There is a Problem with This Online Game Planning

June 14th.

Dark Souls release day.

Players complained, screaming and shouting...

The complaints were mainly aimed at Lin Yao, while the shouting and killing were aimed at Uncle Lin...

In short.

Players now feel that these two people are not good things! !

pain! It hurts so much.

Playing Dark Souls really hurts!

It's not the old days anymore!

Let alone other manufacturers, Linmu Studio owns masterpieces, such as "Battlefield", which refreshes the concept of audiovisual stimulation.

Although there are difficulties.

But almost every moment is stimulating the player.

Even if the player dies on the battlefield, it feels very refreshing.

But "Dark Soul", for many players, there is only death and frustration!

And the frustration after each death, because of the mob resurrection mechanism, is almost several times that of playing other games...

Moreover, the map of "Dark Soul" is really too complicated. Not to mention going around, there is no limit to the player's route at all.

Next to the fire-spreading sacrificial field at the very beginning, there is a cemetery that players are very concerned about, and a little further behind is the underground cemetery, a place that players can go to when they come out, but there are a lot of monsters that players can't deal with at this stage ...

There are no guidelines, no restrictions, it's all up to the player to choose.

Die, resurrect, then find a new way out, then die again.

This is the player's gaming experience...

Even if the player is lucky and chooses the most normal route to Undead Town.

For the players, it is also full of suffering and trials...

After all, this is not Lin Yao's previous life, it's a conspiracy that a player can joke about Miyazaki Hidetaka, and then have a corresponding psychological construction for the Dark Soul IP.

Players here open the game and run the map for the first time. The first thing they have to face is the maliciousness that is everywhere in the game.

What players crave is a friendly, joyful quest...

But the reality is that in this game, what they experience is death and frustration, countless missed victories, and finding a way out in confusion and chaos...

This kind of experience is really not that good for ordinary players.

They think, with this time, it's not good to play "Battlefield"? It's not good to play those light-hearted and happy games on the switch.

So soon.

In the midst of the players' complaints and yelling and killing.

The game ushered in a wave of refunds...

"I finally know why Lin Yao specially marked on the page that the game's refund time has been extended, just wait here!"

"Lin Yao also knows that her game is not friendly to players this time! Maybe refunds! Then why do you want to do this!"

"Refunded! Lin Yao is here to disgust players! Don't play! Garbage game!"

"I bought the game because of the title of "Legend of Zelda"... I'm really about to cry. Are you switch players that good? Can you play this game?"

"Uncle Lin from GNM."

"..."

The day the game was released.

The difficulty of "Dark Soul" has become one of the hottest topics in the game circle.

As for why it is one.

That's because there was Uncle Lin helping Lin Mu Studio to block the gun...

And the next day.

This situation is getting worse.

The wave of refunds also came on this day.

On the largest forum in China, many players posted screenshots of refunds, saying that they did not want to play anymore.

Such news.

Of course, Lin Yao's colleagues also saw it.

Seeing the complaints from the players, many colleagues were surprised that Linmu Studio would also miss it, and at the same time were curious, so they also downloaded the game...

...

"What kind of trash game is this!?"

sky fox.

Li Guangsheng looked at his screen with a distorted expression.

He is better.

Even the Northern Undead Hospital failed to fight...

He died directly eleven times.

After all, he doesn't usually play games,

And there is a big butt blocking the way from the very beginning of the game...

When Li Guangsheng finally found out that something was wrong, bypassing the big ass blocking the door, and found the door in the corner, he was taught a lesson by the living corpse sword master on the top floor of the Undead Court, and his patience was completely exhausted.

Like many players, he cursed directly!

"I don't understand their thinking either. This game doesn't have any positive feedback at all."

the other side.

The person in charge of the Tianhu game department shook his head, and said with some amusement: "According to the style of Linmu Studio, it shouldn't be like this. They are the game companies that give players the most positive feedback, such as that Pokémon, Even if the gameplay is simple, it still relies on excellent design ideas to kill it. But now this "Dark Soul", the gameplay is no longer simple, but the difficulty has broken through the sky, and it also entraps players all the time. Players of this game can play There will be ghosts if you have to go down.

