Feng Kangshun looked at several friends who still showed online play, and their status had not changed since noon.
Finally I couldn't bear it anymore.
He found a friend with whom he usually chatted best, then opened the chat window and sent him a message.
"Brother, is the game "Civilization" really that fun? I see you have played it until now."
Click Send.
But after the message was sent, it was like a mud cow drowning in the sea, and I didn't receive a reply for a long time.
Until, Feng Kangshun was a little impatient with waiting.
The reply just popped up.
“Fun.”
Just one word.
Then it's over.
It feels like don’t disturb him while playing games...
Feng Kangshun looked at the reply and twitched the corner of his mouth. Do you think I care about you? I just want to explain what is so fun about this game. I wonder if I should buy it.
You just said something fun?
That's right.
Feng Kangshun was indeed a little moved.
Whenever Linmu Studio releases a new game, a lot of his friends will gather to play it, and occasionally Feng Kangshun himself will be among them.
But no matter how good a new game is.
No matter how immersed everyone is in playing, they usually take a break.
For example, at time points such as the afternoon and early morning, many players will choose to turn off the game.
Although the next day, we could see them continuing to play.
But this time, whenever Feng Kangshun goes to watch, he can see them online and playing all the time, which is quite outrageous. This has never happened before.
Is it really that fun?
This idea arises spontaneously, and it is understandable that the urge to start the game arises.
"Where's the fun? I remember you said you didn't like this type of game before."
Feng Kangshun thought for a while and sent another message to the other party.
The other party still didn't respond.
After a long time.
Then he replied: "It's fun... I don't know! I won't say it anymore, I'm so angry! Damn Gandhi! He said he advocated non-violence and non-cooperation, and he was the first to drop a nuclear bomb!"
"?"
Feng Kangshun saw his friend's message and slowly raised a question mark.
Then, I became even more excited.
Nuclear bomb?
By the way, it seems that the game's promotional video does say that players should control the development of the entire civilization... then it is normal to be able to research nuclear bombs.
interesting.
Feng Kangshun looked at his friend's information, then looked at the Vaporwave game platform, closed the chat window, and turned around to find a real friend.
"exist?"
"what?"
"What are you doing?"
"Getting ready to go to bed. I played "Bloodlust" all day today! It's really exciting! The Game player really made the right bet this time. I took a look before closing the game, and the multiplayer mode entered instantly! There are a lot of players, check it out on the Vaporwave game platform
Danger is coming.
By the way, do you want to give it a try? This game is really worth buying! Although it doesn’t have a long-term operation like “Breakout”, if you like FPS, it’s worth playing.”
Feng Kangshun's real-life friends told him a lot, and also gave him Amway games.
But Feng Kangshun was not tempted.
He is very familiar with the FPS game type, and in his mind, "Breakout" is the best in the world! There is nothing to say about this.
He is now more concerned about game types that he doesn't understand, such as "Civilization" that a dozen friends have played for more than ten hours...
"As for FPS, I see that "Civilization" on the Vaporwave game platform seems to be played by many people, and the reviews are very good. Do you want to give it a try together?"
He quickly replied with a message.
"?"
His real-life friend directly sent him a question: "Crazy, it's already early in the morning. I'm crazy to play some turn-based strategy game with you. I'll continue to play "Bloodlust" tomorrow after I've had enough sleep."
?"
"You go to bed so early? Why don't you lie in bed and play Splatoon? Give it a try! Anyway, you can get a refund within two hours."
Feng Kangshun replied: "I'm really curious. Aren't you curious? Look at your friends list. Are everyone playing?"
"... Damn it, is everyone really playing?"
The friend on the other end paused, and then replied: "I don't understand, isn't FPS unhappy? Or is Linmu Studio too famous? Are these people following the trend?"
Feng Kangshun said bewilderedly: "Why do you care about him? Anyway, I am quite curious. Are you curious? Do you want to give it a try? It's not fun. If you really can't accept it, I will give you a refund in two hours. You can go to bed and continue playing your ""
"Bloodthirsty".
