Liu Liang was a little crazy: "Then my identity as a prophet is completely ruined! I didn't expect that I, an old man with a great reputation, would overturn in such a garbage game?
"No, I can't figure out why this kind of game has such '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 the interest while winning in a row, but he overturned the game when he played last place and thought he would win for sure.
How uncomfortable!
Soon, Liu Liang discovered something more heartbreaking than the failure to predict.
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 must click on this video first. This means that the audience’s recognition of this comment is much 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 went to try it myself.
"After in-depth experience, my impression has completely changed! I think this game is not only not a garbage game, but also very philosophical. Just 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? Open your eyes and tell lies!
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 the roles of 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 have complete freedom to move around and see where we want;
“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 become stone bridges, unable to move or play notes, and can 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 casually made garbage game, then the four chapters can be developed and sold separately, and divided into "Prison Simulator" and "Big Tree Simulator" ”, “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 our only way to escape from the prison was to stare at the painting and see ourselves. Free your mind from its 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', it's from 'seeing oneself' 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 expand our thoughts to the entire wilderness, our thoughts will further expand, and we will change from trees to mountains, and our behavior will also change from turning. 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 rolling down, and after people carved it, it turned into a stone bridge.
"Although Shiqiao cannot move, he can 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 'met all sentient beings', does it matter what your physical body is like?
"Long, tree, mountain and bridge, these four chapters seem to be unrelated, but if you look carefully, you will find that they are actually closely related to the theme of 'Zen'.
"So, Lao Niu is still young, the layout is too small, and the thinking is too shallow. I know you have made a lot of good videos before, including game plot interpretation videos and complaints videos, but you really haven't played this game seriously. Going in, I didn't see its spiritual core clearly at all.
"I hope you will think more about it when making videos in the future and don't jump to conclusions about things you don't understand. After all, you are a big UP influencer, and every word and deed will affect many fans.
"That's it. I hope you won't follow the trend and say this game is rubbish. After you actually play it, you will find that the graphics of this game are very good, the materials are very detailed, and some of the thoughts can only be understood by playing it yourself. Arrived.
"Is this game worth it? In my opinion, it is so worth it. It is not only four-in-one in size, but also has puzzle-solving links. These puzzle-solving are not intelligence tests, but more like a change in the way of thinking. , in my opinion, this is more thought-provoking.
“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 my opinion, this is no longer a game, but 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?
This game can still be interpreted in this way?
At the beginning, Liu Liang felt that the statement of this long comment was a bit forced. It was just four simple scenes. How could it be connected to "seeing yourself, seeing the world, and seeing all living beings"?
But the more he looked down, the more Liu Liang felt that it seemed reasonable!
Even he was a little convinced by this long review!
Judging from the number of likes, it is obvious that everyone agrees with this statement, and even many players who have played the game themselves will have similar sentiments.
No wonder this game has received "rave reviews"!
Compared with this long comment, the views in my video seem very shallow and irresponsible.
Liu Liang continued to read more comments and the comment section of the official store of "Zen". The more he read, the more he felt sad.
Really all good reviews!
Of course, some of these good reviews are just following the trend and not taking it too seriously. They think, "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 be impossible for the game's ratings to become "rave reviews" just by relying on these followers.
In the face of the iron-clad reality, Liu Liang had to admit: he really overturned!
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 really started thinking 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.
Could it be that...this "stranger" is really a game design genius?
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At this time, 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 good. It's worth risking the company's death 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 pay 50/50 to 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, completing the goal of earning 100,000 yuan in the life-playing game should be just around the corner.
Lu Zhixing's production cost was very low. He didn't spend any money. He just risked the society's death 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 '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 learn? I'm quite curious."
In Lu Zhixing's previous life, there was no game design major in universities, and even e-sports majors were offered by only 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. He learned his ability to write design drafts in a game company and 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 beast 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!
