because the story is about a mythical monkey.
The reporter says it pretty well, this game is a Chinese game based on Ancient Chinese Literature, you wouldn’t expect “diversity and inclusion” in it.
you mean abrahamic. Shalom to all those who know what's going on. There were no supervisiors in China, India, or Japan who were checking if christianity and islam all being well implemented - which means, that they will surely and in 100% replace ethnic religions and culture, mentality of natives. You know that saying: just follow the money. I say: just follow family heritage of CEOs and you will get the idea who spins this madness. They want to uproot cultures, so people will become individuals who undermine their own identity. Culture, religion, language, traditions, literature are big part of that. No wonder they are AFRAID of wukong, or they try to rewrite Japan's history with AC Shadows and yasuke made up story.
Heard Sweet Baby try to extort USD 8 million from them to “endorse” them. When they refused, Sweet Baby retaliated by writing all sorts of nasty things about them, via IGN For readers, Sweet Baby has been “credited “ for helping write story of AC Shadows. There’s a whole slew of videos, mainly from Japanese critisizing the latest AC Shadows
@@Verxx-sc2tl thanks for noticing! I write like a bot to save time. There's so much ignorance online writing like a human would take too long. Hope this helps!
@@cmck1777 I don't think anyone is paying attention to this. Reading the comment section, it seems people are merely triggered by anything concerning 'wokeness' and going off defending the game. Which is funny, since no one is actually attacking they game, they're actually attacking the game developers. It has an 82 on MT and reviews don't even mention the feminism/'controversy'.
@@flyingnan2520 what does that mean? How do you do that on a day to day basis? Is it better or worse than adopting a different 'lens'? What other lenses are there?
Controversy never stopped the record breaking numbers of concurrent players on Steam. Other AAA western games with big budget marketing and DEI fared way worse (eg. Concord, Suicide Squad). Don't you think that is funny? Ultimately, customers vote with their wallets despite the repeated attempts to blacklist this game that does not embrace DEI.
Just like Wukong, he understands why the powers to be are making life difficult for him but what he doesn't accept is that they also wanted to destroy his family as well. I find that ironic because western game developers are the ones losing their jobs when their DEI injected games fail due to poor gamer reception while the DEI supporters are still trying to drag Black Myth Wukong through the mud.
I mean I guess yes to both? You do realize POC means anyone not white so yes there were many in ancient China 😂 I think they were upset there were important women in the game.
I respect China for rejecting woke garbage. I haven't played Wukong yet but it looks great. I don't want some American perspective on Chinese history and mythology, I want a Chinese perspective that is authentic (which is what we've seemingly received). Well done China and these Chinese developers!
So what i read the game basically dont put much female gender characters or even enemy in the game, and its something the IGN writer regards as lack of diversity 😂
@@cmck1777 that is not the ground to criticize the game. that criticism should be on the company itself. the game criticism should be how does it play, performance, storyline etc. the woke journalist just want to cancel the game because of the lack of diversity/inclusivity they love so much. So, they came out with this bs story of women treatment. Noticed the hashtag garnered views, doesn't indicate its true. Many disputed it because it has no ground. Hope this helps!
If you look for inclusivity and diversity, there is the Ubishit game with the black samouraï from Japan Perhaps they are going to release a chinese Nelson Mandela next time
No it was controversial in China for the lead dev's conduct. This is a development from a story in 2016 that was popular on Weibo and Little Red Book. Hope this helps!
Dude its a game. Why would u need to pay attention to diversity bla bla bla, or other political reasons. It meant for entertainment purpose. Even for some, to escape daily stress. Just leave the game industry out of political influence.
"I THINK the devs are insensitive to DEI ;/ " *meanwhile, same people quiet about lay-offs, anti-consumer practices, predatory gambling, and abuse of power from CEOs from other companies*
you like it, you buy it you hate it, dont buy it no one is forcing you to get it 😄 if the competitors are losing out because this game is topping on steam, then stop making remakes and make new games!
@@Purowalangkwenta OK I'll go ahead on this, what's the issue with SCMP getting political on video game for? By all means, inform me. What is the issue here?
Writing about games requires engaging with the politics of games - which have always existed. Gaming technology is a derivative of military experiments since the 1950s and the drive for gaming technology have fuelled the most politically important companies in the world such as NVidia and TSMC. Hope this helps!
This game was already a massive success when it came out 6 days ago on the first day. So what's this 'whether it will be successful will depend on blah blah' when it's already a massive success and one of the all time highest selling single player games and it hasn't even been a week? Its already had 2.4 million concurrent players on steam and 10 million+ sales overall. And Xbox version hasn't even came yet. Even if everything stopped right now it's already a massive success. No one cares about fake western woke controversy and if anything they bought and played the game just to push back against such nonsense.
