Neural Cloud Allegedly Drops Sandoleise Alt to Rival GFL2 Exilium — But Players Say All the Money Still Ends Up Funding the Same Company's Black Hole

Two games, one parent company, and now they're fighting over the same waifu. Welcome to the most absurd chapter of the Girls' Frontline (少女前线) saga in 2024.

A leak surfaced on NGA forums recently: Sunborn Network's mobile game Neural Cloud (云图计划) is reportedly about to release an alternate version (异格, yigé) of the character Sandolese (桑朵莱希) — whose base form is the iconic T-Doll G36. The catch? The same character is also getting a gacha banner in sister title Girls' Frontline 2: Exilium (少女前线2：追放). Same company, same IP, same character, two competing games. What could possibly go wrong?

The original poster summed it up with gleeful snark: "Neural Cloud is dead set on stealing a chunk of GFL2's market share. Neural Cloud: 'My G36 is more suitable for you, Commander~'"

Sharp-eyed players spotted more than just the character art. One commenter pointed out that in the leaked info, the word "warrior" (战士) is placed in quotation marks — and since Neural Cloud's previous two alternate-form characters both switched classes, the implication is that this Sandolese alt might leave her original warrior role behind. The quotes aren't decorative; they're a breadcrumb.

But here's the thing — the leak itself isn't what made this thread blow up. What really set the community on fire was a collective eruption of long-simmering trust issues with the entire Girls' Frontline ecosystem.

One of the top replies nailed the absurdity: "They're both Yuzhong's (羽中/翀) 'favorite wives' fighting for his attention" — Yuzhong being Sunborn's CEO, and "favorite wives" being a tongue-in-cheek way of saying both games are just different pots feeding the same kitchen.

From there, the thread quickly pivoted to the real sore spot: where does the money actually go? One player's comment resonated widely: "Just thinking that every cent ultimately ends up in Yuzhong's wallet is enough to make me never touch any Girls' Frontline game again." Another piled on with an even sharper jab: "Every cent you spend on GFL1 or Neural Cloud will eventually become 'Star Servant' (星怒) prints in Exilium" — referencing the infamous scandal involving the CEO's wife (known as 'Star Lady'/星女士) that permanently shattered community trust.

A particularly devastating observation cut straight to the bone: "No matter how you slice it, the official line is that GFL1 and Neural Cloud's futures all converge into GFL2: Exilium. Your money and playtime? That was just the con." This single comment essentially captures the collective PTSD of the entire Girls' Frontline playerbase.

One player dropped a question that carried heavy implications: "Do you think Tencent's buyout deal was about the company or the products?" — hinting that Sunborn might be under capital pressure from Tencent's investment terms, and this internal competition might not be a purely commercial decision but a desperate scramble for revenue.

A particularly doomer take came from one commenter: "If the whole Sunborn company went under, some would be wrongly accused. But if every other department got axed, there'd definitely be some that deserved it slipping through the cracks" — a scorched-earth verdict on both the GFL2 team (Team 2) and the Neural Cloud team (Team 3).

As of now, Neural Cloud hasn't officially announced the Sandolese alternate form — everything remains in leak territory. But judging by the community reaction, the question facing any new content from Sunborn's games isn't "is this worth pulling?" but "why should I spend another dime at all?" Same character, same company, two fronts of war — only this time, the players have decided they're done fighting.