So I guess, Lin Mu Studio, or Lin Yao wants to try a new theme, or it’s just a simple bad taste, or, it’s arrogant to think that I like to play any kind of player..."

"It's not evil! She's just arrogant!! This game will definitely fail!"

Li Guangsheng flicked the mouse vigorously, and then closed the coffin in anger and concluded: "Anyway, I can't figure out, what kind of players would want to play this game! She just thinks that she will like to play any player, and she is inflated! Self-righteous!"

at the same time.

"How can it be repaired!!!"

At the headquarters of Peria, Vice President He slammed the handle hard, cursed fiercely, and his face was distorted.

He wasn't as good as Li Guangsheng, but after coming to Rodland, he still suffered crazily.

Either being backstabbed or being attacked by mobs in the blind area of ​​vision...

And every time the death run map made him more manic!

finally.

After dying again, he was sent back by mobs on the way to run the map.

Deputy He finally couldn't hold back any longer, he dropped the handle directly and stopped playing!

"This game is rubbish!!! Shit!!!"

then.

He angrily gave his assessment.

And the new head of the marketing department standing in front of him stood solemnly, expressionless.

Although he wanted to laugh.

But I really can't laugh at this time...

"This game! It's a complete piece of shit! If such a game plan comes from our second or first party! I'll let the producer eat the plan on the spot! What!! It's even a third party! Please! I won't let a game like this land on our consoles! This is pure garbage!"

"...There is indeed too much maliciousness." The new head of the marketing department nodded in agreement.

"You tell the first-party studio and the second-party studio right away! Let them all try this game first! Then learn from it!"

look.

Deputy He seems to have really broken his defense...

After scolding, the lingering anger was still lingering, and he ordered again directly.

"Yes!" The new head of the marketing department immediately bowed in response, then resigned and left.

"...Trash!"

Deputy Ganfu He waited for the new head of the marketing department to go out and looked at the screen. The more he looked at it, the more annoying he became, and then he reached out and turned off the computer!

He was really so angry that his liver hurt!

the other side.

After the new head of the marketing department left Deputy Ganfu He's office, he didn't take the other party's words seriously.

After all, the other party seems to have been easily broken by the game...

Although it feels a little fussy, but at this time, follow the other party's instructions.

Otherwise, my predecessor in Southeast Asia will be my fate...

While thinking about it, he came to the production department of the Peria headquarters, ready to explain the words of Deputy Chief Kawa.

But as soon as he walked into the fourth production department of the Peria headquarters, he was stunned.

Because before he gave an order, he saw someone in "Dark Soul".

And that person didn't have the slightest look of pain on his face, but there was still light in his eyes...

"It's finally over..."

Vaguely.

He heard the other person's words.

Then.

He saw a smile blooming on the other person's face...the purest smile.

The new head of the marketing department hasn't seen such a pure smile for a long time. He remembers seeing it last time when he was a child...

"?"

The new head of the marketing department slowly raised a question mark.

Some do not understand.

Can you laugh out loud at this game? Are you crazy?

...

June 15th.

The tide of "Dark Souls" refunds has finally dissipated.

Although there are still some players posting that they want a refund, there are very few of them. It seems that yesterday's explosive refund has made all players give up the game.

On the forum today.

Most of them are posts denouncing 'Uncle Lin'.

But soon.

A post appears.

Many refunded players have broken their defenses...

[I saw the refund post for a day yesterday, but it’s gone today. I thought the game had failed, and everyone gave up on the game. This time, Linmu Studio made a rare miss, so I went to check the number of people online on the Vaporwave game platform... ...Heh, "Dark Soul", with 410,000 online users, my mentality has collapsed. 】

As soon as this post comes out.

moment.

A stone stirs up a thousand waves.

Many players are confused.

"Really? Is the data cost of Linmu Studio!? 400,000!? This game still has 400,000 online?"

"It must be fake, how is it possible!"

"Yesterday was a big wave of refunds!"

"No, is there anyone else who can play this game?"

"Actually... I can continue playing."

"Uh...me too, although it was really painful at first, but I don't know why, I just want to play, the fun of exploring is really great."