It now holds the all time record on Steam for most simultaneous players. Over 1.4 million people saw through the "controversy" and are enjoying this much loved aspect of Chinese culture.
Wow the amount of dirt they will dig up just to dissuade us gamers from us buying this game. Us gamers dont give a sh1te about the politics and neither does the Chinese Devs. This is a step in the right direction for gamers and this sets the bar higher for other developers to compete. A win/win for us.
It single handed broke the single player game history of all time, there's no controversy, it's just some self-claimed woke feminists spreading lies and mistranslations under the political correctness flag. A game as a product, will be tested by the consumers, and it proved to be a celestial success for any standard in the market.
@@jlee104 who are you Korean or Japanese then you are probably jealous of china surpassing your Japanese games too, leave korea they are useless. The action, storyline, graphics, character, boss fights everything was a masterpiece, outstanding which the western game creators couldn't do in all these years nor even the Japanese. This game will win the best game of the year award
This is crazy, it's based on and takes place in ancient China, can we appreciate that without today's Western politics chiming in, trying to change the views & history of others? I'm not a gamer but, are those "Western critics" mad!? not liking the idea of mistreatment of women through, eewwww.
If and when I see black and POC characters in settings where they shouldn't be, e.g. Medieval Europe or Edo Japan, I automatically lose interest. Not because I don't want them there but because I know they were put there for ridiculous "diversity" initiative and makes the story inauthentic and forced.
There were historical facts supporting this fiction. Emperor did send a small group of officials to acquire buddhism scriptures. They actually travelled west to Afghanistan and ultimately to India. The "monkey king" person who joined the group was a quite capable mighty person of non-Chinese uncivilized "Hu-person 胡人". He was key for the group's success in this long treacherous journey.
1,4 million player on steam as of now on its release days. The IGN writing also not fully journalism, its literally just google translates the remark made by one of the devs without context We sick with Political correctness plaguing western game devs that affceting quality of story and gameplay, thankfully something like Stellar Blade and Black Myth gave us hope of more normal games we rarely get from western devs
Cyberpunk is a great game. Shouldnt just beeing shipped to outdated consoles who cant run next gen titles. Skull and bones is quadrouple A so its waaay over AAA ofc.
And I guess they're ignoring all the $100M+ mobile games that China's been pumping out for years? Genshin made a pretty big splash on PC + console, never heard anyone say that was "the first Chinese AAA". We'll see how the game does over the next 6-12mos, that's really the proof.
I’m actually glad this game has no Wokeness in it! It’s just a simple game that tells a fantastic story about Chinese mythology while keeping it in a relatively linear narrative. It’s honestly a breath of fresh air.
SCMP : "There have been many critics on the developping company on Weibo due to their stance on gender topics" Interviewee : "Yes indeed there have been critics on X/Twitter due to people's americanised perception of what a game standard should be" Isn't it a bit weird that the interviewee talks about something quite different from what the SCMP talks about? The interviewee make it sounds like the critics come from a "cultural shock" between the West & China whereas most critics seemed to have been made on Weibo.
Why does Sun Wukong need to be diverse 😂? There’s nothing wrong with the Journey to the West’s setting. My Korean father used to binge watch those old Chinese shows about Wukong, is he controversial as well for enjoying them? I thought they were cheesy now and then but nothing was ‘controversial’ about them.
I think people are missing the point on why this is a problem. Yes, the game is fun. Yes, its well made. And yes, if the devs are this sexist, this misogynistic, giving them an even larger voice can potentially put women at danger. Just look at Blizzard and its own controversy. Eastern countries are especially misogynistic. Let's not ignore this. Principally when it can put women at risk.
The protagonist is a stone monkey who has no gender and can transform into 72 different forms: male, female, animal, plant, or even inorganic matter (stone). It is ridiculous to say that Sun Wukong is not diverse.
The reason for the game being criticised has nothing to do with so-called "diversity in culture". It dated back to 2020 when the developers constantly posted offensive and sexist contents. And the fanbase of this game blatantly insulted female gamers, claiming that the game "doesn't need female players". It went viral in incel communities and supporters of this game are currently posting memes to mock female players and women as a whole on Chinese social media. It stirred huge controversy that some women are cancelling their Luckin Coffee membership because Luckin conducted a joint campaign with this game.
"Lack of diversity". They do know this game is based off a chinese fantasy story right
Chinese is the wrong kind of diversity
the novel "journey to the west" is loosely based on Xuanzang's pilgrimage to South Asia to obtain Buddhist Sutras is already diverse culturally speaking if taken on face value, the only reason why it's bugging westerners is because they can't see any white or black characters in it
@@Nagvanshieus as well as the entire spectrum of LGBTQ characters
Why a game needs diversity? Does diversity have to be in every aspect in our society?
