So I go to right wing online spaces (I want to keep a close eye on fascism) and they are praising this game and treating it like a win over “the radical left”.
Apparently, cause it doesn’t have diversity and it’s selling that means that they were right about “woke” stuff.
And here I am just looking at it thinking…
Huh, I’m glad there is a good new game, wish it was my genre instead of another dark souls clone.
I don’t understand the downvotes on this post though, do lemmy users think it’s a controversial game or is it cause its all Chinese players and thereby the headline is a little misleading?
This seems to be mostly driven by Chinese gamers wanting to play it for the Chinese mythology theme; I wonder if we’ll see a huge influx of other Chinese mythology related games in the coming months, trying to capitalize on this.
Sun Wukong is not any Chinese mythology, he’s hugely popular. This is like Star War or Lord of the Ring getting the first AAA game ever.
I’m not knowledgeable enough about Chinese mythology (popular or not) to be able to comment on that, but it does seem to be very under-explored as a genre; it’s neat that it’s getting a spotlight. I don’t have strong feelings one way or the other about the game personally, but it’s always cool to see a studio try something new - even if it’s only new in theming - and be successful with it. I’d much rather Wukong be wildly successful than another Call of Duty game or whatever.
Kinda diff. It’s just an influential Chinese story - well known in the country.
The Sun Wukong (Chinese: 孫悟空, pronounced [swə́n ûkʰʊ́ŋ]) is a literary and religious figure best known as one of the main characters in the 16th-century Chinese novel Journey to the West.[1]
Total DragonBall ripoff.
“Star War”, “Lord of the Ring”
Seriously?
Also your first sentence makes no sense. I think you tried to say “Sun Wykong is not just any random Chinese mythology, it’s a hugely popular one.”
Not everyone is a native English speaker. You get what they’re saying, stop being so rude
Judging by your incredibly broken English, you may be biased.
Judging buy your less broken English, you may be biased.
It’s almost like everyone has biases. 🤔
That diversion, a weak argument tactic.
What’s even your point here? You’re suggesting the person you’re originally replying to is part of the demographic that seems to enjoy a game, so their enjoyment of that game is cheapened in some way? If anything that makes them more qualified to talk about it than you are.
Seriously, just let people enjoy things.
This seems to be mostly driven by Chinese gamers wanting to play it for the Chinese mythology theme
Shit, I’m not even Chinese and I jump any time I see a game with Chinese mythology. Anyone got anything good, tell me! I used to be a huge 9dragons fan. Never got into Jade Empire, maybe I should give that another shot?
I wonder if we’ll see a huge influx of other Chinese mythology related games in the coming months, trying to capitalize on this.
If it’s within the coming months, they either had to be in development long ago or they’re dogshit.
But maybe some upcoming games will be announced with similar themes.
Its a Chinese market game…
Why does that matter in this context?
Cool, what are the numbers without China? Chinese gamers are so numerous that they will 100% shift the sales data of a game from failure to success just by themselves, and this game was 100% intended for that demographic.
Why would it matter then?
Cause if it appeals to just one demographic, I’m not gonna play it cause I’m not in said demographic.
I get that you might not be interested but that does not change the sales figures.
I also see this as being tailored to the Chinese market but that does not mean non Chinese players are not interested.
China has a larger gaming population than many countries have citizens. It’s one of the reasons a bunch of western devs are trying to cater to that market more, and kowtowing to Chinese government to include their propaganda or exclude reality in the process. The games Chinese gamers choose to really get behind are rarely the same as the rest of the world. So when trying to compare sales numbers, it’s like having a gorilla sitting on the scale.
Technically yeah it’s selling a ton of copies, no one is arguing otherwise, but you also can’t really compare sales directly to other western games without removing those sales figures because they’re an outlier.
Cyberpunk and Elden Ring were also hits in China, so I’m not sure this is relevant when comparing worldwide sales.