"You can just play alone, why are you dragging me along?"
"I feel bored playing alone. Let's try to connect the microphone, and you can tell us whether you want to come or not!"
"...Okay, let's give it a try."
opposite.
Feng Kangshun's friend looked at the Vaporwave game platform, thought of the refund mechanism, and saw that there were indeed many friends playing, so he agreed without any psychological pressure.
but.
Promise is a promise.
He did not forget to add at the end: "Don't get up, I will go to bed at three o'clock and play "Bloodlust" tomorrow."
"OK."
Feng Kangshun agreed, and then the two of them logged into Kaihei and purchased the game together.
The game starts downloading.
The two took this time to chat about their recent situations.
The download speed of the game is quite fast.
The two of them didn't chat for long, and the progress bar was already two-thirds of the way through.
"It feels like the Internet speed has been much faster recently. Do you feel it?"
Feng Kangshun glanced at the download page and suddenly sighed.
"Recently, there has been talk of a large-scale broadband speed increase, which is normal."
The friend replied, and then said: "However, in addition, the network of the Vaporwave game platform is indeed faster than other software. After all, didn't Linmu Studio say some time ago that it would optimize the network? I saw people on the forum saying that they also
We have added servers in various regions. It’s a big expense and it’s not surprising that we are unhappy.
The Game Player is pretty bad in this aspect. Hey, it’s always good and bad in China. It’s particularly stupid. I downloaded “Bloodlust” for almost half a day...Linmu Studio did a really good job in this regard.”
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Feng Kangshun was slightly startled when he heard his friend's words and then reacted.
It seems true...
Although the Vaporwave game platform does not feel like a big move, and the players' feelings are not obvious. It is not like the Game Player giving away games or the exclusive third-party masterpieces that attract much attention, but Linmu Studio has indeed been doing it to optimize the network environment and community...
He, a person who doesn't pay attention to Internet speed at all, discovered that the download speed has become faster.
Moreover, when he thinks about it now, he thinks it's outrageous. Why would he dare to ask his friends to play a game he hasn't purchased yet at twelve o'clock in the morning?
Isn’t it because you subconsciously feel that games on the Vaporwave gaming platform will be available soon?
Lin Mu Studio’s silent move to moisturize things... hiss.
Feng Kangshun suddenly understood why Linmu Studio chose to optimize the network and community quietly, regardless of the other party sending games.
This is to enhance core competitiveness in silence.
"Stop talking, I'm done here. Are you okay?"
At this time, his friend suddenly interrupted Feng Kangshun's thoughts.
"...Almost, you go in first to get familiar with it and see how to connect, it will be fine soon." Feng Kangshun immediately came back to his senses and replied, throwing the unnecessary thoughts behind his mind. After all, he is just an ordinary player. Thinking of
I thought about it, but I didn’t have much impression.
"Fine."
The friend responded, then fell silent and opened the game.
Unlike Kang Yi, who directly clicked Quick Start, he chose the teaching mode to familiarize himself with the game operations and elements first.
but.
Probably because my friend was nearby and I had never played a strategy game before.
While he was playing, he was also complaining.
"I knew that no matter how majestic the promotional video was, the final game would look like this... small grids. I never understood what was so fun about this kind of game. It's not like an FPS, although the promotional video was also exaggerated.
, but at least as soon as the first person came out, that feeling came."
"Well, cities, resources, construction, technology... it's so troublesome."
"But the map is quite unexpected. Each grid has a different landform and different resources. It's true that very few games are like this."
"Well, after the early construction is completed, you can't do anything else for seven or eight rounds. What's the point?"
"Boring!"
"...I'm ready too."
the other side.
While listening to my friends complain.
Feng Kangshun also downloaded the game, and like his friends, he also entered the teaching mode.
Then according to the game teaching, learn the basic knowledge of the game.
As for what his friends complained about, he also had similar feelings.
but.
Unlike his friends, he had been exposed to two turn-based strategy games before, or to be more precise, strategy games.