"Yesterday was a big wave of refunds, but don't ignore the silent majority. We are loud, but we can't ignore others. Look at the people upstairs, and then look at the live broadcast platform. A bunch of anchors are broadcasting this Game, many players laughed and asked what kind of game this is..."

below the post.

Most players are questioning, but unexpectedly, there are also different voices.

and.

The last reply also attracted the player's attention.

Live website?

soon.

Many players flocked to mainstream live streaming sites.

But when the player opens the live broadcast website, he is stupid.

on the testimonials page on the homepage.

There was a streamer playing Dark Souls.

As soon as many people came in, they just saw the anchor playing the boss...

And that was a... hard to describe boss.

In the animation.

It slowly climbed up from the swampy sewage, dragged its huge body, and appeared in the player's sight with a deep roar.

It doesn't have a face in the traditional sense, just what looks like a nose.

Further down, there are huge sharp teeth.

Its entire abdomen is a mouth full of blood!

He came in front of the players, spread his wings, and roared to the sky.

The big bloody mouth that grew on the abdomen and was full of huge sharp teeth opened wide, and besides the huge teeth on the outside, inside the big bloody mouth, there were densely packed piles of small teeth...

It looked disgusting...and shocking.

"Fuck! What the hell is this tm!?"

In the studio.

The anchor saw this and scolded directly.

And the real-time comments were beating wildly at this moment.

"Tsk tsk tsk, it's disgusting, but I have to say, it's quite shocking, dark fantasy, no one else has this kind of performance."

"I actually think the other party is so handsome, am I sick?"

"It seems to be more oppressive than the bell-watching demon. The market has opened. I bet how many times the anchor will die this time."

"I bet at least three times!"

"Mengxin ask, what kind of game is this?"

Just in the middle of the bustle.

The boss battle has begun.

The BOSS dragged its huge body, accompanied by epic music, turning the whole map upside down.

The character controlled by the anchor, standing next to the huge gluttonous dragon, looks very small.

The tension came out all of a sudden.

The moment the anchor started the BOSS, his expression changed and he became serious.

He skillfully rolled over to avoid being stepped on by the opponent's forelegs, then went around to the back and started to stab the boss's ass.

But just cut a knife.

The BOSS gluttonous dragon flapped its wings directly, flew up, and then swooped forward.

boom……

Accompanied by dust and gravel flying.

The character controlled by the anchor flew out directly.

But the anchor looks very skilled...

As soon as the character flew out and landed, he rolled and rolled, rolled and rolled a few times, directly out of the attack range, and then stared at the boss while drinking the elemental bottle.

at last.

Repeat the same trick, go around behind the boss again, and steal the knife.

It's really... so skilled that it makes people feel distressed.

"No way, can the host do it all at once?"

Seeing that the blood bar of the boss is getting less and less.

Many viewers who watched the live broadcast laughed.

And it turns out.

Although the anchor is very proficient, so proficient that it makes people feel distressed, but if you meet the boss for the first time, if you don't understand the boss's attack method, you will still suffer.

In the end, he was crushed to death by a big roc spreading its wings from the boss...

"Fuck! It's only three swords away!!"

The anchor cursed angrily when he saw the death interface appear.

"Hahaha...dish!"

"No way, this boss, the performance is so shocking, but why does it feel easier to fight than the previous boss?"

"yes."

Seeing the annoyed anchor, the audience began to tease.

The anchor glanced at it, and then retorted confidently: "What boss dish, that's because I have become stronger!"

"Oh? Become stronger? Then explain why you just escaped from the ruins of Xiaolongde?"

"Yeah, look at how fast you run."

"Then tm are ghosts! I can't hit them, but they can hit me, and they can go through walls! The map is still so dark, it's scary, and if you are not careful, you will be pulled out of the water by the ghosts and you have to fight again... My It's a strategic retreat! Do you understand!"

The anchor looked at the real-time comments again, and said stubbornly.

"That's the dish!"

In the studio.

While running the map, the anchor went to fight the current boss again, and at the same time discussed with the players whether his escape from Lund was a strategic retreat or cowardly...

In short, very lively.