@@me_souljah Just so you know, LGBTQ characters existed and were well known and respected in those times particularly in Asia. It was western ideology and idiocy that caused people to change their viewpoints. Buddhism comes from India and so does the kamasutras which refer to male-male relations. In china, male concubines were also common. So maybe read a bit of history because right now, you are parroting western ideology more than the ancient asian philosophies
Wukong is a Chinese story. So what if it does not cater to American wokism? Chinese culture is Chinese , period. If Americans don’t like it. Then don’t play the game .
The game was criticised by Chinese gamers on Weibo. I hope this helps!
@@cmck1777they try to spread woke culture in China, Weibo is one of their bases
@@cmck1777 those are boot licking Chinese 公知，who consider boot licking the west as the most delicacy of this world and all chinese should learn from them to boot lick the west.
To add to that: Chinese culture spans for millennia. And their target market i.e. Chinese and domestic Asia is enough to pay for the investment.
@@lipeepipol Chinese culture and history spans milennia and women's role in that culture and history is extremely prevalent. As such, Feng Ji's misogyny was heavily criticised in 2020 when he exhibted it. This is largely censored on platforms like BilliBilli and Weibo though as it doesn't help to promote Chinese culture values (which include women's rights). It's a complicated topic but largely about Western misogyny infiltrating China's gaming culture which is generally more balanced than in the West. Not about Western calls for diversity being forced on Chinese developers.
Let a Chinese game be Chinese!
Is misogyny connected with Chineseness in your experience?
@@cmck1777 You can get l o s t !!
Or even better: let a Asian game be Asian!
@@Will-sq3ip I don't that's what's being questioned here. Rather there are concerns about the company's misogynistic internal workings and China's broader representation and perception of women.
@@cmck1777 Misogyny is always bad but when comes to Asian cultures, it can’t be helped. China isn’t the only one you know, Japan and (South) Korea too.
Stop this senseless "wokeism" from Americanism.
shut up...they can do what they want in this vid. Go cry somewhere else.
I have a feeling your stench is unbearable.
This should be at the top!
Please China, don't fall for the woke!
The success of this game and many others from China is a huge indication that gamers don't want woke.
You mean wukongism...
@@daohenlie China
There is no controversy... There is only controversy if u are a woke "journalist". Gamers love it.
the controversial is the journalist and consultancy (sweet baby)... not the game developer... many games failed because of them
Strongly agree. This isn't a mainstream opinion, Twitter just amplifies the loud few
...christ you're sad
what does woke mean
@@vancearama they haven't slept for days.. Got cranky lolz
So crazy how political this is getting
It is politics, wukong is a CCP State sponsored....😐😐😐 it's a CCP propaganda sponsored 😐😐😐
it is giving the game more attention so guess it is working
American as usual
@@Verxx-sc2tl who is American?
it's typical delusional Americans overreacting over something they didn't agree with
American:" We welcome diversity and embrace different types of culture.
China: "Here's our culture, an amazingly faithful representation of it.
America:"NOT THAT KIND OF CULTURE. REEEEEEEEEEEE"
The people who criticise the game in that way are such a tiny minority, just about everyone in the West who likes and plays video games defends this game against those people.
😂😂😂😂😂😂
"We want Blue-skin feminine Wukong which can dancing, and bearded pIush size femaIe ghosts"
Man, the Western hypocrisy is getting ridiculous year on year, clearly the so called diversity and inclusivity they preached was only on gender, LGBT and black races
Don’t forget that every company in China must obey to ccp. That means they can spread their propaganda or manipulate other countries through TikTok or games . Young people usually use TikTok and playing games. Do you andir sitandi?
What? You want indians, black, Jamaicans, mexicans, white, eastern Europeans, and japanese to be in the game? To be diverse? Makes no sense
No. They want a woman and a guy.
To be fair, in the Journey to the West, the monk and his travel companions supposedly do travel to India to retrieve holy scripts.
@@TimberlakeTigerGirl And still no Africans in Indian, no?
@@darkmatter5424 I didn't say they were genius. What I meant is that, since the story has them go to India. It wouldn't be unreasonable to include Indians. Maybe Arabs too depending on where they go in India.
Just an idea
@@TimberlakeTigerGirl The "India" part is around the Tibetan area which is ethnically different from the rest of India. This is the part of India that's culturally and genetically closer to China, but of course you'd rather ignore that because... diversity and inclusivity! 😅
people getting mad because we're actually having fun on a game is crazy
Not really - gaming technology is derived from 1950s military experiments and has driven the creation of an industry that has shaped the political world. Companies like Nvidia and TSMC continue to influence legal decisions worldwide.
