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Feng Ji (Game Science founder) comments on the reveal and response towards Black Myth: Wu Kong at Weibo

Nightengale

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My Chinese is not that good, and there are... jokes or idioms(?) in there that I'm not familiar with - don't want to misrepresent, so I'll refrain from a word-for-word translation, but I think I should be able to provide a general gist of what he's saying.

- He wanted to expand the development team and recruit more people.
- But wasn't able to or struggled at achieving that (I think.)
- He just wanted to record an honest trailer for purpose of recruitment and didn't expect to be praised as an industry savior
- 13 minutes of B1 ( I dunno what B1 means - B-roll? )
- There are a lot of patchwork and rough aspects on what was shared of the trailer
- He then talks about areas of the game that in his view, were still in poor shape
- something in regards to the animation of small bodies?
- something in regards to how they made the sculpt/mold of the golden cicada?
- how the body of water in the trailer completely lacked any fluid physics/any feedback
- the poor sound depth/implementation
- how the framerate during the 1,000 enemy musou sequence tanked so bad it gave them PTSD (not sure if the PTSD referred to the devs or not)
- hmm, something about how the fur implementation was still poor compared to hairless skin (I think?)
- He knows many people are currently in a depressed state and he's happy to provide some comfort
- The team is happy that the response to the reveal has been explosive, but they aren't letting it get to their heads.
- Please forget what we have shown as of this time ( p.s. context - it's more of a statement of modesty and how they don't feel like it's necessarily representative of their best work, they also want to do better )
- We will hide again after this to slowly continue, continue, continue working on the game.

I'd appreciate if someone could provide a better translation, but it should be... 70% there. :P

A more accurate summation by Arthands

Arthands said:
Basic gist is he's saying they are just trying to recruit people with this honest little video, and they ended up getting viewed as some industry superstar. There are signs of it in the video that shows the game is some sort of a kit bash work and you can find flaws if you look. He is happy that the video is helping people to find comfort in this period of time, and the team is happy with the reception, but they are going into the background for a while to continue working hard so people can forget them for a while (essentially saying they won't provide any update in the foreseeable future)

There are mild sexual innuendo so word for word translation is a bad idea
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Kikujiro

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I like his attitude, it seems like he really wants to change the Chinese gaming industry, take your time, hope this game will succeed.
 
Arthands

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Basic gist is he's saying they are just trying to recruit people with this honest little video, and they ended up getting viewed as some industry superstar. There are signs of it in the video that shows the game is some sort of a kit bash work and you can find flaws if you look. He is happy that the video is helping people to find comfort in this period of time, and the team is happy with the reception, but they are going into the background for a while to continue working hard so people can forget them for a while (essentially saying they won't provide any update in the foreseeable future)

There are mild sexual innuendo so word for word translation is a bad idea
 
Kemiko

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Sounds like they want to push themselves further and it already looked amazing. I'm excited to see where the game goes.
 
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Arthands said:
Basic gist is he's saying they are just trying to recruit people with this honest little video, and they ended up getting viewed as some industry superstar. There are signs of it in the video that shows the game is some sort of a kit bash work and you can find flaws if you look. He is happy that the video is helping people to find comfort in this period of time, and the team is happy with the reception, but they are going into the background for a while to continue working hard so people can forget them for a while (essentially saying they won't provide any update in the foreseeable future)
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Yep, it's more about them being overly modest about the work they've done.
 
dbcyber

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MS, Sony, Nintendo. Fund this friggen game. Or a 3rd party I don't care, SE? get'em. I really want this game out in the next 3 years.
 
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After seeing that video and Internet's reaction, all 3 probably want to fund his game, the one problem they face, Tencent is also watching too..
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I think Tencent is more focused on the GAAS part of the market. According to the developers they want to release this as a full priced title with maybe DLC in the future.
 

Fredrik

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Can't believe they're almost apologising how it looks while still making every other dev look bad. Whoever funds it, it better be a multiplat publisher, I don't care if it's Tencent or Embracer Group, anything is better than seeing this gem locked up to a console, this needs to be the new "Can it run Crysis?" game.
 