And the players who came from the forum, looked at it, and saw it...

when they come to their senses

It's been almost an hour...

They witnessed with their own eyes that the anchor went through many hardships, finally defeated the boss, and came to a new scene. The feeling of sudden enlightenment not only made the anchor say "Wuhu", but even the players watching the live broadcast couldn't help but "Wuhu" ' with a sound...

As for the rest of the time, the streamer suffered as much as ordinary players.

but.

Probably not because of playing by myself.

Looks like... the game is really fun!

Although the map is full of malice, the dark and magical style is really displayed vividly. The tension of exploring new maps, the horror of encountering enemies, and the oppressive feeling of facing the boss are really amazing! Very exciting!

Moreover, the map design of this game is really exquisite.

Although the anchor of the live broadcast didn't understand, he just ran around blindly, but sometimes he ran blindly to a place, and suddenly opened a door, and that familiar feeling came over his face.

Then both the anchor and the players reacted.

This is a shortcut.

And such situations abound.

The map of this game seems to extend in all directions, and there are roads everywhere.

And every time they go to a new area, players and streamers feel like they have opened up a new world. The streamers don’t know about the freshness of exploring the unknown, but the viewers are really looking forward to it.

No wonder there are so many players asking what game this is...

Many players who came from the forum looked at it, were fascinated, and when they suddenly came back to their senses, they all came up with an idea at the same time.

"How do you feel... this game is quite interesting?"

That's how a lot of refunded gamers feel...

They bought the game, but most of them explored the undead town outside the city, and they were tortured so much that they didn't want to play.

They don't know anything about the scenes behind the game and what they encounter.

this will.

The anchor revealed some secrets for them.

They didn't expect it.

There will be so much content behind the game...

This world is so... interesting.

Many players turned off the live broadcast after watching it.

For some reason, they suddenly don't want to be spoiled...

...

Here, the refunded player is watching the live broadcast.

And the other side.

Those online players are definitely not all anchors. In fact, many ordinary players are playing games...

At first, these people may have had the idea of ​​'I don't believe that even a boss can't beat', 'I'd like to see what Lin Yao can do for me in the future'.

To put it simply...not convinced.

But slowly, as they played around, they fell.

Pengcheng.

In a video game store.

Uncle Lin Wang Ang, whom everyone misses, came out from inside, holding a pair of new Switch joycon handles in his hand.

He put the handle in his bag, and went to his studio.

And as soon as he got to the studio.

I was taken aback.

The person in charge of the studio stood at the door with a serious face.

"What's wrong?"

When Wang Ang saw the person in charge, he paid special attention to his hand to see if there was a knife in his hand... After confirming that there was no one, he breathed a sigh of relief.

Think too much.

I haven't exposed myself, so I won't.

With this thought in mind, he leaned forward.

Seeing Wang Ang, the person in charge replied, "It's nothing. A few players came over earlier and said they wanted to find Uncle Lin, saying that these are the only outsourcing studios that Linmu Studio cooperates with. They looked like they were looking for provocation. , I’m a little worried, so I’ll just stare here for a while.”

"..."

Wang Ang broke out in a cold sweat.

As for it! ! !

"By the way, do you know who the person who leaked the secret is? Linmu Studio said it was someone from our side. I didn't believe it at first... But I read the post posted by Uncle Lin, and I have to admit, After all, as soon as we distributed the reference pictures here, the other party posted."

"have no idea!"

Wang Ang answered instantly!

"Well, all right, let's go in... that bastard, don't let me catch him! In fact, let alone the player, I want to find him! I almost dropped the switch when I was playing "Dark Soul" yesterday!"

The person in charge nodded, and then signaled Wang Ang to go in.

Probably because of the good relationship between the two.

The person in charge didn't doubt him.

but.

Hear the words of the person in charge.

Wang Ang broke out in cold sweat again, his legs were shaking...

Can't be exposed! Can't be exposed! Can't be exposed!

Otherwise, the online reality will die together...

He walked into the studio tremblingly, then ran to the toilet without doing anything.

Close the toilet cubicle door.

Wang Ang sat on the toilet seat and wiped the sweat from his forehead.