@@cmck1777how does that relate to his comment
@@arent2295 perhaps I've misunderstood? My comment was in response to the idea that people getting mad at a game is 'crazy'. My point was that people should be getting mad at games, or at least having passionate reactions, as games are an important political force. Hope that clarifies my position!
@@cmck1777 ehh, most people just treat games as entertainment instead of as a political force. I can't really blame the guy or most people in fact for thinking it's crazy to get mad at people playing games.
Is sad tho
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There are no controversies, its purely activists that are posing as game journalist that are trying to smear the game because their DEI garbage was rejected.
Its controversial because the protagonist isn gaey enough
Are you sure? What's your source for this claim?
@@cmck1777 do you even google? 🙄
@@Verxx-sc2tl I am a researcher of games at Stirling Univeristy in Scotland so I have researched this extensively. I can't find any sources to support your claims published by any authors from a major university having undergone peer review. Maybe you can help me?
@@cmck1777 You must be joking right?
There is no controversy, just fake Twitter drama. It looks epic cos its not full of western bs
They are just sad and jealous of the Wukong game success that people really want to play/ buy games like this that doesn't have the DEI checklist in the game. Meanwhile just look at their DEI AKA diversity games and look how much it flooped so badly and the typical when the game fails badly on sales they blame the people for no buying their bad games.
Don't go woke, go rich
these Chinese devs finally cracked the code of what gamer wants
This game is anti-white.
It is against white culture.
go woke, go broke
@@dylan8339 Let the game be a game. Stop American political pollution.
@@annan7728 but the uproar here was caused by a Chinese developer's behaviour towards Chinese women... and their uproar on Chinese social media. It has nothing to do with America. To say this is about Chinese games being Chinese is to imply Chinese games should have a vendetta against women... which, given China's history of respect towards women, would be very odd.
@@dylan8339 statistically that's incorrect.
SCMP should stop parroting western debunked talking points regarding sexism in the Game Science,
Why do you think these concerns have been debunked?
@@cmck1777 bcz they have been . Source : translation tools
Yea he looked like he was reading off a website that was quoting the whole IGN and western media drama on this game.
I think they need to to some extent, otherwise might be slapped with "official government media" label.
SCMP only tainted with the East by its address. It's editorial and most reporters are bias towards West. Kept a couple of East leaning reporters to maintain it's facade of representating Far East.
About time the west stop thinking samurais and ninjas are the epitome of Asian culture.
About time the west stop thinking that? Maybe the chinese should have exported their culture instead of destroying it the past century. Maybe they should have done that if they wanted the west to stop thinking about ninjas all the time.
@@xuan3236 Give it a break and enjoy the video game for a moment, shall we?
@@HuanLeVuong I'm enjoying the video game perfectly fine. Chinese culture is great when it's actually allowed to be expressed. Simply pointing out objective facts to the guy trying to make a snarky comment.
About time the Chinese stop thinking that there is such a thing as ‘The West’ with only one opinion or prejudice about China.
Oh, you want to say that not all 1.4b Chinese people think that same thing? Yes, you’re right.
But you should seriously learn to apply the same courtesy to people in other countries.
@@xuan3236maybe USA should not have imported Japanese stereotype post WWII. Are you blaming chinese for what happened under Mao's regime? Make me laugh more. "Exported culture" Hahaha
sick of this diversity drama
Why?
@@cmck1777 the world is fine the way it is, at least for me
@@deleted_user727 what way do you think the world is? Technically speaking, the world's population is composed of about 70% of people from Asia and Africa while half of the world's wealth is held by 1% of people. Hope this helps.
@@cmck1777 well that's how it works, just like there are trillions of animals in Earth but humans are the ones using most of the resources. but what does this topic have to do with my original comment?
@@deleted_user727 you stated that the world is fine the way it is... but also that you're sick of diversity drama... I'm struggling to reconcile these ideas. The world is diverse... but you are sick of the drama about attempting to show the world the way it is? I'm just a bit confused about that.
1:29 "A lack of diversity or inclusivity"? In what? The characters? Or the staff? Either way, the game is meant to be as close to the original story as much as possible, which the main characters are all male. And the staff? Since when were there a lot of women working in the gaming industry to even be hired?
The staff. Millions of women work in STEM adjacent fields across the world. 29% of STEM positions go to women. Women tend to perform better than men at University on average as well so much of the best programming and design talents are women. However there are trends of active misogyny in game workplaces that actively deter women from entering that field. Happy to provide sources, hope this helps!
@@cmck1777You said across the world. What's the stat on China?
@@cmck1777 That was not the critics by the woke journalists.