Black_Stride

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waugh said:
I think Tencent is more focused on the GAAS part of the market. According to the developers they want to release this as a full priced title with maybe DLC in the future.
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Tencent will "suggest" they get a nice western publisher who will help fund them, has their own storefront on PC and just so happens to have a pretty good understanding of the Engine they are using to make the game.

Epic Games Publishing.
 
Freddie13

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Arthands said:
Basic gist is he's saying they are just trying to recruit people with this honest little video, and they ended up getting viewed as some industry superstar. There are signs of it in the video that shows the game is some sort of a kit bash work and you can find flaws if you look. He is happy that the video is helping people to find comfort in this period of time, and the team is happy with the reception, but they are going into the background for a while to continue working hard so people can forget them for a while (essentially saying they won't provide any update in the foreseeable future)

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Pretty much this---excellent translation
 
nelsonroyale

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So it is a long way off. Not really taking this as representative of the game they are making just yet. Having said that they obviously have talent and wish them the best. I mean I really hope the game looks like this, because the showing is awesome across the board.

Fredrik said:
Can't believe they're almost apologising how it looks while still making every other dev look bad. Whoever funds it, it better be a multiplat publisher, I don't care if it's Tencent or Embracer Group, anything is better than seeing this gem locked up to a console, this needs to be the new "Can it run Crysis?" game.
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Graphically it looks about what I expect from early next gen games, there are quite a few rough patches, including the fur as he mentioned. Obviously very far out so wouldn't take anything as a given. It looks fantastic, but the trailer is more the total package. The visuals themselves are great, but also not more impressive than the graphics in some of the other games revealed. Art direction is stellar as well.
 
silva1991

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This or Lost souls Aside. I wonder which one is coming out first. Assuming the later wasn't quietly cancelled..
 
Qvoth

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Arthands said:
Basic gist is he's saying they are just trying to recruit people with this honest little video, and they ended up getting viewed as some industry superstar. There are signs of it in the video that shows the game is some sort of a kit bash work and you can find flaws if you look. He is happy that the video is helping people to find comfort in this period of time, and the team is happy with the reception, but they are going into the background for a while to continue working hard so people can forget them for a while (essentially saying they won't provide any update in the foreseeable future)

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ye that's pretty much it
 
LiK

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This game looks so good from what they showed. I hope they get the funding and support they need.
 
Black_Stride

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That covers the PC front what about console?
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Epic Games Publishing.....publishes on consoles.
Theyve already signed genDesign (The Last Guardian), Playdead (Inside, Limbo), and Remedy Entertainment (Control).

Im sure Epic also have a side studio they can pass the project onto for the downport to consoles so the main devs can just focus on getting the most out of the PC version as they can.
 
AegonSnake

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well, hes being humble. it looked better than anything shown at the Sony and MS reveals. Let's hope he gets the funding he needs. No idea why big publishers are sleeping on this game when their games cant produce more than CG trailers.
 
Pixel Grotto

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This is easily one of my most anticipated games in a long while. Watching the trailer actually made me proud to be part Chinese for a sec.

Hope they can deliver, and also hoping it doesn't take half a decade to finish the game. A triple-A project like this from a Chinese dev could really shakeup the industry.
 
mas8705

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Just saw this post from Yongyea, and honestly... Good for him for being as honest as he is.

It almost seems ironic to try and "apologize" for what he showed off, but I can understand if he wants to take an approach where he doesn't want to mislead people while pointing out the various flaws that were in the gameplay. Things to which... yeah, we saw some of them but didn't know they were errors (because it looked really good) while others were things we didn't notice, to begin with.

Honestly, I'm now looking forward to this game even more than when I first saw it since it isn't that often that you see someone who takes the positive feedback and is going to use it to strive to make the game even better. That's the kind of drive that's always great to see while also not being something that is going to go straight to their heads (nor forcing unrealistic expectations for the game). Best of luck to him and the team for making The Monkey King an enjoyable experience for whenever it comes out.
 
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