Yesterday, a game called "Hidden Fox Detective vs. Water Monkey" was launched in a demo version, and the original rave reviews of this completely free game suddenly caused a lot of criticism.
The reason for the controversy is still related to the game itself, whether it is the water monkey theme or some of the game's memes, or even the protagonist, the source points to the popular science blogger "infinitesimal and bright science daily".
Xiao Liang, also known as Director Fox, is still due to the occasional appearance of real people when making popular science videos. After the real person appeared on camera, fans felt that he looked very much like the "Tibetan Fox". As the most popular popular science blogger, naturally many fans began to make second creations based on these shots, and the image of this fox-headed person gradually became a convention.
The hottest should be this video of the Tibetan fox brushing the double knuckle stick
Another element, "Water Monkey", is the reserved program of director Fox every time he popularizes science. Why science popularization water monkey Xiao Liang also told a story, in the early days of the founding of the country, because of similar rumors of water monkeys, but also caused disasters, which is also very consistent with the background setting of the game "Tibetan Fox Detective".
Of course, such a dense element is also deliberately done by the producer, and the producer also said that the original intention of the game is because of the popular science of Xiao Liang.
The reason for the controversy is because Xiao Liang stated on Weibo that he was not aware of the production of the game, and the material did point directly to him. However, whether it is a water monkey or a Tibetan fox, it can only be said to be a terrier, although everyone knows that this is the heat of the director of the fox, but it is indeed not a tort.
In fact, similar two-creation games have always been a more sensitive topic. Dota2 has the Galgame "School Life of Xiao Se Xianbei" made by fan-like professional players, which is a game that clearly uses real people as the theme, which will have some impact on the parties to a greater or lesser extent.
Compared with the small circle of femaleized professional players to entertain themselves, the goal of "Hidden Fox Detective" is relatively clear, so many Xiaoliang fans feel that the game may be a bit out of line. At present, the game author has issued an apology statement, but the fandom game does belong to a relatively gray area, and I hope that the official will pay attention to it and find a way to make up for it.