@@rakedos9057 what do you mean? Can you explain your comment?
@@cmck1777 Woke journalists were not talking about the number of women in the studio. They talked about the lack of female characters in the game as a main bad point, which is dumb because the story is about a mythical monkey.
Eastern devs: We know what you want and we will give you what you want.
Western devs: We know what you want but we will give you what we want.
who cares about those critics. they are not in position to enforce their way of thinking.
You know another name for a Critic? Failed Journalist.
What is their way of thinking?
@@cmck1777 D E I
@@leeweesqueeWe live in a time where youtube reviews and critics are at a peak of relevancy and you just go and say something like this?! Backwards!
This best thing the devs can do is ignore these western woke 'j0uRnAlIsTs' and that's it.
Let the game be a game but not American political propaganda.
What do you think a journalist is?
@@annan7728 this isn't about America it's about how Chinese employers behave towards women within China.
@@cmck1777 What the f are you smoking?
@@cmck1777You guys can't even bother learning Chinese don't you...
The so-called "diversity and inclusitivity" in the Paris Olympics Opening puts the country in shame. Stop that sick madness.
The reporter says it pretty well, this game is a Chinese game based on Ancient Chinese Literature, you wouldn’t expect “diversity and inclusion” in it.
American woke mafias are going crazy over a Chinese game 😂
you mean abrahamic. Shalom to all those who know what's going on. There were no supervisiors in China, India, or Japan who were checking if christianity and islam all being well implemented - which means, that they will surely and in 100% replace ethnic religions and culture, mentality of natives. You know that saying: just follow the money. I say: just follow family heritage of CEOs and you will get the idea who spins this madness. They want to uproot cultures, so people will become individuals who undermine their own identity. Culture, religion, language, traditions, literature are big part of that. No wonder they are AFRAID of wukong, or they try to rewrite Japan's history with AC Shadows and yasuke made up story.
@@hadeseye2297 are u a pajeet?
@@navidraiyan9368 😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣
Why are foreign Triple A games always getting invaded by American politics
Please stop American political pollutions.
Heard Sweet Baby try to extort USD 8 million from them to “endorse” them. When they refused, Sweet Baby retaliated by writing all sorts of nasty things about them, via IGN
For readers, Sweet Baby has been “credited “ for helping write story of AC Shadows.
There’s a whole slew of videos, mainly from Japanese critisizing the latest AC Shadows
this is literally how the U.S. national security apparatus utilizes the human rights and NGO industry
Just conveniently left out by this report too...
So the woke community want to have a female version of Monkey king and a white guy as Erlang Shen?
The game was criticised by Chinese gamers on Weibo for the company's internal treatment of women. Hope this helps!
@@cmck1777 nice try bot!
@@Verxx-sc2tl thanks for noticing! I write like a bot to save time. There's so much ignorance online writing like a human would take too long. Hope this helps!
@@cmck1777 You are a spreader of lies.....you are not helping by spreading lies
@@cmck1777 I don't think anyone is paying attention to this. Reading the comment section, it seems people are merely triggered by anything concerning 'wokeness' and going off defending the game. Which is funny, since no one is actually attacking they game, they're actually attacking the game developers. It has an 82 on MT and reviews don't even mention the feminism/'controversy'.
the controversy is about Wukong VS Woke, Wukong refused to be blackmailed by yokai group called Sweetbaby who is a well known succubus yokai group.
Could you explain this comment?
please where is the evidence that Sweetbaby is pushing this controversy?
@@isimikehinde5584 there really is none. Beyond extremely conspiratorial TH-cam videos seeking to capitalise on recent news trends.
@@cmck1777 yup clearly. These people are just too emotional for my liking about this topic.
The buzz for this game in the west is very high
No controversy, the controversy is from WOKE journalists. Gamers dont care about those boycott.
I bought it already. It is great game
What is a woke journalist to you?
@@cmck1777 The journalists who see the world with the lens of LGBTQ+
@@flyingnan2520 what does that mean? How do you do that on a day to day basis? Is it better or worse than adopting a different 'lens'? What other lenses are there?
@@cmck1777 if you have to ask those questions you are probably too young to understand that topic
@@notbnw6744 I don't think a lack of understanding is a barrier to gaining more knowledge!
Pay us the DEI consultation fees or you will face the consequences. That's the jist of it. Would you bow down to capitalism?
Yep, DEI consultation is only interested with "Blackmail Wukong"
I'm not sure that's the case. The game was controversial on Weibo much more than it was discussed on X. I hope this helps!
Controversy never stopped the record breaking numbers of concurrent players on Steam. Other AAA western games with big budget marketing and DEI fared way worse (eg. Concord, Suicide Squad). Don't you think that is funny? Ultimately, customers vote with their wallets despite the repeated attempts to blacklist this game that does not embrace DEI.
