Arknights Caught Copying Dialogue Word-for-Word From Gujian 3 — Hypergryph Apologizes, But the Account They Used and What They Didn't Address Made Things Even Worse

Arknights' long-cultivated reputation as the gacha game with elite writing? Yeah, that just took a massive hit. Players went through the latest event story line by line and found dialogue that's virtually copy-pasted from Gujian 3 (古剑奇谭三), a critically acclaimed Chinese RPG.

After the backlash, Hypergryph's corporate NGA account posted an apology with two screenshots of an official statement. They acknowledged the writing issue, phrasing it as 'confirmed after internal communication.' Sounds reasonable on the surface? But the community was far from satisfied.

The first controversy: the apology came from the '鹰角网络' (Hypergryph Network) corporate account — not the '明日方舟' (Arknights) game account. One player pointed out that this corporate account has always been Hypergryph's official ops channel and outranks the game account. But many players' gut reaction was: 'So it's another alt-account apology?' Someone clapped back asking whether the main account was ever going to respond, while another player tried to explain that this IS the bigger account — 'this person is literally a Hypergryph executive.'

The second controversy: the CG quality. The very first reply asked, 'Okay fine, at least you're not going full silent mode — but what about the CG issues? Are you just going to ignore those?' Another commenter sarcastically added, 'Don't ask, they're still in internal communications about it.' The selective response only fueled more anger.

What really detonated the situation was a leaked screenshot of alleged 'internal comms' — reportedly from the writer responsible for the copied lines. The supposed messages read something like: 'LOL, would they have changed it if you crybabies hadn't thrown a tantrom?' and 'Looked at their post history — Arknights player lol' and 'Does this even matter? Only rice addicts (黍厨, a derogatory term for fans of a specific character) would think so.' While this leak remains unverified, it spread through the community like wildfire.

To be fair, not everyone was out for blood. Some players accepted the apology: 'Honestly, admitting the mistake and fixing it — that's still better than going silent,' and 'I've been waiting all day. Just fix it and we're good.' Another comment said, 'Good — an ops team that doesn't ghost you is already a decent ops team.'

But the majority skewered the whole thing. One commenter said flatly, 'So they're backstabbing their own loyal fans now? They actually admitted they copied the lines?' Another piled on: 'LMAO, get rekt, Blade Loyalists (利刃, nickname for Arknights' most diehard defenders). Hypergryph has truly mastered the art of backstabbing.' Someone dug up an old thread where fans were unironically citing Confucian Analerta to defend Arknights' writing, and quipped: 'Can those guys who used the Analerta to simp still show their faces?' The reply was a classic Three Kingdoms quote: 'We were prepared to fight to the death — why did the emperor surrender first?'

Some players even saw a business opportunity, joking, 'Time for a Gujian 3 collab event?' Meanwhile, a more cynical take warned: 'If even the writing they've been hyping up for years is plagiarized, the countdown has begun.'

The real damage here cuts deep. Arknights' writing quality was THE crown jewel — the one thing fans always pointed to as proof the game was 'different.' Plagiarism in that exact area hurts the brand more than any gacha rate controversy ever could. And Hypergryph's response — corporate account instead of game account, acknowledging the plagiarism but dodging CG complaints — only created new drama on top of the old one. As for the leaked writer comments? Verified or not, they've already become rocket fuel for a community that was already furious.