Liu Liang was a little crazy: "Then my identity as a prophet is completely ruined, isn't it? I never thought that I, an old man with a great reputation, would overturn in such a rubbish game?
"No, I can't figure out why this kind of game gets 'rave reviews'!"
Predicting the evaluation and sales of games has always been Liu Liang's video repertoire. Since he became the host of UP, the overall prediction accuracy rate is as high as 80%, and the previous six prediction videos were all successful.
However, this time it capsized in the gutter!
This made Liu Liang feel heartbroken, just like playing a chess game and enjoying a winning streak while enjoying the interest, but he overturned when he played last place and thought he would win for sure.
How uncomfortable!
Soon, Liu Liang discovered something more disturbing than the failure of prediction.
In the comment area of the video, the most popular long comment has more likes than his video!
You know, anyone who can see this comment has to click on this video first. This means that the audience’s recognition of this comment is even higher than the content of Liu Liang’s video!
"I have always agreed with Lao Niu before, but this time I have to disagree. Yesterday I saw Lao Niu playing "Zen". At first I thought it was just an ordinary garbage game, but gradually, I realized
Things seemed not as simple as I thought, so I tried it myself.
"After in-depth experience, I understand why Lao Niu's prediction failed! I also understand why this game has received 'rave reviews'. Because this game is not actually a garbage game, but is very philosophical.
Like its name, it is full of meditation!"
The corners of Liu Liang's mouth twitched slightly, what the hell!
Why is this game so full of meditation and philosophy? You are talking nonsense!
Liu Liang was very dissatisfied and continued to read.
“When I first played this game, I had the same doubts as everyone else: What on earth does this game want me to do?
"In the four chapters, we have different modes of action and different purposes. We have to play prisoners, trees, mountains and stone bridges respectively, and we are always in a state of restricted freedom.
“When we play as prisoners, although our area of action is limited to one cell, we can at least move around and see where we want with complete freedom;
“When we play as a tree, we can’t move. We can only sway a little and turn the perspective when the wind blows;
"When it came time to play the mountain, we couldn't even move our perspective slightly. We could only passively watch the mountain rotate and play some notes that only we could hear.
“In the end, we became stone bridges, unable to move or play notes, and could only remain motionless forever.
"From the perspective of freedom, our freedom is constantly restricted and our ability to move is constantly deprived. This is obviously contrary to the attempts of general games to 'continuously improve the player's freedom'.
"Why does this game do this? If it is just a randomly produced garbage game, then the four chapters can be developed and sold separately, and divided into "Prison Simulator" and "Big Tree Simulator"
", "Big Mountain Simulator", "Stone Bridge Simulator", maybe that can deceive more people.
"But the producers just combined these four chapters, gave them names, and arranged special transition animations.
"Obviously, this is intentional by the producer. After in-depth experience, I think these four chapters are actually full of philosophy. Here, I will analyze it with my superficial knowledge:
"This game is actually about the three realms of life: seeing yourself, seeing the world, and seeing all living beings!
"In the beginning, we were just ordinary prisoners in the prison. Our vision was limited to the narrow space in the cell. This was 'seeing ourselves'. And the only way for us to escape from the prison was to stare at the painting and see the picture.
Free your mind from the prison and enter the world of that tree.
"In other words, the big tree simulator in the second stage is actually the inner world of a prisoner. By staring at the painting, he constructs a real wilderness in his mind.
"When it comes to the chapters 'Tree' and 'Mountain', we change from 'seeing ourselves' to 'seeing the world'. We not only see trees and mountains, but also start to think about problems from the perspective of trees and mountains.
"We play the role of a big tree that has withstood the wind, sun and rain. As we continue to turn our perspective and further expand our thoughts to the entire wilderness, our thoughts will further open up, from trees to mountains, and our behavior will also change from turning like this.
The concrete behavior became the abstract behavior of playing notes.
“Our freedom of action is gradually being restricted, but our freedom of thought is constantly improving!
"And from the 'mountain' to the 'bridge' is 'seeing all living beings'. We saw the big stone on the top of the mountain rolled down, and after people carved it, it turned into a stone bridge.
"Although the stone bridge cannot move, it can still see the various states of living beings.
"During Lao Niu's live broadcast before, a barrage mentioned that the stone bridge is actually an allusion related to Zen: I would like to transform into a stone bridge and be exposed to the wind for five hundred years, the sun for five hundred years, and the rain for five hundred years.
, just asking her to pass by the bridge.
"It's a pity that no one could continue to interpret this idea at the time. I don't think that you can see the woman passing by by hanging up here in Shiqiao. What the game expresses should not be small love, but big love, not
A specific woman, but all living beings.
"One might ask, what happened to our bodies in the end? What happened to the original prisoners?
"You have already 'meeted all sentient beings'. Does it matter what your physical body is like?"