Just like Wukong, he understands why the powers to be are making life difficult for him but what he doesn't accept is that they also wanted to destroy his family as well. I find that ironic because western game developers are the ones losing their jobs when their DEI injected games fail due to poor gamer reception while the DEI supporters are still trying to drag Black Myth Wukong through the mud.
@@GermanEnigma ...what do you think DEI is? This is about a misogynistic game dev from China.
It's Chinese. How can Americans NOT create a controversy.
It’s based off a novel not Paris Olympic opening
What do they mean inclusivity and diversity? Was there a POC person in ancient China or gender fluid person?
The west is so obessed with those things.
I mean I guess yes to both? You do realize POC means anyone not white so yes there were many in ancient China 😂 I think they were upset there were important women in the game.
Yeah, they go crazy!
Controversy? What Controversy? How? It's just a video game.
Lol alot of games have it's own controversy where have you been all these years...
@@ghandithesupremeleader9740 like what?
@@ricotheman8139 Yasuke 🥷
@@innocentfd6364 🎵"She's a BLACK NINJAAAA.....!!!!"🎵 🤣🤣🤣
I respect China for rejecting woke garbage. I haven't played Wukong yet but it looks great. I don't want some American perspective on Chinese history and mythology, I want a Chinese perspective that is authentic (which is what we've seemingly received). Well done China and these Chinese developers!
there are no controversies from a video game, the only controversies are from people who have bias and agendas
Very true
So what i read the game basically dont put much female gender characters or even enemy in the game, and its something the IGN writer regards as lack of diversity 😂
A myth with monkey,dragon, wolf, turtles , tiger,etc. Thats diversity there
@@bpcgos game dev: here is all your furriers you sick b****d... lolz...
They are just angry that there are no transgender characters in the game.
The game was criticised in China for the company's internal treatment of women. Hope this helps!
@@cmck1777 that is not the ground to criticize the game. that criticism should be on the company itself. the game criticism should be how does it play, performance, storyline etc. the woke journalist just want to cancel the game because of the lack of diversity/inclusivity they love so much. So, they came out with this bs story of women treatment. Noticed the hashtag garnered views, doesn't indicate its true. Many disputed it because it has no ground. Hope this helps!
There is no controversy.
The studio is simply being slandered because they refused Sweet Baby Inc extortion and blackmail.
It's Wukong, not Wokeong.
If you look for inclusivity and diversity, there is the Ubishit game with the black samouraï from Japan
Perhaps they are going to release a chinese Nelson Mandela next time
And Priyanka Chopra is Genghis Khan
African Queen Elizabeth 😂😂😂
Indian George Washington if they dare 😂
Chinese zulu army 🤣🤣🤣
Female pope John 🎉
"controversial" for being what a game should be. sick western world
No it was controversial in China for the lead dev's conduct. This is a development from a story in 2016 that was popular on Weibo and Little Red Book. Hope this helps!
@@cmck1777 Poor sweetbaby robot
@@cmck1777 Spreading rumors with just a mouth is too easy
@@cool_things_collection What do you mean?
This game is masterpiece in narratives, design and chinese culture. The only bad thing in this game is the health bar UI placed on the bottom
Game looks awesome, western game companies are jealous for sure 🤣
Game looks okay for me
Can’t we just enjoy the game
Dude its a game. Why would u need to pay attention to diversity bla bla bla, or other political reasons.
It meant for entertainment purpose. Even for some, to escape daily stress.
Just leave the game industry out of political influence.
people, diversity and inclusivity is an american issue. china is 99.9% comprised of chinese. ditto most asian countries.
"I THINK the devs are insensitive to DEI ;/ "
*meanwhile, same people quiet about lay-offs, anti-consumer practices, predatory gambling, and abuse of power from CEOs from other companies*
you can't spell Ignorant without IGN
"Controversy" is irrelevant. Don't like it, don't play it.
The woke community can just stuff it.
Nothing woke about it .
@@ZakiHaider-y9o Exactly, thus the controversy 😂
Westard bs
you like it, you buy it
you hate it, dont buy it
no one is forcing you to get it 😄
if the competitors are losing out because this game is topping on steam, then stop making remakes and make new games!
The more you ignore diversity and inclusivity, the more popular your game will be
2024 game / year
Those who critisize the game for not being diverse enough will not even play a game based on their "woke" minded, just look at concord 😂
For real, Concord is their ideal of a game yet they won't play it 😅
How is it lack of diversity and inclusivity when the main character isn't even a human.
What angers the woke, makes me buy the game.
