Chapter 191: Great Victory (Second Update)
He had only interacted with this fan of Eric online before, but he knew that the other person was not someone who liked to joke around.
Confused, he walked to the living room on the first floor. He was about to go and see what was going on in the game, and then he found that his father had returned without knowing when.
His father is a reviewer for a game column, and he likes games because of his guidance.
His tough-guy father has always been his pride, and although he is taciturn, his father fully respects his choice. Even when he said that he wanted to drop out of school to become a game anchor, his father only confirmed again and again that he had already thought about it, and then he He was provided with a start-up capital to start from scratch.
Although his income now far exceeds that of his father, he still has full respect for him.
At this time, his father, who smelled of cigarette smoke and was unshaven, was packing up the game console.
He had turned off the game console and put it away, but the game disc inside was missing, and even the game box could not be seen. This made Eric feel very incredible.
"Dad, where is my game?"
Eric's father paused, and then said: "That game...how far have you played it?" "You
just started, what's wrong?"
"Stop playing."
"Why? ?"
"It's not healthy."
Eric looked at his father in shock and said in disbelief: "You didn't say anything when I watched the first movie, and now you tell me that a game is unhealthy?"
Eric's father stepped forward, pressed Eric's shoulders, looked into his eyes and said seriously: "Listen, you are only nineteen years old and a young adult. There are some things that you really can't touch. , This is for your own good. Okay, it's already eleven o'clock, go to bed."
"Dad...this is the business order..."
"I will help you explain, go to bed."
Facing his father who could not comment, Eric could only think about walking to the second floor.
On the stairs, he saw his father standing at the window, holding the phone in his hand, and whispered: "Yes..."
"He played..."
"I confirmed it, he just started... Yes, not yet Later, I will keep an eye on him. I know that he is a sentimental child, and it is too early for him." "
Okay, that's it."
After hanging up the phone, my father did not leave, but looked out the window. , murmured to himself: ""Demon"..."
Tiptoeing back to his bedroom, Eric felt even weirder.
Lying in bed, he waited until his father fell asleep, then sneaked downstairs, found the laptop that was gathering dust in the basement, started it, and connected it to the mobile hotspot.
Then, he bought the electronic version of "Tian Mo" and started playing it again.
In the dark and cramped basement, only the laptop in his arms shone dimly.
Since he didn't have a mouse, he could only use the touchpad to control it, but since he had already played it once, he went through the beginning very smoothly and quickly reached the early and middle stages.
It wasn't until this moment that he understood why this game was a horror game.
In the darkness, the demon opened its ferocious eyes, and the despair from another world captured him tightly, making it impossible for him to break free.
The relaxed coat has been torn off, and the atmosphere that was so sweet before the game is now so desperate.
He watched helplessly as his parents fell in a pool of blood, and a three-meter-tall monster appeared in front of him, with the clothes on its claws that he had made for his childhood sweetheart.
The tragic death of his relatives filled him with grief and anger, and the emotions built up through the two games made him feel twice as painful.
At this moment, he is no longer Eric, but the protagonist!
He resonated with the protagonist's feelings, causing him to draw his weapon regardless and rush towards the enemy.
This is a tough battle.
The opponent is not a miscellaneous soldier at all, and it is a powerful stage boss. If you don't train it well in the early stage, you will not be able to defeat the opponent at this time.
However, this was Eric's second time playing the game, and he had already done a good job in time management. Although it was dangerous to fight monsters, it was not impossible.
Relying on the touch he had developed in "Quake", he finally cut off the neck of the monster in front of him after dozens of turns, and his head fell behind him.
Watching the monster collapse, Eric finally felt the pleasure of getting revenge, but then he saw the monster return to human form, and its headless body looked so familiar.
Staring at the familiar figure, Eric was stunned.
He subconsciously wanted to turn back, but someone held his hand down.
Raising his head suddenly, he saw his father appearing quietly in the basement, and then held his hand to prevent him from continuing.
"Just go forward, leave here slowly, and don't come back. Remember, what you just killed was a monster disguised as a human, and your childhood sweetheart is missing." "How do you know?"
"
I'm here The company has played this game before, and I know the follow-up development, so there is no need to look back, just keep going." "
...Thank you, Dad."
Only at this moment did Eric understand the good intentions of his fans and his father. .
However, it was already too late.
He has seen despair, and he knows that he will not be able to let go of this game until he completes it.
Controlling the protagonist to go out, Eric believed that the protagonist's current expression must be exactly the same as his own.
This world is really fucked up.
However, the world with high degree of freedom gave him some hope.
The pollution of spiritual energy is everywhere, so if we find out why the spiritual energy is contaminated in advance, then restarting the game can save this tragedy.
Well, yes, this must be the arrangement of Fangcheng Studio. A happy ending is ahead, we can do it.
The strongest despair often contains a glimmer of hope.
But when they discover that this hope is like an empty rope, deeper despair will come.
Then, this process will be repeated continuously, allowing players to continue digging their own graves leading to the hell of despair until they can no longer climb out.
Three days after its release, "Tianmo" finally landed on the G station and began to be rated.
G Station is an internationally renowned game review website. It is divided into two parts: expert rating and player rating. Each part is a perfect score of 10 points and a minimum score of 1 point. Among them, expert ratings focus more on the artistry, completeness and innovation of the game, while player ratings focus more on gameplay.
Usually, the ratings of the two parts are very different. There are almost no games that can meet the needs of both parties at the same time, and each one is a masterpiece.
However, there are quite a few games that both parties hate, and there are more and more of them recently.