“The four chapters of Lao, Tree, Mountain, and Bridge seem to be unrelated, but if you look carefully, you will find that they are actually closely related to the theme of ‘Zen’.
"Of course, this is not Lao Niu's fault. After all, the time to experience this game is short, and the perception of the game varies from person to person.
"But having said that, why did Lao Niu fail in his prediction? Why did this game receive 'rave reviews' and sales are still very impressive? This means that most players also feel what I want from this game.
The artistic conception mentioned. They may not be able to summarize these philosophies, but they can gain inner peace from the game.
"Don't think this game is rubbish just because you have finished it online, because after you actually play it, you will find that the graphics of this game are very good, the materials are very detailed, and there are some thoughts that can only be experienced by playing it yourself.
"Is this game worth it? In my opinion, 5 yuan is really worth it. It has beautiful scenery and is larger than ordinary mini-games. The transition between the four chapters is not like solving a puzzle, but more like a puzzle."
This change in the way of thinking is really interesting to savor!
"This game only has a fixed playing time of two or three hours, and the longer you play, the more you will think about it. In the minds of players who really like it, this is no longer a game, but
It's a beautiful work of art!
"No more talking, I will continue to play the role of the big tree."
After reading this long review of more than a thousand words, Liu Liang was shocked.
Is this okay?
Judging from the number of likes, it is obvious that everyone really agrees with this statement, and even many players who have played this game have expressed that they have gained similar insights.
Liu Liang continued to read more comments, as well as the comment section of the official store of "Zen", and the more he read, the more he felt sad.
There are really good reviews everywhere!
Of course, some of these good reviews are just following the trend, not taking it too seriously to watch the excitement, and thinking, "I must not be blind to such a silly game, and I must share it with more people."
But it is true that a large number of players are not following the trend, but really think this game is fun!
If this group of people hadn't pushed up the praise rating from the beginning, it would have been impossible to turn the game's rating into "rave reviews" just by relying on these followers.
In the face of the iron-clad reality, Liu Liang had to admit: his prediction was really wrong!
He originally thought that this game would have mostly negative reviews, with mixed reviews at most, and sales would definitely not be too high, but now, he found that he was completely wrong!
Liu Liang could only silently prepare for the lottery, and at the same time he really started to think about life because of this game.
It's just that we don't think about life in the game, but think about life outside the game.
How could this kind of game become so popular? Is this "stranger" really a game design genius?
"My ten thousand yuan..."
…
At this time, I was in the Xinglu Internet Cafe.
Lu Zhixing did not know that the poor victim Liu Liangzheng was in crisis because of "Zen", because after using this anchor to create initial popularity for the game, Lu Zhixing stopped paying attention.
At this time, Lu Zhixing was more interested in game data.
"The sales and reputation are both good. It's worth risking the company's life to get the materials!"
So far, the PC version of this game has sold over 10,000 copies. The VR version has sold less, but it has also sold more than 2,000 copies.
Since he is a new creator, he has to share it 50-50 with the official platform, but even so, his estimated income is already close to 40,000 yuan!
What's more, this game has only been online for two days, and it will usher in a period of explosive popularity.
Calculating it this way, the goal of earning 100,000 yuan in the life-playing game should be just around the corner.
The production cost of Lu Zhixing was very low. He didn't spend any money. He just risked the death of the society to play the role of a big tree.
It’s good to have a golden finger!
Lu Zhixing planned to cash out all the money he had saved in a few days to help his brother Lu Mingyuan tide over the difficulties first.
Although it is still not enough to completely change the fate of Internet cafes, it is enough to allow Internet cafes to persist for a while.
"This game has almost come to an end. Next, take classes and accumulate inspiration. After earning 100,000 yuan, you can activate the official version of the 'Life Playing Game'."
Although the popularity of the game "Zen" has just begun to take off, for the producer Lu Zhixing, once the game is completed, put on the shelves, and made money, this matter can basically be turned over.
This weekend, Lu Zhixing has been busy. First, he was busy collecting materials and making games, and then he was busy going to Liu Liang's live broadcast room to fish, oh no, to promote the game. It passed in the blink of an eye.
Tomorrow is Monday and he has to go back to class.
"Speaking of which, what do game design majors in this world study? I'm quite curious."
In Lu Zhixing's previous life, there was no game design major in universities, and even the e-sports major was only offered by a handful of universities.
But the situation in this world is different. As an important cultural industry, games are highly valued. In universities, game design is even a popular major.
Although Lu Zhixing was a bad planner in his previous life, he was self-taught after all. His ability to write design drafts was all learned in a game company, and he had no theoretical reserves.
When I came to this world, and I happened to major in game design, of course I had to learn it seriously from scratch.
After all, I was a social animal who accomplished nothing in my previous life. I finally traveled through time and I have a golden finger. Of course I have to go all out to achieve something!
