Chapter 191: Great Victory (Part 2)

This fan of Eric, he had only met on the Internet before, but he knew that the other party was not a person who liked to make jokes.

Confused, he walked to the living room on the first floor. He was going to see what was going on in the game again, and then found that his father had returned at some point.

His father is a reviewer for a game column, and he likes games because of his guidance.

His tough-guy father has always been his pride, and although he is taciturn, his father fully respects his choice. Even when he expressed that he wanted to drop out of school to become a game anchor, his father just confirmed repeatedly that he had made up his mind, and then Offered him a start-up capital to start from scratch.

Although his income has far exceeded that of his father now, he still has a lot of respect for him.

At this time, my father, who smelled of cigarettes and had a beard, was packing up the game console.

The game console has been turned off and put away by him, but the game disc inside is missing, and even the game box can't be seen, which makes Eric feel very incredible.

"Dad, where's my game?"

Eric's father paused, then said, "That game... how far have you gotten?"

"Just started, what's wrong?"

"Stop playing."

"Why?"

"It's not healthy."

Eric looked at his father in astonishment, and said in disbelief: "You didn't say anything when I watched the first movie, and now tell me that a game is unhealthy?"

Eric's father stepped forward, pressed Eric's shoulders, stared into his eyes and said seriously: "Listen, you are only nineteen years old, you are a young adult, there are some things you really can't touch , it's for your own good. Well, it's already eleven o'clock, go to bed."

"Dad... this is a business order..."

"I'll explain it to you, go to bed."

Facing his unrepentant father, Eric could only think about going to the second floor.

On the stairs, he saw his father standing at the window with a phone in his hand, and whispered, "That's right..."

"He played..."

"I've confirmed it, he's just started...yes, it's not too late, I'll take a good look at him. I know, he's a sentimental kid, it's too early for him."

"Okay, that's it."

The father didn't leave after hanging up the phone, but looked out the window and muttered to himself, ""Omen"..."

Tiptoing back to his bedroom, Eric felt even more weird.

Lying on the bed, he waited until his father fell asleep, then sneaked downstairs, found the laptop that was eating ashes in the basement, started it, and connected it to the phone hotspot.

Then, he bought an electronic version of "Omen" and played it again.

In the dark and cramped basement, only the laptop in his arms was shining with a dim light.

Because there is no mouse, he can only use the touchpad to control, but because he has already played it once, he passed it very smoothly at the beginning, and soon came to the early and middle stages.

Until this moment, he didn't understand why this game is a horror game.

In the darkness, the demon opened its ferocious eyes, and the despair from another world captured him firmly, making him unable to break free.

The relaxed coat is torn off, how sweet the atmosphere before the game is, how desperate it is now.

He watched helplessly as his parents lay in a pool of blood, and a three-meter-tall monster appeared in front of him, with the clothes he made for his childhood sweethearts on his paws.

The tragic death of his relatives made him full of grief and indignation, and the emotions built up in the two games made him feel double the pain.

At this moment, he is no longer Eric, but the protagonist!

He resonated with the protagonist's feelings, making him draw out his weapon desperately and rush towards the enemy.

This is an uphill battle.

The opponent is not a miscellaneous soldier at all, and a powerful phased boss, if you don't train it well in the early stage, then you can't beat the opponent at this time.

However, this is the second time for Eric to play the game. He has done a good job of time management. Although it is dangerous to face monsters, it is not impossible.

Relying on the touch he developed in "Thor's Hammer", the monster in front of him finally had its neck cut off after dozens of rounds, and its head fell on his back.

Watching the monster collapse, Eric finally felt the pleasure of revenge, but then he saw the monster regain its human form, and its headless body looked so familiar.

Staring at the familiar figure, Eric froze.

He subconsciously wanted to turn around, but someone held his hand.

Raising his head suddenly, he saw his father quietly appearing in the basement, and then held down his hand, not letting him continue.

"Just go forward, leave here slowly, and then don't come back. Remember, what you just killed was a monster disguised as a human, and your childhood sweetheart is missing in front of you."

"How did you know?"

"I have played this game in the company, and I know the follow-up development, so there is no need to look back, just keep going."

"...Thank you, Dad."

Until this moment, Eric didn't understand the good intentions of his fans and his father.

However, it was too late.

He has seen despair, he knows that if he does not pass the game, he will not be able to let go of the game.

Manipulating the protagonist to go out, Eric believed that the protagonist's expression must be exactly the same as his own.

This world is really fucked up.

However, the world with a high degree of freedom gave him some hope.

The pollution of aura is everywhere, so if we find out why the aura is polluted in advance, can restarting the game save this tragedy?

Well, that's right, this must be the arrangement of Fangcheng Studio, a happy ending is ahead, we can do it.

The strongest despair often contains a glimmer of hope.

But when they discover that this hope is like an empty rope, deeper despair will come.

Then, this process will be repeated continuously, so that the player will continue to dig the grave leading to the hell of despair until he can no longer climb out.

Three days after its release, "Omen" finally landed on station G and began to score.

Station G is an internationally renowned game evaluation website. It is divided into two parts: expert ratings and player ratings.

Among them, expert ratings focus more on the artistry, integrity and innovation of games, while player ratings focus more on gameplay.

Usually, the ratings of the two parts will be very different, and there are almost no games that can meet the needs of both parties at the same time, and each one is a masterpiece.

However, there are quite a lot of games that both parties hate, and there are more and more games recently.

And "Omen", created another spectacle.

Its score is exactly the average of six points, but it has as many as 300,000 comments.

