{"id":53904,"date":"2025-11-14T14:18:55","date_gmt":"2025-11-14T05:18:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/?p=53904"},"modified":"2025-11-14T14:18:57","modified_gmt":"2025-11-14T05:18:57","slug":"the-female-characters-pay-too-much-attention-to-other-guys-anime-gacha-rpg-chaos-zero-nightmare-withdraws-from-convention-amidst-multiple-simultaneous-controversies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/the-female-characters-pay-too-much-attention-to-other-guys-anime-gacha-rpg-chaos-zero-nightmare-withdraws-from-convention-amidst-multiple-simultaneous-controversies\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cThe female characters pay too much attention to other guys\u201d Anime gacha RPG Chaos Zero Nightmare withdraws from convention amidst multiple simultaneous controversies"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>South Korean developer Smilegate <a href=\"https:\/\/page.onstove.com\/chaoszeronightmare\/kr\/view\/11194406?boardKey=139250&amp;combined=false\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">announced<\/a> last week that their roguelike deck builder RPG <strong>Chaos Zero Nightmare<\/strong> will not be exhibited at Anime\u00d7Game Festival 2025, one of the country\u2019s biggest pop culture events. As the reason behind their withdrawal from the event, the developers cite wanting to \u201cprioritize resolving current issues and stabilizing our service.\u201d According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.afpbb.com\/articles\/-\/3608615\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">KOREA WAVE via AFPBB News<\/a>, the decision comes after a wave of criticism from Korean players due to several issues, including controversy over how female characters are handled in the game\u2019s story.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"[Chaos Zero Nightmare] Gameplay Trailer\" width=\"1160\" height=\"653\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/0nydDSWNwMA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Chaos Zero Nightmare launched on October 22 this year to positive initial reception, but despite being a high-budget project with over $41 million USD invested into development, the game quickly ran into some major issues which left many of its domestic players disappointed. There were many complaints about a lack of content, system errors (including users losing all of their account data), and an overall dissatisfaction with an \u201cunreasonable\u201d monetization model. Furthermore, the game\u2019s art style has been heavily criticized under allegation that the character designs were AI generated (this claim was denied by the developers). But what seemed to have struck the nerve of most players was the way the story was handled.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Apparently, many Korean players felt like the protagonist (player) had been put into \u201ctoo passive\u201d a role, taking away from the overall immersion. This includes complaints about the female characters not paying enough attention to the protagonist and instead showing affection for other male characters. Some players found that the story in general is biased towards the male side characters. Furthermore, many expressed that the scenario did not meet their expectations, a sentiment fueled by rumors that the majority of the writing team left the studio during the development process, which meant that a completely new set of people had to take over the unfinished story.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1008\" height=\"628\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1008px) 100vw, 1008px\" src=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/20251114-539040001.jpg\" alt=\"Chaos Zero Nightmare Yuki banner.\" class=\"wp-image-53908\" srcset=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/20251114-539040001.jpg 1008w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/20251114-539040001-380x237.jpg 380w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/20251114-539040001-768x478.jpg 768w\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Chaos Zero Nightmare director Hyung Suk Kim addressed the latter in an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/live\/BvkE1KHHwFg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">emergency YouTube<\/a> livestream, which was summarized on the game\u2019s official English <a href=\"https:\/\/page.onstove.com\/chaoszeronightmare\/en\/view\/11165375\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Stove page<\/a>. As he explains, the rumors about the writing team members\u2019 departures were indeed true, and he cites his own \u201cexcessive interference\u201d as the reason for their withdrawal. \u201cAs the deadline for the final script approached, I grew impatient and made the reckless decision to participate directly in the writing process and push the project forward. The scenario writers I worked with were talented individuals, but my excessive ambition and interference ultimately stifled their creativity,\u201d he said, apologizing to the player community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While it hasn\u2019t even been a month since the game launched, it seems like the pressure from fans has put Smilegate into quite a tight spot. As the company is one of the biggest sponsors of Anime\u00d7Game Festival 2025, deciding to halt the promotion of their most recent game might have been the safest move they could make in order to protect the reputation of the event. As Kim explained, the development team is currently working on resolving the issues and rewriting the story to meet the players\u2019 expectations. However, considering the backlash doesn\u2019t seem like it\u2019s going to calm down anytime soon, it is yet to be seen when and to what extent the development team will be able to get the game back on track.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Related articles:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/shift-up-says-it-doesnt-tolerate-any-expressions-of-hate-in-nikke-following-backlash-over-alleged-small-genital-gesture\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Shift Up says it \u201cdoesn\u2019t tolerate any expressions of hate\u201d in NIKKE following backlash over alleged \u201csmall genital\u201d gesture\u00a0<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chaos Zero Nightmare announces withdrawal from Korea&#8217;s biggest anime\/gaming event amidst multiple simultaneous controversies. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":79,"featured_media":53907,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_gspb_post_css":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[18],"class_list":["post-53904","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-global-news"],"blocksy_meta":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - 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