Sifu

This may be a bit culturally insensitive but…. I can’t see what the problem is. The Chinese software industry is absolutely fucking massive with shitloads of developers and they have at least minority shareholdings in most western publishers.

Like this tweet in particular:



This hasn’t removed an opportunity for Chinese representation. They have virtually unlimited resources and could make games about literally anything should they choose to. It seems like a rush to defend people who neither need or want bedwetting western liberals defending them.

I have found this all so very strange as you say there is large representation of Chinese developers out there and if they want to make a game that involves the celebration of Hong Kong Kung Fu films then so be it, but no one has. It's just like Ghost of Tsushima which also had this discussion because it wasn't made by a Japanese Dev but again the impetus is on a Japanese dev to do that and as far as I know there hasn't been a samurai game from a Japanese dev for a while, maybe the Onimusha series and tangentially Sekiro. I don't know it feels like from my POV this picture of Chinese developers is being painted where they have no opportunities or agency and need our support because they're so underrepresented. We'll just ignore the large amount of Chinese investment in game development today. Don't get me started on the whole colonialism thing if we're talking about China on a political level.

It’s almost like they are suggesting they can’t because they are all stuck in code farms developing scam iPhone clicker games, which is kinda xenophobic in and of itself.

I can see myself crumbling later in the year, especially if I catch it on sale, as I'm starting to get quite intruiged.

I read this as Solid beating people in real life.

Beating Chinese people up with a bread lid. How racist of you.

Hopefully that's a Chinese made Wok that was recently used by a real Chinese person from China not one of those western Chinese people.

Does look good this, but I'm probably going to hold off for a bit. Not entirely convinced at the current (PC) price point in terms of the number of levels, and was planning on mainly trying Lost Ark this week (and obviously Elden Ring on the horizon soon).

Old Boy references sound great, though. Tell me: is there much tongue cutting and inadvertent incest?

That does look fucking sweet I won't lie.

Nope. I won't do it. I'm not buying anything again until Horizon comes out. I need to finish some bloody games.

Unfortunately it works both ways

More the merrier I say

I apologise for posting that tweet. Didn't realise it would cause a negative reaction. Just found it amusing.

Been thinking about this game all day. I need to get back on it.

Not to be that guy, but saying only Chinese developers are allowed to make a game like Sifu, or to insinuate that the game would be totally fine in your estimation if it had the consultation of just 1 Chinese person, is rather short minded. Otherwise what's the solution? Only people native to the country are allowed to create media based on it? So Americans can only write stories about America? Brazilians can only write about Brazil?

It got extra stupid with Tsushima because people were pointing out things like katana's weren't in use during the time period the game takes place in or these particular birds weren't nesting in the island and they took that as being evidence of a western studio being completely disrespectful. Yet the game comes out in Japan and reviewers and people who played it seemed to like it. So much so I believe the director was given an honorary title by the Mayor of Tsushima for promoting the name and heritage of the island, while funding the repair of a broken shrine.

So long as the portrayal of the setting or time period doesn't seem exploitative or offensive, or take away any chances from anyone from creating any media of their own, then I don't see the issue.

Anyway, Sifu seems pretty cool.