Chapter 172: Mixed reviews!
Lilith's smile froze on her face, her hand holding the potato chips trembled slightly, and after a moment she shouted: "Gu Fan!!"
At this time, she was brushing her teeth. Half of Gu Fan walked out of the bathroom inexplicably: "What's wrong, Mr. Li?"
"What is going on!!" Lilith asked, pointing to the picture on the TV.
At this time, Emperor Gan was already continuing to advance the plot of the game. He decided to follow the prompts in the plot and go to the Shingon Temple to obtain the relic sword.
After coming out of Jiangdu, Emperor Gan encountered some elite monsters along the way, including mysterious swordsmen and fierce generals. In the end, these monsters did not cause much trouble to Emperor Gan at all, and they often died two or three times to figure it out. After the routine, I passed it directly!
Obviously, after defeating the general, Emperor Gan has become enlightened. The mechanism he has figured out to deal with these elite monsters can be called a dimensionality reduction attack.
It’s no longer like before, when you meet a cat or a dog on the roadside and you’re tortured to death.
Gu Fan looked confused: "Mr. Li, what do you mean by 'what situation'? What do you mean specifically?"
Lilith said angrily: "You are still pretending to be confused, right? I mean, why does the combat system of this game have a hidden mechanism? Are you really trying to lower the difficulty for players?”
Gu Fan was confused: "There is no hiding mechanism."
Lilith said with a dark face: "Be tough! Even the Gan Emperor said, that perfect parry must be followed by a very fast counterattack. This is not hiding. Mechanism?"
Gu Fan raised his hands and asked: "What is this hidden mechanism? Isn't this a game mechanism on the surface?"
Lilith? Shocked: "Then why do you have to design a mechanism that says 'after a perfect parry, you will definitely counterattack'?"
Gu Fan said confidently: "I made this mechanism originally to increase the number of players. It’s difficult!
"Mr. Li, think about it, if it weren't for this mechanism, how could the previous players be suddenly stabbed in the process of mindlessly slashing? How could we collect so many negative emotions? Isn't this the case? Is it the battle system’s credit?
“Is this the case when you think about it yourself? "
Lilith was stunned for a moment: "But...but after the players discovered this, the difficulty of the game dropped! "
Gu Fan was shocked: "Huh? Mr. Li, what are you thinking about? Do you still hope that this combat system can trap players for a lifetime? With so many players, there are always a few smart people. Isn't it normal for them to find patterns and adapt to the rhythm? "
Lilith continued to argue: "Why not? Wouldn't it be enough if the monster's actions were all faster than the player's reaction speed, and all actions were completely random and unpredictable? ”
Gu Fan sighed: "Mr. Li, if it is really designed like that, then this game will persuade all players to quit in half an hour at most. How can it continue to generate negative emotions during these seven or eight hours?"
Lilith was speechless for a moment, it seemed like this was really the case!
If the game is designed to be too difficult and players are beaten by mobs in a fancy way and the players have no countermeasures, then everyone will soon be persuaded to quit.
This was originally Lilith's consistent idea. Although it is possible to collect negative emotional values, it is obviously not as large as Gu Fan's method.
Gu Fan's idea is that although the early battles are difficult, they will not completely kill the players, leaving them with some hope of resistance.
The advantage of this is that it allows players to stay for a longer time, such as extending from two hours to eight, ten or even twenty hours. During this period, negative emotions will continue to arise.
But the problem with this is that individual talented players may discover patterns or become accustomed to the rhythm, which will cause the difficulty of subsequent games to drop sharply.
"Then didn't you take some precautions in advance for this situation?" Lilith changed the subject.
Gu Fan nodded: "Mr. Li, don't panic. Of course I weighed the pros and cons when designing the game.
"It will be a matter of time for the players to adapt to this combat system, but Mr. Li, please think carefully about these two questions:
"First, even if you know this combat mechanism, how many players can practice it? For example, Mr. Li, can you do it?
"Second, even if you master this mechanism, the combat difficulty of the game will still be difficult. It has dropped, but there are still more than 100 bugs in the game, and there is also a mechanism for switching between two worlds. This game still generates a lot of negative emotions!
