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The Game Awards 2024 concluded with Astro Bot taking home Game of The Year, but it seems not everyone is happy with the outcome. Producer, Feng Ji, for Black Myth: Wukong wasn’t completely satisfied with the winner, which sparked a controversy. The game was also among the nominees and one of the most successful games released this year.
Expressing his views on the result in a lengthy post, he talked about how he was confused with the criteria on how winners are chosen. “The games nominated this year were all exceptional, but honestly, I still can’t figure out what the criteria were for Game of the Year. I feel like I came all the way here for nothing!” he wrote as per translation.
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Ji’s statement made it quite clear he was really confident about winning the awards. The post continued to reveal that he wrote the Game of the Year award acceptance speech for Black Myth: Wukong two years ago, which the gaming community is calling arrogant behaviour.
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Gamers criticize Black Myth: Wukong dev
This comes from a recent post on the PS5 subreddit where the translated post made Feng Ji was posted and naturally, people were quick to criticize the developer. While the Game of The Year might the most prestigious among all, people said the game did took home awards in various other categories including People’s Voice which shows that gamers really enjoyed the game.
This along with the high sale numbers and player count should be enough for the developers rather than winning Game of The Year. “You know... you don't have to praise the winner... you could just not say anything at all,” one of the comments said.
Another important factor to note is that Black Myth: Wukong didn't exactly had the smoothest launch. Like any other AAA game release, it also had its problems in performance and other aspects. This also impacted its rating as the game was the lowest rate game in the race for Game of The Year compared to Astro Bot or Metaphor: ReFantazio.