Girls' Frontline 2 Announces Daiyan Storyline Reset After Revenue Collapse — Players Aren't Buying It: "This Is the Second Time They're Trying to Patch Things Up"

Only after slamming face-first into a wall do they think to turn — only after the snot drips into their mouth do they think to wipe. That's the vibe in the Girls' Frontline 2 community right now, as producer Yu Zhong finally announced a reset of the controversial Daiyan (黛烟) storyline. And NGA users are absolutely not cutting him any slack.

For the uninitiated: the Daiyan saga has been the single biggest landmine in Girls' Frontline 2: Exilium since its third closed beta. Daiyan, a beloved T-Doll carried over from the original game where she was deeply bonded with the Commander (the player), was written with emotionally suggestive interactions toward a male NPC named Raymond (雷蒙). Chinese gacha players — who invest real money and emotional attachment into these "waifu" characters — read this as a textbook NTR (cuckolding) scenario. The backlash was nuclear: review bombs across Bilibili, NGA, and Weibo, with boycott threats that likely contributed to the game's underwhelming revenue post-launch.

Now Yu Zhong says the storyline will be "reset." But the top-voted NGA comments aren't exactly grateful. One user pointed out the careful wordplay: "Let's be precise with the wording — they're calling it an 'optimization and adjustment,' not a 'reset.' They might just remove a single limping scene and call it a day." Another commenter helpfully offered Yu Zhong a hack: strip all time references from the opening car-ride dialogue and cut the ending segment that ties into the main story — that way the timeline becomes a blank slate, and you can claim it takes place "decades after the main story" if you want.

The most savage takes come from players who'd rather see the game just commit to the bit. "Why not just make Raymond a playable character at this point?" reads one top comment — dripping with sarcasm but also making a real point about the absurdity of endless rewrites. Another echoed: "Just ship the original third beta storyline with the original voice lines. Think of the cost savings!" The irony is sharp enough to cut glass.

Perhaps the most perceptive comment came from one user who zeroed in on the word "后续" (future/follow-up): "Pay attention to that word 'future.' Once the revenue picks up, this 'future optimization' can be delayed indefinitely." This cuts to the heart of the community's distrust — after months of vague promises, players have learned that timelines without deadlines are just copium with extra steps.

The phrase "赛博补膜" (sāi bó bǔ mó) — literally "cyber hymen repair" — has become the community's go-to term for the devs' attempts to retroactively sanitize character relationships and make them appear "pure" for the player's sake. One commenter nailed it: "Loaning out a hymen repair, and this is the SECOND time." The attached images suggest this isn't the first round of Daiyan story patches — and the first round clearly didn't fix anything.

Other comments perfectly capture the collective mood: "Don't run, fellow villagers — we're fixing it, just trust us one more time!" (a meme borrowed from scam contexts). "If the new storyline isn't live within one week, I'm calling it fraud." And the darkly hilarious: "Maybe Yu Zhong is so satisfied with the revenue that he's decided to revert to the original version" — implying that once the devs have milked enough money, they won't bother pretending to care about player feedback.

Scrolling through the entire thread, it's nearly impossible to find a single supportive comment. From "this is a honeypot scam" to "the empire's last battle" to "new hidden agendas incoming" to the unforgettable "the turtle already ate the crap, digested it, pooped it out, and digested it again — and NOW they think to patch the membrane" — NGA users have deployed every rhetorical weapon in their arsenal to say one thing: we don't believe you, we're not buying it, and we're here for the show.

As of now, Yu Zhong's team has provided no specific timeline or scope for the Daiyan storyline reset — just the vague promise of "future optimization and adjustments." But as players have said time and again: a promise without a deadline is just empty words. Whether this Daiyan storyline saga ends with a genuine course correction or just another round of empty hype remains to be seen — but the NGA peanut gallery has already made up its mind.