Chapter 402 What kind of game is this?
“This time... it should be really over, right?
“It seems that this current state is the final ending of the game "Heartbeat Dreamland"? ”
Zhang Qifeng rubbed his chin. He was actually not particularly sure about this guess.
Because the current state is indeed different from traditional games!
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At the end of this game, there is no credits like regular games, and there is no logo like "THEEND".
This made Zhang Qifeng a little confused, is this considered a clearance? Or has it just entered a state of dead gear, stuck, or phased lock-up?
After all, if a guide like Arvette or Sakura won the final victory and the game turned into a chat simulator, the game would eventually enter a similar endless loop state, and that would obviously It's not the last step.
But this is not the final outcome?
It’s not quite like it, because in terms of game content, basically all playable content has been developed. In the end, the game even activated something similar to GM mode, which can freely adjust the frequency of horror content. , and even most of the content in the game can be adjusted freely.
Although this is a stand-alone game in itself, players can also choose to ding or open a cheat to adjust these things, but it is still different to bring it directly into the game.
At least in Zhang Qifeng's view, the game should be completely over at this point.
But more mysteries also arise.
“Then having said that...what kind of game is this?
“In other words, what is its plot about? ”
Zhang Qifeng couldn't help but fell into deep thought.
For a game, when the player has passed the ending and experienced most of the content, the conclusion can almost be made.
Review all the game content that the game provides players from beginning to end, and then combine it with all of your own experiences to give a conclusion of "recommended" or "not recommended".
The playing experience of "Heartbeat Dreamland" can be said to be like peeling an onion, divided into many layers.
On the first level, it looks like a simple love game. Players invite girls to participate in various activities, collect CGs and illustrations, and experience sweet love.
Although the plot is not outstanding, the modeling of "Heartbeat Dreamland" is exquisite, the art is excellent, and the various interactive characters are eye-catching enough to look at.
Coupled with the "Girls Chase Mode", which is nicknamed the "Science Fiction Mode", it makes up for the shortcomings of the AI plot to a large extent, allowing players to almost find their favorite love content in the game. .
But soon the game reached the second level and began to lift the veil of warmth and reveal the terrifying content!
In fact, from the perspective of a horror game afterwards, the horror content of "Dreamland" is relatively excellent.
For each character with a different background, the game arranges different horror scenes.
Players also have different ways of breaking through levels. Some can only escape and are unable to resist, while others can use weaker weapons to defeat powerful enemies.
The horror content is also remarkable in terms of atmosphere creation, music and sound effects, and monster art design.
Although it cannot be compared with the top horror games, it can still be called excellent.
More importantly, because the horror content appears without warning and there are many "animal-level transitions", the frightening effect of the horror content is greatly increased.
This also made many horror game players who came here to enjoy it. But the operation of turning a love game into a horror game is really too hellish, and it also ushered in the first wave of criticism for "Heartbeat Dreamland".
The third layer of the game begins to gradually reveal various meta elements.
First, various text documents repeatedly hinted at players, and the guides awakened their self-awareness. Then, through in-game guidance, players were allowed to directly operate the root directory folder of the game, thus affecting the game world.
It may be to delete someone, or to add someone, or to replace someone...
In short, at this stage, the dimensional wall between the game and the players seems to be broken Now, players do not interact with the game characters through the in-game UI, but through the underlying folders on their computers to compete with them.
In this link, the personality of each character seems to be more clearly demonstrated. Which one is more soft-hearted and which one really loves the player more seems to become more clear.
The content on this level will give people a more thoughtful and terrifying feeling, as if there is really a ghost floating on your computer, or there is a two-dimensional AI that loves you deeply.
Especially when Alice finally appeared, Zhang Qifeng had a strange resonance.
He has obviously never had any romantic interaction with Arios, but after watching this episode, he could not help but feel a special feeling for Arios, and his image became even more intense. lingering in my mind.
Obviously, after in-depth experience, Zhang Qifeng was certain of one thing.
"Dreamland" is not actually a love game, nor is it a pure horror game. Should we say it is a meta game? In fact, I can’t say it’s particularly appropriate.
In fact, there has never been a similar game type before. It seems to be a mixture of these three elements, but it also has some extra things.
In addition to the normal horror content, it also gives people a special feeling of psychological horror.
In addition to the psychological horror, after the meta elements are revealed, it really makes people feel excited. This is a level higher than ordinary love simulation games.
At least, players’ memories and impressions of these female characters are far deeper than the characters in ordinary love simulation games.
In contrast, this game is confusing and can even be said to have a somewhat anticlimactic plot.
So, what is the significance of this apocalyptic background?
Who is the so-called savior? Is it the protagonist? But is the protagonist still on Eden Island?
Are they the other female characters with full favorability? It seems that after all, every female character will leave the Garden of Eden after reaching the full value of the third stage, but this statement seems a bit far-fetched.
What's more, in the ending played by Zhang Qifeng, after activating the GM mode, players can re-invite and interact with all female characters except Arios. Then there is the restriction of "leave when the favorability level is full".
Coupled with the influence of meta elements, the plot of this game seems even weirder.
Zhang Qifeng is almost 100% sure that there will be many players on the Internet who will launch a fierce attack on the plot of this game. After all, most players will feel that there are problems after playing it.
“But... if we look at all the game content, it seems that another path can be used to explain the plot of the game?”
Zhang Qifeng vaguely felt that his manuscript Got it!
Whether it can save the reputation of the website may be the key to success!
(End of this chapter)