HoYoverse's 3rd Anniversary Illustration Flop: AI Allegations and Bizarre Anatomy

Recently, HoYoverse's 3rd-anniversary illustration sparked a massive backlash in the gaming community, with many players pointing out suspicious artifacts typical of AI-generated imagery. The original poster highlighted several glaringly unreasonable details, such as Zhongli’s anatomy falling apart and his heels lifting off the ground—jokingly compared to Michael Jackson’s iconic anti-gravity lean.

Furthermore, commenters added that the Raiden Shogun has disproportionately small hands and Zhongli’s neck is twisted at an inhuman angle. The cake decoration also suffers from obvious 'clipping errors' (where elements pass through each other), revealing a lack of quality control. Players created sarcastic memes to mock these mistakes, pushing back against those defending the company by claiming the OP was 'making a mountain out of a molehill'.

In response to users in the comments section questioning if the cake details were even an issue, other fans posted zoomed-in screenshots with highlights, noting that the 'piping passing through the cake' error is self-evident, and suggested that defenders should see an ophthalmologist.