Regarding the so-called game confession posted by Chen Xu on his official blog.
The players collectively expressed that they could not believe a word of these words!
Although it is true that many media editors have forwarded it.
But players are not that naive, even if occasionally some players really believe it and enter the game.
After a few minutes, and ten minutes later, accompanied by a very appropriate BGM, and the beautiful posture of falling from the sky, they will understand what the core of this game is.
Life is hard? Bullshit! Do you believe this
However, although this sledgehammer game directly broke the lowest score achieved on the Nebula gaming platform, it even scored a low failing score of 5.1.
However, the number of downloads of the game is rising every day, and there are also a lot of topics surrounding this game among players.
The main reason is that this game is very popular on live broadcast platforms and video platforms.
Because after being abused, many players find that playing this kind of game is extremely painful.
But if you watch other people play, the experience is simply a two-level inversion.
Two words to describe it: happy!
Especially when watching the anchor reach some crucial points while playing, and then the magic soldiers airborne, going around and around again to the original starting point.
That would make people happier.
In the live broadcast room of this game, you can often see similar barrages.
'Welcome home! '
'It's just starting all over again! '
'You have to play games with a smile. '
'Where dreams begin. '
Countless anchors and video authors are also enjoying and experiencing this game in pain.
If you enjoy it, that's when they find out about live streaming this kind of game.
The live broadcast effect is indeed much better. The number of viewers and comments are more than usual, and even the atmosphere is much more harmonious.
When playing other games, if you make a mistake, the barrage in the live broadcast room will be more violent.
Comments such as 'The anchor is really a loser', 'You can die even if you do this', 'It's better than you to drop rice on the keyboard and let chickens peck at it'. This type of barrage can be said to be very common.
But when playing this game, if you make a mistake, the barrages in the live broadcast room will be very uniform.
They are all gloating about their misfortune, hahaha.
After all, everyone is here to see your mistake. If you don’t fall, they won’t be happy!
The only thing that's a bit hard to bear is that it's easy to get high blood pressure when playing this game.
My little heart can't bear it!
This antihypertensive drug has become a common medicine at home.
On various video websites, one after another live video footage of game anchors having a mental breakdown was posted.
The hopeless expressions on each anchor's face after returning to the same starting point in different locations confirmed how tragic a blow they had suffered in this game.
Also due to the spread of these channels, many new players, after hearing the name of this game, are ready to experience it out of curiosity and other factors.
After experiencing it, he became one of the people who left self-deprecating comments such as "I am a bad pen" in the comment area.
There were even some dedicated anchors who cosplayed a series of tank men with reference to the water tank sofa and hammer from Nebula Games at the exhibition, using body sense to experience the game.
It seems that there is a sense of joy in suffering and enjoying the game.
Of course, more players and viewers simply thought that another crazy player had appeared.
But not all players have gone completely crazy. There are also some speedrunning videos on the Internet.
In the fastest video, there is a player who cleared the level in just over 2 minutes.
It attracted the admiration of countless people.
How skillfully you swing this hammer!
How many times do you have to fall from the garbage mountain to become so skilled!
And the process of this game is so short
Of course, for most ordinary players, just take a look.
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While "Hammer Ascension" is spreading among the player community, many designers in the game industry who are concerned about it express their confusion.
"Which of you paid attention to Chen Xu's game? It's really unreasonable!"
"Yeah! There's nothing wrong with this game. The whole quality is very poor, but why is it so popular?"
"Yes, Chen Xu's games in the past either had excellent plots, excellent levels, or novel gameplay, but this game? It feels like it's awkward everywhere. The only good thing is probably that the dropped BGM is pretty good, right? "
"Yeah, I didn't understand. This popularity performance is not even worse than the previous "Two People"."
"It's so evil, what's going on with this ghost game?"
"After playing for ten minutes, I was already persuaded to quit. I don't understand why this game is so fun!"
"You have made a mistake. The actual play rate of this game is actually very low. It is more about players trying it early and the popularity of live broadcasts and videos. However, for low-cost games, whether it is a low-price buyout or With free advertising, if it can be half or even one-third as popular as this game, it will be considered a success."
Many game designers are having discussions in the forum, but some game designers have seen the trick.
It can be said that games like Sledgehammer can be regarded as a standard live broadcast game.
The so-called live broadcast games refer to games that look very special.
From a certain perspective, "Two for Two", "Dark Soul" and "Escape" can also be regarded as live broadcast games.
But the difference is that these games all have an essential gameplay core.
The so-called ornamental quality is just incidental.
The content in the game itself is enough to conquer players.
But Sledgehammer is different. The original intention of creating the game itself is to let the original author see the players being abused in it, and then make themselves feel happy.
Masochism is at the heart of this game.
This also leads to the fact that watching other people play this type of game is much more interesting than playing it yourself.
Anyway, it’s not you who suffers.
Because of this, it is becoming more and more popular on live broadcast platforms.
After all, if players play by themselves, they will definitely not be able to persist.
But the anchor is different. Audiences like to watch it. In order to create the effect of the program, the anchor will still play even though his consciousness is blurred and his blood pressure is elevated.
With the help of the two, this seemingly simple game has directly become a popular game.
And with more people watching, there will naturally be players who want to experience it themselves. Of course, the fate of these players is also doomed.
In the office of Nebula Games, Chen Xu also analyzed the characteristics of this unique game for Qin Yi, Ruan Ningxue and others.
"So Mr. Chen, what you said on the official blog before is indeed false!" Ruan Ningxue's focus was not on the game at all.
"That's right, Mr. Chen, you really just want to see players being abused!" Yang Xin also looked at Chen Xu with wide eyes.
"Mr. Chen, does the warrior who loves love no longer have love?" Qin Yi couldn't help but complain.
"Okay, everyone, hurry up and get back to work. The progress of "Dark Souls: Age of First Fire" must be accelerated! The lovely players are still waiting for us!" Chen Xu coughed twice and changed the subject.
Seeing everyone return to their posts, Chen Xu also stretched himself.
It doesn't matter what the warrior of love is, because the misunderstandings and prejudices of this player are getting deeper and deeper!
He couldn't believe anything he said, which made him very hurt!
Shaking his head, sighing inwardly, Chen Xu also confirmed with Target Software some plans for the overseas version of "Dark Souls: Age of First Fire".
There are still two months until the launch. According to the current progress, it is not a problem at all.
However, in-game translation and related promotion channels must be negotiated in advance with the target software.