At that time, the only thing he felt about playing strategy games was that they were difficult and troublesome.
Because strategy games generally have a lot of settings, and even after reading the tutorial, it is difficult to figure out what those settings are, except for intuitive ones such as money.
This is also the reason why he doesn't like strategy games and doesn't understand why a group of friends play "Civilization" in a marathon manner.
But this "Civilization", I don't know why, even if I don't read the introduction,
He can guess the role of many systems...whether it is money, policy, satisfaction, religion, population, or various units.
Moreover, he feels that the game settings are quite reasonable.
The population grows with the increase of food. After all, if you don’t have food, where will the population come from?
As the population increases, religious points will be generated, which seems reasonable.
After all, there are too many people.
These settings that are closely related to reality and history, combined with the tips, suggestions and tools in the game, make it easy to understand the functions of most of the game's functions.
It feels inexplicably easy to get started.
Moreover, my friend said that I can’t do anything else in the first seven or eight rounds, which is an exaggeration. The feeling of exploring the map, finding good places, and then meeting other national expedition teams is actually quite good...
"Okay, I now fully understand this game. Are you okay? Let's start a battle."
At this time.
Feng Kangshun's friend spoke again: "After playing for a while, I almost went to bed, otherwise I will miss the refund time. If you are not familiar with it, enter the game and get familiar with it slowly. The teaching is quite boring. See if it is fun with multiplayer. If not, you will be refunded.
"
"Fine."
Although Feng Kangshun has not completed the entire tutorial, he probably knows how to play the game.
Build a city, then choose policies and technologies that are conducive to combat, and then explode your troops to kill the opponent.
Um.
That's it.
The battle will be resolved within an hour, and then it will depend on whether you want a refund or not.
The two went through the tutorial hastily, and then started the official game directly.
The two chose a medium-sized map, and then added a few AI opponents. As for civilization, one of them chose Wu Zetian and the other chose Augustus Caesar.
The game officially begins.
There was not much to say at first, it was almost like teaching.
Determine city location.
Choose a research direction.
Production workers.
The initial warrior goes to explore the map.
"How about we have a fight now?"
Feng Kangshun's friend suddenly joked while exploring the map: "Lest you go round after round like this and miss the refund time."
"Destroy the country from the beginning?"
Feng Kangshun smiled and replied.
"Well, this is exciting... After all, the early stages of this game feel a bit boring. What's the point of just controlling a B warrior?"
"Okay."
Feng Kangshun thought for a while and didn't agree with him for the first time.
Because he thought it was quite interesting to explore the pictures.
The two continued to chat.
While chatting, click on the next round.
The next round continues like this, the next round...
Slowly, the two stopped talking.
And the situation... gradually started to go wrong.
The two of them felt the same as Kang Yi, but gradually they began to feel that there were more elements in the system, and while they were a little confused, they came up with interesting ideas.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Soon, the two stopped talking.
Next round.
Next round.
Another round...
The two people's perception of the passage of time became dull, and the direction of complaints from Feng Kangshun's friend gradually began to shift.
"Ashun, what does Spain mean? Why does he want to explode troops on my border?"
"I don't know."
"You...fuck! Declared war! Did you see it? He actually declared war on me!"
"You saw it, can you beat it?"
"Are you going to hit you? There are a bunch of siege engines on the other side, save! Save! Save!"
"I only have a few groups of archers."
"Don't worry about it! Send it here first, and we will form an alliance! If I can't defeat it, the country will be destroyed..."
"..."
Things gradually became exciting.
Then……
time flies.
the next day.
November 16th.
The day after "Civilization" is unlocked, it's 10 a.m.
"Do you have uranium ore there? Trade me some."
Feng Kangshun asked with two dark circles under his eyes.
"Mao, I only have two. If you don't give them, I will soon enter the atomic age." His friend's voice was a little tired, but full of energy.
"Do you believe I dropped an atomic bomb on your house?"
"Come on, Spain next to you is about to enter the information age. Beat him, tie him up and die together!"
