There is a Problem with This Online Game Planning

  Chapter 452 What about the promised refund wave?

  June 14th.

   "Dark Souls" release day.

   Players complained, screaming and killing...

  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 guys!

pain! It hurts so much.

   Playing Dark Souls really hurts!

   Now is not the old days!

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

  Although there are difficulties.

   But almost all the time to stimulate 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 mechanism of mob resurrection, is almost several times that of playing other games...

  And the map of "Dark Soul" is really too complicated, not to mention going around, and 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, find a new way out, die again.

   This is how the player experiences the game...

  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, but a conspiracy that players can joke about Miyazaki Hidetaka, and then have a corresponding psychological construction for the Dark Soul IP.

  The 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 feel that it is not good to play "Battlefield" with this time? It's not good to play those light-hearted and happy games on the switch.

   So soon.

  Amidst the players' complaints and shouts of beating 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, so I'll 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! Stop playing! Trash game!"

   "I bought the game because of the title of "The Legend of Zelda"... I really want to cry, so you switch players are so 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 is Uncle Lin helping Linmu 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 domestic forum, many players posted screenshots of refunds, saying that they did not want to play anymore.

   Such news.

  Lin Yao’s colleagues certainly saw it too.

  Many peers saw the complaints from the players, and were amazed that Linmu Studio would miss it, and curious, so they downloaded the game...

  …

   "What kind of **** game is this!?"

  Sky fox.

  Li Guangsheng looked at his screen with a distorted expression.

  He is even better.

  Northern Undead Hospital failed to fight...

   directly died eleven times.

   After all, he usually doesn’t play games,

   And the game starts with a big **** in the way...

   When Li Guangsheng finally found out that something was wrong, he bypassed the big **** 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 he likes to play whatever 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 his coffin with embarrassment and anger: "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!!!"

  Peria Headquarters, Vice President He slammed the handle hard, cursed hard, and his face was contorted.

  He is not as good as Li Guangsheng, but after coming to Rodland, he still suffers crazily.

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

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

finally.

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

  Fufu He finally couldn't hold back anymore, he just dropped the handle and stopped playing!

   "This game is garbage! Shit!"

   Next.

  He gave his evaluation angrily.

  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 pile 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! Even if it's a third party! Please! Fuck me! I won't let a game like this land on our consoles! This is pure rubbish!"

   "...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.

  The deputy chief of the river seems to have really broken the defense...

   After scolding, the anger still lingered, and he ordered again.

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

   "...garbage stuff!"

  After He and other new marketing department heads went out, he 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 the office of Deputy Ganfu He, he did not take the other party's words seriously.

   After all, the opponent seems to have been well defended by the game...

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

   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 he didn't even give an order, and saw someone in "Dark Soul".

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

   "It's finally over..."

   Indistinctly.

  He heard the other party'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 while playing this game? Are you crazy?

  …

  June 15th.

  The wave of refunds for Dark Souls 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 quickly.

   A post appears.

   Let many refunded players break 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... Oh, "Dark Soul", with 410,000 online users, my mentality has collapsed. 】

  As soon as this post comes out.

   Instantly.

  One stone stirs up waves.

   Many players are confused.

   "Is it true!? The data cost of Linmu Studio!? 400,000!? This game still has 400,000 online?"

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

   "There was a huge wave of refunds yesterday!"

   "No, can anyone still play this game?"

   "Actually... I can continue playing."

   "Eh... 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..."

   Post below.

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

and.

  The last reply also attracted the player's attention.

  Live site?

soon.

  Many players flocked to mainstream live streaming sites.

  And the player is stupid when they open the live broadcast website.

  Home page recommended page.

   There is a streamer who is 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 swamp-like 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, only a nose-like thing.

   Then down, there are huge sharp teeth.

   Its entire abdomen is a mouth full of blood!

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

  The **** mouth full of huge sharp teeth that grows on the abdomen is wide open, and in addition to the huge teeth on the outside, there are densely packed piles of small teeth inside the big mouth...

   Looks disgusting...and shocking.

   "Fuck! What the **** is this tm!?"

  In the live broadcast room.

  The anchor saw this and cursed directly.

   And the real-time comments are also jumping wildly at this time.