That's cherry picking, it's not knocked for diversity and inclusivity, it's knocked for the misogynist culture at the developer
Wukong is the most woke character, he can shapeshift between multiple characters so you can say he's a they/them and a trans.
😂😂😂😂, they're blind as a young master in a cultivation novel
The only West studio that I still love is Sucker Punch (you knoe the one who made Ghost of Tsushima)
Where is Indian AAA game?
We call that grape
this game is based on Indian culture and contains many Indian gods why are the Chinese and Pakistanis proud of Indian culture?😂
@@BharatMataKeJai i think it is based on Nepal culture
@@BharatMataKeJailol how much insecure are some of you Indians? Also how are you so braindead too?
poo wars
Does SCMP really have to be political on a game??
It isn't the SCMP being political. It's the Weibo users. SCMP only "analysed" and reported it.
You clearly have no idea what channel this is and clearly didn't watch the video
@@mariotaz Clearly you don't know what you are saying. Go back to your video games.
@@Purowalangkwenta OK I'll go ahead on this, what's the issue with SCMP getting political on video game for? By all means, inform me. What is the issue here?
Writing about games requires engaging with the politics of games - which have always existed. Gaming technology is a derivative of military experiments since the 1950s and the drive for gaming technology have fuelled the most politically important companies in the world such as NVidia and TSMC. Hope this helps!
It's a game! get over IT. This should be enjoyable and got nothing to do with POLITICS.
IKR.
This game was already a massive success when it came out 6 days ago on the first day.
So what's this 'whether it will be successful will depend on blah blah' when it's already a massive success and one of the all time highest selling single player games and it hasn't even been a week? Its already had 2.4 million concurrent players on steam and 10 million+ sales overall. And Xbox version hasn't even came yet. Even if everything stopped right now it's already a massive success.
No one cares about fake western woke controversy and if anything they bought and played the game just to push back against such nonsense.
Lack of diversity?! You don‘t have to sell it to me, i already bought it?
It now holds the all time record on Steam for most simultaneous players. Over 1.4 million people saw through the "controversy" and are enjoying this much loved aspect of Chinese culture.
Would the game be more accepted by critics if Wukong was non-binary?
The only controversy should be about how poorly max settings with ray tracing runs on everything less than a 4090.
你说的这个才是游戏玩家真正的心声😊为了玩这个我专门买了一块4090显卡，如果游戏优化做的好的话，那么我们这些玩家就能省一笔钱🤣
这种酸媒体没有玩过黑神话悟空就乱带节奏，今天20号现在steam上140万在线，是单机发售日历史上最多的单机游戏之一。结合ps5wegame平台发售单日最少500万销量，等于10亿的收入。你们见不得中国好也不需要暗里带乱节奏蹭中国人的流量呀。恶心！
Screenrant gave it a lower rating for "lacking inclusive and diversity" and women?
Wow the amount of dirt they will dig up just to dissuade us gamers from us buying this game. Us gamers dont give a sh1te about the politics and neither does the Chinese Devs. This is a step in the right direction for gamers and this sets the bar higher for other developers to compete. A win/win for us.
中国的玩家也不在意，因为它在我们眼里只是一款游戏罢了。好玩就去玩，不好玩不玩就可以了。非要贴各种标签把事情搞那么复杂，其背后原因还不是为了勒索😂
It single handed broke the single player game history of all time, there's no controversy, it's just some self-claimed woke feminists spreading lies and mistranslations under the political correctness flag. A game as a product, will be tested by the consumers, and it proved to be a celestial success for any standard in the market.
It's numbers on steam already tell you the story
GOTY forsure...
Yes finally china will surpass western games now 🎉🎉🎉❤❤❤
lol no
How?
Tencent has been the largest gaming company for a while.
@@jlee104 who are you Korean or Japanese then you are probably jealous of china surpassing your Japanese games too, leave korea they are useless. The action, storyline, graphics, character, boss fights everything was a masterpiece, outstanding which the western game creators couldn't do in all these years nor even the Japanese. This game will win the best game of the year award
@@arrinmixon5190 You play by yourself and then compare it with all the western and Japanese boring games. You will get your answer.
Here in America, we avoid wokes. Go woke, go broke.
This is crazy, it's based on and takes place in ancient China, can we appreciate that without today's Western politics chiming in, trying to change the views & history of others? I'm not a gamer but, are those "Western critics" mad!? not liking the idea of mistreatment of women through, eewwww.
If and when I see black and POC characters in settings where they shouldn't be, e.g. Medieval Europe or Edo Japan, I automatically lose interest. Not because I don't want them there but because I know they were put there for ridiculous "diversity" initiative and makes the story inauthentic and forced.
saar we are making indian our own AAA game in the call center just wait and see
this game is based on Indian culture and contains many Indian gods why are the Chinese and Pakistanis proud of Indian culture?😂
Saar why are you redeeming.