"...How about this? Let's destroy the Spanish civilization next to us first, and then fight to the death. They have a lot of uranium in their territory."
"What a great idea. Then you pull out your main battle tanks and heavy machine guns, and my bombers will clear the way. You go up and give them a fucking shot."
"Why am I not responsible for the bombing? You are responsible for the ground propulsion? Isn't the city where I station the bombers closer?"
"Just say whether you agree or disagree. If it doesn't work, we'll break up!"
Feng Kangshun: "What the hell..."
this moment.
Feng Kangshun actually felt the intrigue in modern warfare in the game...
He was a little dumbfounded, gritted his teeth and said: "Okay!"
Then, the two began to continue the operation.
then.
The time has come to twelve o'clock...
The two began to besiege the Spanish civilization, the largest competitor nearby, and successfully destroyed their cities one by one. The opponent now only had the last main city left.
With the last round of bombing.
Spanish civilization, the last city fell.
Feng Kangshun also breathed a sigh of relief.
Then, fierce exhaustion came to my heart...
He finally stopped staring at the screen, but picked up the phone again and looked at the time.
Um.
Twelve o'clock.
……etc.
Twelve o'clock?
Time has gone backwards?
No, it’s twelve o’clock noon!
"Damn it, it's already twelve o'clock, it's time to rest..."
Feng Kangshun smiled bitterly and reacted.
This game is really poisonous.
The more you play, the more exciting it becomes!
He finally understood why his friends played the game marathon, because once they got into it, it was really hard to put it down... He always wanted to know what surprises there would be in the next round.
What surprises will there be in the next round...
Then it rained and rained, and it became like this.
So tired.
He shook his head and wanted to tell his friend to rest.
But when he looked up, before he finished speaking, he saw that with the fall of the Spanish civilization, the largest computer opponent... his friend directly turned the siege units and aimed at his heavy machine gun units.
[Idiot! Your judgment day is coming! 】
【Rome declares war on you!】
"..."
Feng Kangshun was stunned: "Idiot! What are you doing!?"
"Your judgment day is coming!!" His friend on the other end of the hacking software repeatedly repeated.
Feng Kangshun twitched the corner of his mouth and said kindly: "You're still trying to judge a ghost. It's time to rest. I've been playing with you for more than ten hours."
The friend immediately said: "No! Go to sleep! Hurry up, next round!"
Feng Kangshun was silent for a moment, then changed direction: "...Didn't you say you were going to play "Bloodthirsty" today? Go to bed early."
"Have fun! I'll play "Bloodlust" later. If I don't kill you today, I won't be able to sleep!"
"Don't go up..."
"I'm not on top!! I just want to kill you before you sleep!"
"Fuck you... OK, I'll fight you."
Feng Kangshun watched the opponent's soldiers press forward, and his adrenaline surged instantly.
Not sleepy anymore!
He began to mobilize his troops and prepare for a bloody battle to the end!
…
this day.
For many players, it is special...
But for more ordinary players, this is just another ordinary day.
on the community forum.
Because there are so many new games recently, related discussions are also very complicated.
Some are discussing the game "Bloodlust", some are discussing the game "Last Minute", and some are discussing the game "Super Mario Party".
And related discussions in "Civilization".
least.
Many players didn't understand the situation, and it was quite strange, so they posted a message.
[Everyone, wasn’t Linmu Studio’s “Civilization” released yesterday? Has anyone played it? Why is no one talking about it? Is it bad? How is the quality? 】
Send this post.
Most of the replies are that they don’t know, haven’t purchased yet, and don’t know what to do...
but.
As time went by, players who had actually played the game came out and replied -
"I advise you not to play."
This reply immediately attracted the attention of the poster, who quickly replied and asked: "Is it bad?"
"No, I'm afraid you'll die suddenly..." The other party's reply was also very quick.
The poster saw: "????"
And wait for the time to come that evening.
Players who stayed up all night yesterday, wake up...
These people are all fans of Linmu Studio. Even if the new game is a turn-based strategy, they choose to buy it as soon as possible, and then... and then nothing happens.