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

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

   "I bet at least three times!"

   "Mengxin, what kind of game is this?"

   Just in the middle of the bustle.

   The boss battle has begun.

  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 voracious 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 rolled skillfully to avoid being stamped on by the opponent's forelegs, then went around to the back and started to poke the boss's ass.

   But just cut a knife.

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

boom…

  Accompanies dust and gravel to fly.

  The character controlled by the anchor flew out directly.

   But the anchor looks so 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 old trick, go around the boss again, and steal the knife.

  Really... so proficient that it makes people feel distressed.

   "No way, can the host do it once this time?"

  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 when you first meet the boss, if you don't understand the boss's attack method, you will still suffer.

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

   "Fuck! It's only three cuts away!"

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

   "Hahaha...dish!"

   "No way, this BOSS, the performance is so shocking, but it feels better than the previous BOSS, what's the matter?"

"yes."

  The audience saw the annoyed anchor, and they all started to tease.

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

   "Oh? Has become stronger? Then explain why you just escaped from the ruins of Lund?"

   "Yeah, it looks like you run so fast."

"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 accidentally get pulled out of the water by the ghosts, you have to fight again... I'm that Strategic retreat! Do you understand!"

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

   "That's the dish!"

  In the live broadcast room.

   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 counseling...

  In short, it was 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 other times, this streamer suffers just like ordinary players.

but.

  Probably not because of playing by myself.

  Looks like... the game is really fun!

  Although maliciousness is everywhere on the map, the dark magic style is really displayed to the fullest. 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 then suddenly came back to their senses, they all came up with an idea in unison.

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

   This is how many 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.

   Somehow, 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 streamers. In fact, many ordinary players are playing games...

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

   Simply put, it's... not convinced.

   But slowly, as they played around, they fell.

   Pengcheng.

  In a video game store.

   Uncle Lin Wang Ang, whom everyone missed, came out from inside, holding a pair of new Switchjoycon 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.

   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.

  Thought too much.

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

  With this 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 that, after all As soon as we distributed the reference pictures here, the other party posted."

"do not know!"

  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 played "Dark Soul" yesterday!"

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

   Probably because the relationship between the two is good.

  The person in charge did not doubt him.

but.

   Hear the words of the person in charge.

  Wang Ang sweated again, his legs were shaking...

   Cannot 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.

  Linmu Studio misunderstood me!

  Wang Ang cried, and shouted silently, took out the switch console in his bag, put the newly bought joycon handle 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 calming down.

  He still wants to play.

  He thinks he can beat that BOSS!

   And he wants to reach the area where the boss blocks the road, and wants to see what scenery there is...

  Wang Ang felt that he might be crazy.

   Or shake M yourself.

   But he did want to try again.

Then…

  Inexplicable sounds soon came from the toilet of Yika Studio.

   "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 monster 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!"

"what…"

   "Jump and hack! Fall attack! Roll! Finally!"

   "Damn you! Die!"

   Wang Ang yelled.

   Fortunately, there is no one in the toilet.

   Otherwise he will be sprayed again.

  But Wang Ang really couldn't help it, the feeling of finally defeating the boss after working 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 forward.

  It was still very dark at the door, but after going around a few times, the exit was in front of us.

   And there is a red mark on the exit ground.

   "Is there a tutorial here?"

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

   On the red stamp, not a tutorial.

   But the player's words.

  【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 bunches, just like a painting...

  It is indeed beautiful.

   "It's really a superb view."

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

  He thinks he might really be crazy...

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

  …

   Also on the same day.

  The ratings 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 all scored above nine points!

  At the same time, overseas game circles were blown up because of the ratings...!

   It's not that the score is low, nor is it that the score is high... but a bunch of players who fought hard in the game came out to speak.

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

"Constantly challenging powerful enemies and unlocking 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. 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 your experience of playing games when you were young , keep playing, and 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. Unexpectedly, they brought me such an alternative 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.

   At 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 slowly put a question mark when he saw the sales announced by Linmu Studio.

   "?"

  Peria Headquarters, Vice President He also slowly raised a question mark.

   Two million in this garbage game?

   The promised refund tide! ?

   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 being middle-aged comes at once...

what…

  (end of this chapter)