“Isn’t this still worth more negative emotions than trying to persuade players to quit at the beginning?”
Lilith was stunned, and then, she moved at a speed visible to the naked eye. He withered, and the arrogance he had before was gone.
"It does seem to make sense, then it's okay..."
Gu Fan coughed twice: "Mr. Li, I think a cunning and powerful hell demon like you should increase his strategic focus and not always panic when he sees a little problem. What is there to panic about? Negative Aren’t emotions still being recorded?”
Lilith was silent for a moment, but she really couldn’t find a reason to refute, so she could only say weakly: “Oh.”
Gu. Fan yawned, continued brushing his teeth and went to sleep.
Lilith, on the other hand, temporarily put aside her worries and cheered up again to watch the Gan Emperor's live broadcast all night long.
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11am the next day.
Gu Fan woke up.
I got up and washed up and ordered a takeaway. When I returned to the living room, I saw that the live broadcast of Gan Emperor had ended, and Lilith had naturally disappeared long ago.
Gu Fan could roughly guess that Lilith was generally satisfied when she saw that she was returning to hell at 6 o'clock this morning.
Because the sofa and coffee table in the living room were still intact, except for some extra potato chip bags and finished Coke cans, and Gu Fan was not picked up in the middle of the night.
Gu Fan sat on the sofa, took out his mobile phone, and briefly browsed the comments of players on the forum about "Ascension".
So far, the evaluation of "Ascension" is "mostly favorable", and the score is about 6.7 points.
As for the bad reviews from players, of course they are mainly concentrated on those three points.
The battle is too difficult!
Lots of bugs!
The switching between the two worlds is completely unpredictable, and hallucinations will occur from time to time, which is too torture!
Actually, in addition to Gan Emperor, many other players discovered the combat mechanism of this game last night, and immediately released videos to share with players.
This has indeed brought some players out of their misery, but a large number of players are still suffering.
Because even if you know this mechanism, the combat system of the game "Ascension" is still difficult.
It's like doing a math problem. Knowing the formula to solve the problem in advance can indeed save you some detours, but the necessary calculation process still cannot be skipped.
Even if players know the rhythm of "kill three and one", defeating the BOSS still requires a lot of practice.
But Gu Fan is not worried, because the fun of this game has just begun!
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6pm.
Lilith once again refreshed in Gu Fan's villa living room on time, choosing the lucky winner on the live broadcast platform.
At this time, neither Lecturer Ding nor Emperor Gan has started broadcasting.
Lecturer Ding and Li Wenhao should wait until 8 o'clock in the evening, but Emperor Gan stayed up all night yesterday and didn't go to bed until this morning. He didn't know when he would wake up.
So after a brief screening, Lilith locked the live broadcast room of a new anchor.
This anchor is called Wang Dawei, and his English name is David. He is also called "David" or "With Viagra" by fans.
But what is more interesting is that he is not the UP master of the game area, but an UP master of the learning area.
Wang Dawei was admitted to the Mathematics Department of Imperial University through the Olympiad in high school, where he studied until he graduated with a Ph.D. At the same time, he also participated in some world-class memory competitions and won many championships.
In addition, Wang Dawei’s Go and Xiangqi skills are also very high. Although he is not ranked among the top players nationwide, he generally has professional standards.
In terms of IQ and memory, he is definitely at the top level among humans.
At this time, his videos and live broadcast content are mainly about cracking down on some IQ and memory-related TV programs, and by the way, he is teaching difficult Olympiad questions.
Of course, when I have nothing to do, I will also play games, play chess, or chat with Danmaku.
Yesterday, I don’t know which of the good friends in the barrage recommended him a game called "Ascension", and then...he has been tortured to this day.
After Wang Dawei played for a few hours last night, he continued to play this afternoon. Now he has just passed the general.
It's just that he was different from the Gan Emperor in that he was a general and was taken to lie down purely.
Maybe it’s because God is fair and gave him a high IQ and memory, but also made him handicapped when playing games.
He tried "Ascension" on his own and found that it was completely unplayable, so he had to find other anchors to support him.
(End of this chapter)