Feng Kangshun’s case is not unique.
The vast majority of players who bought "Civilization" stayed up late.
There was even a bloody battle all night.
Only then did they get up and have time to share their feelings.
And their feelings about the game...their opinions are surprisingly consistent.
"Don't play! It's like being addicted! Really don't play!!"
"I bought the game at 12 o'clock yesterday, and went to bed at 12 o'clock today... During this period, I checked the time countless times and made up my mind to go to bed, but people followed the devil and subconsciously clicked on the next round. I just dreamed
It’s all about the next round.”
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! "Crazy! This game is really poisonous!"
"I can't do it anymore! I feel like my body has been hollowed out. I can't play anymore tonight, but I really want to play (crying)"
"Don't buy it! This thing is a black hole in time! Don't touch it!"
on the forum.
Related posts popped up like mushrooms after a rain.
But ordinary players don't understand it.
If you recommend it, everyone in this group will tell you not to play, as if they have seen a ghost.
But you said you don’t recommend it... These people are still like seeing a ghost. They first said not to play, and then they all... praised it.
It's quite outrageous.
This has made most players interested in the game.
The forum was in chaos for a while.
Finally, a player started a serious review...
["Civilization" is a good game, there is no doubt about it, but there is one shortcoming...it makes people unable to stop playing it.
Really no joke!
Yes, you can’t stop playing a strategy game. You heard me right. This is why so many players are crying (including me).
Because this game is really poisonous... If you haven’t played it, you may not be able to relate to it, so let’s just say that.
What this game shows, just like the name of the game, is the development history of a ‘civilization’!
Urban development, military conquests, political siege, resource plunder, and the greed of great powers...
Although it is just a game, this game directly subdivides the evolution of the entire civilization into visible and clear pieces, and then completely leaves the decision-making power to shape the world to the player, allowing the player to start like a god.
Advancing history…
This feeling is really great... Every round, players have new surprises, and what they look forward to most is always the next round.
Really, completely, stop, don’t come down!
At first, I felt a little bored, then slowly, I became addicted, and then I couldn't control it.
This is how I feel about playing games.
The simple gameplay and complex content, coupled with the theme of "civilization" that everyone has personal experience with, will really make all players who are not resistant to strategy games addicted.
And this is probably the charm of strategy games.
(Also, don’t play this game with your friends, this is Lin Yao’s conspiracy! What a party game! This is a marathon! An electronic marathon!)]
As soon as this review came out.
The players who were confused just now understood instantly...this is a good game.
only.
It seems easy to get addicted.
But really?
Many players don't believe it.
Then thanks to the refund mechanism of the Vaporwave game platform, many players who were originally not interested tried it with the idea of getting a refund...
Then... there is no more.
…
November 17th.
Gibber Company.
Frank came to the company early in the morning, then looked at the data report and was stunned.
"Why??? Why did the online number of "Bloodlust" suddenly drop so much?"
He raised his head, looked at the secretary with confusion, and asked.
No, weren’t there more than 300,000 players of “Bloodlust” online yesterday?
Why are there suddenly only 100,000 left?
Where are the many players like me?
The secretary shook his head with a look of 'I don't know either'.
Frank was silent: "..."
This abnormal data made him suddenly feel a little uneasy.
It shouldn't be.
Lin Mu Studio?
No way.
What they make is a strategy game. How can they compete with FPS for players? Are you just dreaming?
That……
Why?
The more Frank thought about it, the more something was wrong. He hesitated for a moment and immediately turned on the computer, trying to search for any recent big moves in the gaming industry.
And this search really found it.
On the third day after the release of "Civilization", the early media review of this game... came out.
["Civilization", 9.7 points.
Just when everyone feels that the times have moved on, the market has changed, and strategy games have been swept into history.
Linmu Studio once again stood up.
They took another slight step back.
Then, it once again brought surprises to the players.
To be honest, "Civilization" is the best turn-based strategy game I have ever seen and played! No one!
All players should try it.】
"..."
Frank looked at the comments and opened his mouth slightly.