Girls' Frontline 2 Busted for Copy-Pasting Baidu Baike & Warhammer 40K Power Sword Descriptions — Players Roast: 'The Problem Is They Didn't Even Copy the Whole Thing'

Everyone knows game writers sometimes reference Wikipedia for research — but have you ever seen devs copy-paste straight from Baidu Baike, and even accidentally lift Warhammer 40K lore? Girls' Frontline 2 just pulled off this legendary move, and players are absolutely losing it.

A Bilibili content creator (UP主) dug through GFL2's in-game weapon text and found massive chunks copy-pasted verbatim from Baidu Baike entries — including the official lore description of Warhammer 40K's Power Sword. The original NGA post fired off: "So you know how to use Baidu, but you still pulled the potato flower stunt?" — referencing how the devs apparently researched weapon specs on Baidu but somehow botched basic botany in the same game.

For context on the potato flower incident: GFL2 had previously been roasted for featuring a character making tea from potato (马铃薯) flowers — which are actually toxic and absolutely not edible. Players nailed it: "Maybe the writer searched for 'potato flower' on Baidu Health and just went with it. If only they'd checked Wikipedia instead."

User @低品质油肝鱼 acknowledged that military/sci-fi lore can't always be 100% accurate, but copy-pasting from Baidu Baike is just lazy. Meanwhile @叫爸爸就奶 went scorched earth: "For specialized knowledge, you don't hire consultants or read actual papers — you use Baidu Baike? Do you go to the hospital when you're sick, or do you Baidu your symptoms? Even web novel authors these days know to ask professionals. You're telling me a game allegedly backed by billions in investment gets its lore from Baidu Baike? Shameless."

Not everyone piled on though. @胖子猎人 pushed back, arguing that weapon descriptions in a gacha waifu game don't need professional military consultants — "When Honor of Kings (王者荣耀) releases a historical character, do they hire a historian?" His real beef was with effort: "If Yu Zhong (the dev lead) actually cared enough to hire sci-fi writers, would the story really be this bad?"

The most legendary comment in the thread nailed it: "The problem is they didn't even copy the whole thing." Translation: if you're gonna plagiarize, at least do it right — they copied halfway and ended up making characters drink toxic potato flower tea. Warhammer 40K fans also started meming hard: "When are they gonna copy an Exterminatus?" "When will the God-Emperor send a fleet to deliver an Exterminatus to this world full of Abominable Intelligence? I can't wait." Others joked that sidelining the Commander (player character) in GFL2 was actually "to protect them from Slaanesh's corruption." Peak community comedy.

Veteran players also pointed out this isn't a new pattern — even back in Girls' Frontline 1, weapon descriptions had sections lifted straight from "World of Guns" (枪炮世界). This shortcut approach has apparently been the dev team's MO for years. As of now, the studio has not responded to any of these allegations, but community trust continues to crater.