Lin Mu Studio misunderstood me! ! !

With a mournful face, Wang Ang shouted silently, took out the switch console in his bag, put the newly bought joycon controller on it, and then opened "Dark Soul"...

As for why you want to open Dark Souls.

Wang Ang didn't know either.

Obviously he felt that Linmu Studio was messing around.

Obviously he felt that the game was full of malice.

Obviously this game made him a street mouse.

But don't know why.

After a night of calm.

He still wants to play.

He thought he could beat that boss!

And he wanted to reach the area where the boss blocked the way, and wanted to see what scenery there was...

Wang Ang felt that he might be crazy.

Or shake M yourself.

But he did want to try again.

Then……

An inexplicable sound came from the toilet of Yika studio soon.

"Fuck! I have to shoot arrows to make trouble when I beat the boss, isn't it sick!"

"No, I have to deal with the monsters above first."

"Hey... isn't there a falling attack? Then can I seduce the boss to appear on the stage, and then jump down to give the boss a big one?"

"It's really good! It's cool!!!"

"Roll! Roll! Roll!"

"ah……"

"Jump Slash! Fall Attack! Roll! Finally!!!"

"You!! Die!!"

Wang Ang yelled.

Fortunately, there is no one in the toilet here.

Otherwise he will be sprayed again.

But Wang Ang really couldn't help it, the feeling of finally defeating the boss after working so hard for so long really made him unable to help himself...

He picked up the things dropped by the boss, and impatiently manipulated the character to move forward.

On the other side of the door, it was still very dark, but after going around a few times, the exit was in front of him.

And there is a red mark on the exit ground.

"There are still tutorials here?"

Wang Ang looked at the mark on the ground with some doubts.

On the red stamp, not a tutorial.

But the words of the players.

【Superb view ahead】

"Huh? Superb view?"

Wang Ang walked out with doubts.

The environment suddenly became brighter.

The field of vision suddenly widened.

As far as the eye can see, the sea of ​​clouds is piled up, and the sun shines through the clouds and falls in beams, just like a painting...

It is indeed beautiful.

"It's really a stunning view."

Wang Ang saw the scene outside. At this moment, he even felt... "Dark Soul" is a good game.

He thought he might really be crazy...

But the newly discovered sense of joy after fighting the boss so hard is really refreshing...

...

Same day.

The scores of "Dark Soul" from the major game media evaluations are released.

And the rating of this game is not as low as some players expected.

On the contrary, they were all as high as nine points or more!

At the same time, the overseas game circle, because of the rating... directly exploded!

It's not that the score is low, it's not that the score is high... It's just that a bunch of players fighting in the game came out to speak.

"This is the game I've played the most since entering the new era!"

"Continuously challenge powerful enemies and unlock the secrets scattered in this land... It's really cool! I really didn't expect that there would be a game company making this type of game. It feels like returning to the golden age , and again, it's really cool."

"God, do you know how happy I am these days? Go play Dark Souls!"

"There are very few games that bring me such a desire to explore... There are really surprises all the time! I know that the difficulty of this game may dissuade some people, but everyone, think about the games you played when you were young. Experience, keep playing, you will gain an unprecedented experience."

"I thought that this game company from the East would repeat the old tricks after finishing The Legend of Zelda, but unexpectedly, they brought me such a different game experience... It's really great! "

"This is the real game!"

"..."

In fact, there are many overseas players who cannot adapt to the difficulty and choose to refund.

In the beginning, it was also very powerful.

But soon.

This game, the silent majority, also popped up...

And Linmu Studio also announced the sales of new works at the same time, as if to cooperate with players and ratings.

three days.

2.61 million!

"?"

Tianhu, Li Guangsheng saw the sales announced by Linmu Studio, and slowly put a question mark.

"?"

At the headquarters of Peria, Vice President He also slowly raised a question mark.

Two million for this garbage game?

What about a wave of refunds! ?

A few days ago, in order to write ARMS, I specially turned out the game and played four or five games, and then my arm was sore until now... Then I remembered that I hadn’t exercised for a long time, and at the same time I felt that I was really no longer young.

The real feeling of middle-aged people comes at once...

ah……