And "The Demon" created another spectacle.
It has an average rating of just six, but has 300,000 reviewers.
Combined with its sales volume, it shows that a quarter of the players can't wait to start rating the game after playing it, while some players are stuck in the game and have no time to rate it.
Whether it's experts or players, reviews of this game are polarizing.
Some people love this game so much, and the comments below are also very exaggerated, and their praise is very personal.
[There are only two stages in your life, before playing "Tian Mo" and after playing "Tian Mo". ]
[Welcome to the world of despair, you little bastard. It's time to feel what the pain of the world is. ]
[I tried to save my childhood sweetheart, my parents, and my companions, but they turned into monsters one by one in front of me. If I don't kill them, they will kill more people. I can't hesitate yet, because the longer I hesitate, the more people will die and the more painful they will be. This damn world, full marks. ]
[When I played this game, I cried like a sissy. After my roommate saw me crying like this, she asked me to go to the living room to sleep while she played. Now, she's depressed in her bedroom, and I have to cry and comfort her, full marks. ]
[It’s rare to see this kind of game where you have to be tortured even though you have great strength. Fangcheng Studio, I will remember you, full marks. ]
[My rating system for horror games: 13+, 16+, 20+, "Tianma"]
However, in addition to these people who praised it, some people expressed their fears.
[When I close my eyes now, it's "The Devil". Although all the bloody scenes have been censored, the feeling of powerlessness is really too strong. 】
【Good game, but I don't want to play it anymore. ]
[I admit that it is excellent in all aspects, but I really can't play it. Some people say that in the first half of the game, you can just treat it as a farming simulation, but I can't. Every time I reopen, I try to move on from this tragedy, but every time I find myself making everything worse. Compared with this game, other horror games don't seem very scary, because I know they can't hurt me through the screen, but "Devil" can. 】
The huge controversy was also within Hoffman's expectation.
With the polarization of reviews, the sales of the game are also increasing. After the end of the first week, the sales of the game in Europa have reached 3 million units, which is a very successful game case recently.
But Hoffman knew some trouble was just beginning.
An email arrived at Cayman Company, and it turned out to be a small animal protection organization.
This organization demands that the concept of equality of life be popularized in all games. However, in "Devil", players can actually kill contaminated animals. This is such a desecration of life.
Before Hoffman could reply, Rainbow Flag also came over and said that the only male protagonist in the game is a gender opposition. Please add a female immediately or declare this person to be a genderless person. This is OK.
Of course, if it's too troublesome to modify, they can't carry out a certification, but sponsorship is absolutely necessary.
There are also organizations that come forward to say that the female characters in the game are too beautiful, which can easily cause gender anxiety.
After seeing these emails, Hoffman dismissed them as farts.
It sounds nice, but in reality it’s all business.
Regardless of the righteous words in the email, if Hoffman donates part of his income to these organizations, then these organizations will support him as a father the next day.
But the game is just fun, so why provide it to these people?
Therefore, Hoffman adheres to the policy of you write yours and I will do mine. He ignores all emails and continues to prepare sales plans for other countries.
If it were an ordinary mini-game, those organizations would give it a shout and find out that there was no money or water.
But the sales volume of "Tian Mo" is there. This piece of fat is so smooth that every hungry dog wants to take a bite.
At the same time, this game also has an original sin, that is, it is a game from the East.
For a time, there was endless criticism of this game. In many media, "Tianmo" has become a base for spreading evil ideas.
Some people even say that buying "Tianmo" is buying a ticket to hell. The train to hell will capture these players, and they will play games in a world with only game consoles until all games are cleared before they can leave.
Some people also called on those who bought "Tianmo" to get a refund, so that this bad game cannot survive!
Seeing these criticisms, Hoffman didn't care, and even felt that what the other party said was quite good.
He has seen this kind of thing too much. After all, if no one criticizes it, it only means that the route is wrong.
Moreover, he believes in the players' vision.
After all, the first user of a game is the player. It does not need to be politically correct. Sometimes it even needs to be politically incorrect. What it plays is ridicule, weirdness, and all kinds of vulgarity.
Besides, you don’t respect our game, so why should we respect you?
However, he was still a little worried about Fang Cheng, so he contacted the other party again and told Fang Cheng that those comments did not matter.
After receiving a call from Hoffman, Fang Cheng asked doubtfully: "Someone is criticizing me online? Why?"
"The game is too good."
"...Is there anything wrong with doing too well?"
"You're right. It's the world that's wrong. Well, don't worry about those things. I was worried that your mood would be affected, but now it seems that you are pretty good." After
hanging up the phone, Fang Cheng counted his fingers and frowned. .
Some people are going to be miserable.
Slandering others for no reason, and he is also an immortal, the karmic backlash will be very strong.
If there is still a chance of survival after the poor sales of "The Devil" in the end, it means that they are right to criticize, but now "The Devil" is so powerful, I'm afraid...
Three days later, Hoffman stared at the pressure and put "The Devil" on Released for the American market.
Although there was a lot of criticism in the public opinion, in the end it was not the public opinion that voted, but the players.
Sales exceeded 5 million units in a single week, and the final global sales volume was estimated to be 10 million. The huge figures directly made those so-called neutral reviewers red in the face, and also caused the backlash to come quietly.
The capital chains of some organizations were inexplicably broken, and some companies were inexplicably bankrupted. Later, some people discovered that the bankruptcies were all related to "Tian Mo", which led to more and more urban legends surrounding this game.
But no matter what, as the first studio to enter the international market, Fangcheng Studio has won a great victory.
(End of chapter)