@@BharatMataKeJai Ancient India=Pakistani rivers,Buddhism=Nepal
@@BharatMataKeJaiare you blind
@@PakistaniGovernment this kind of comments will ruin this Nice game 😐😐😐
It is wonderful!!!
The game just became the biggest release on steam history surpassing every other title in history. This is new levels.
There were historical facts supporting this fiction. Emperor did send a small group of officials to acquire buddhism scriptures. They actually travelled west to Afghanistan and ultimately to India. The "monkey king" person who joined the group was a quite capable mighty person of non-Chinese uncivilized "Hu-person 胡人". He was key for the group's success in this long treacherous journey.
1,4 million player on steam as of now on its release days. The IGN writing also not fully journalism, its literally just google translates the remark made by one of the devs without context
We sick with Political correctness plaguing western game devs that affceting quality of story and gameplay, thankfully something like Stellar Blade and Black Myth gave us hope of more normal games we rarely get from western devs
They're speaking in English, there's your inclusivity.
AAA means premium and quality?
(Laughs at Skull and Bones, Destiny 2, Halo Infinite, Cyberpunk and see more)
Cyberpunk is a great game. Shouldnt just beeing shipped to outdated consoles who cant run next gen titles. Skull and bones is quadrouple A so its waaay over AAA ofc.
And I guess they're ignoring all the $100M+ mobile games that China's been pumping out for years? Genshin made a pretty big splash on PC + console, never heard anyone say that was "the first Chinese AAA". We'll see how the game does over the next 6-12mos, that's really the proof.
This is on South China Morning Post? Wow.
PC is the name of the game in everything these days in the West. Wukong is a gender neutral character. Does that help?
Nope, the 'activist' journalist and critics will still find something to moan... They forget that they are not the target players of the game
I’m actually glad this game has no Wokeness in it! It’s just a simple game that tells a fantastic story about Chinese mythology while keeping it in a relatively linear narrative. It’s honestly a breath of fresh air.
Wukong should be a black woman and Sanzhang should be an independent and strong minority woman, like Rachel Zegler
It's already a huge success on steam. It's the 2nd most played concurrently game of all time
SCMP : "There have been many critics on the developping company on Weibo due to their stance on gender topics"
Interviewee : "Yes indeed there have been critics on X/Twitter due to people's americanised perception of what a game standard should be"
Isn't it a bit weird that the interviewee talks about something quite different from what the SCMP talks about?
The interviewee make it sounds like the critics come from a "cultural shock" between the West & China whereas most critics seemed to have been made on Weibo.
They didn't say there were many critics on Weibo. They said the hashtag had trended and people had read the content. That's not the same.
Why does Sun Wukong need to be diverse 😂? There’s nothing wrong with the Journey to the West’s setting. My Korean father used to binge watch those old Chinese shows about Wukong, is he controversial as well for enjoying them? I thought they were cheesy now and then but nothing was ‘controversial’ about them.
Saar India is also making a AAA game called "Toilet Wars" 😂😂😂😂😂
Armpits of Duty
Katar Hero
sounds like skibidi 😂
@@Jackie_Chan-w2m Red Dead Body Odor 2
@@supremewhip 😂😂😂😂😂
I’m American, but really obsessed with this game lol. To be frank, I’ve never heard such stunning story before. I’m going to play it over…
Now we need a Chinese gaming console equivalent of PS5 and Xbox
That's actually not a bad idea. Wonder if Chinese people would ever make it a reality.
They call it "mobile phone" in china😂😂😂. Mobile games simply make more profit than 3A games in china
Taiwan is a country
So as Hawaii.
I think people are missing the point on why this is a problem.
Yes, the game is fun. Yes, its well made. And yes, if the devs are this sexist, this misogynistic, giving them an even larger voice can potentially put women at danger.
Just look at Blizzard and its own controversy.
Eastern countries are especially misogynistic. Let's not ignore this. Principally when it can put women at risk.
The protagonist is a stone monkey who has no gender and can transform into 72 different forms: male, female, animal, plant, or even inorganic matter (stone). It is ridiculous to say that Sun Wukong is not diverse.
The reason for the game being criticised has nothing to do with so-called "diversity in culture". It dated back to 2020 when the developers constantly posted offensive and sexist contents. And the fanbase of this game blatantly insulted female gamers, claiming that the game "doesn't need female players". It went viral in incel communities and supporters of this game are currently posting memes to mock female players and women as a whole on Chinese social media. It stirred huge controversy that some women are cancelling their Luckin Coffee membership because Luckin conducted a joint campaign with this game.
End wokeism