Combined with its sales volume, it shows that a quarter of the players can't wait to start scoring after playing this game, and some players are stuck in the game and cannot extricate themselves, and have no time to rate for the time being.

Reviews of the game have been polarizing, both from experts and players alike.

Some people like this game to death, and the comments below are also very exaggerated, and the compliments are already exported.

[Your life has only two stages, before playing "Omen" and after playing "Omen". 】

[Welcome to the world of despair, you little bastard. It's time to feel what the pain of the world is. 】

[I tried to save my childhood sweetheart, my parents, and my companions, but they turned into monsters one by one in front of me. If I don't kill them, they will kill more. I can't hesitate yet, because the longer I hesitate, the more people will die and the more painful they will be. This damn world, full marks. 】

[When I was playing this game, I cried like a sissy, my roommate saw me crying like this and asked me to sleep in the living room, and she came to play. Now, she is depressed in the bedroom, and I have to comfort her while crying, full marks. 】

[It's rare to see this kind of game where you have to be abused even if you have great strength, Fangcheng Studio, I remember you, full marks. 】

[The rating system of horror games in my opinion: 13+, 16+, 20+, "Omen"]

In addition to these praisers, though, some voiced their fears.

[I close my eyes now and see "Omen", although all the bloody scenes have been coded, but the feeling of powerlessness is really too strong. 】

【Good game, but I don't want to play it anymore. 】

[I admit that it is excellent in all aspects, but I really can't play it anymore. Some people say that you can play the first half of the game and treat it as a farming simulation, but I can't. Every time I reopen, I try to get out of this tragedy, but each time I find myself making it seem like I'm making things worse. Compared with this game, other horror games don't seem very scary, because I know they can't hurt me through the screen, but "Omen" can. 】

The huge controversy was also within Hoffman's expectations.

With the polarization of the reviews, the sales of the game are also constantly increasing. After the first week, the sales of the game in Europa have reached 3 million sets, which is a very successful game case recently.

But Hoffman knew that some troubles were just beginning.

An email came to the Cayman company, which turned out to be a small animal protection organization.

This organization requires the popularization of the concept of equality of life in all games, but in "Omen", players can kill polluted animals. What a blasphemy of life.

Before Hoffman could reply, Rainbow Flag also ran over and said that only male protagonists in the game are a kind of gender opposition. Please add women immediately or declare that this is a genderless person.

Of course, if it is too troublesome to modify, it is not impossible for them to carry out a certification, but the sponsorship must not be less.

There are also organizations that come to show that the female characters in the game are too beautiful, which can easily cause gender dysphoria.

Seeing these emails, Hoffman just passed them off as a fart.

It sounds good on the lips, but it is actually a business in essence.

Regardless of the righteous words in the email, if Hoffman donates part of his income to these organizations, then these organizations will give him as his father the next day.

But the game is just fun, why do these people have to pay for it.

Therefore, Hoffman adheres to the principle that you write yours and I do mine, ignore all emails, and continue to prepare release plans for other countries.

If it is an ordinary small game, those organizations will shout twice, and if they find that there is no oil and water, they will basically forget it.

But the sales volume of "Omen" is there. This piece of fat is smooth and smooth, and every hungry dog ​​wants to take a bite.

At the same time, this game also has original sin, that is, it is a game from the East.

For a while, there were endless criticisms of this game. In many media, "Omen" has become a base camp for spreading evil ideas.

Some people even said that buying "Omen" is buying tickets to hell, and the train to hell will take these players away, and they will keep playing games in the world where there are only game consoles, and they can't leave until they pass all the games.

Some people also called for a refund for those who bought "Omen", so that this kind of bad game can't survive!

Seeing these criticisms, Hoffman didn't care, and even felt that what the other party said was quite good.

He has seen this kind of thing too much. After all, if no one criticizes it, it can only mean that the route is wrong.

Moreover, he believed in the eyes of the players.

After all, the first users after the game is made are the players. It does not need to be politically correct, and sometimes it even needs to be politically incorrect. What it plays is ridicule, eccentricities, and all kinds of vulgar jokes.

Besides, you don't respect our games anymore, so why should we respect you?

However, he was still a little worried about Fang Cheng, so he contacted the other party again and told Fang Cheng that those comments didn't matter.

After receiving a call from Hoffman, Fang Cheng asked suspiciously, "Someone criticizes me online? Why?"

"The game is so well done."

"...Is it wrong to do too well?"

"You're right, it's the world that's wrong. Well, don't worry about those things, I'm worried that your mood will be affected, but now it seems that you're pretty good."

After hanging up the phone, Fang Cheng pinched his fingers and frowned.

Some people are going to be miserable.

Slandering others for no reason, and being a fairy, the karmic backlash will be very strong.

If the final sales of "Omen" is not good and there is still a glimmer of life, it shows that there is no problem with their scolding, but now "Omen" is so powerful, I am afraid...

Three days later, Hoffman stared at the pressure and released "Omen" in the American market.

Although there was a lot of criticism from the public opinion, it was not the public opinion that voted in the end, but the players.

The sales volume in a single week exceeded 5 million sets, and the final global sales volume is expected to be 10 million. The huge number directly smeared the faces of those so-called neutral reviewers, and also made the backlash come quietly.

The capital chain of some organizations broke inexplicably, and some companies went bankrupt inexplicably. Later, someone discovered that the bankruptcy was related to "Omen", which made more and more urban legends entangled in this game.

But in any case, as the first studio to enter the international market, Fangcheng Studio won a big victory.