Finally, under everyone's anticipation, Dark Souls was released as scheduled.
This naturally became the time for the major streamers to show off their skills.
Fontaine was one of them.
"Everyone, look! Dark Souls Collector's Edition!"
Fontaine proudly raised the game box in his hand and showed it off to the audience on the other side of the camera. Then, with his hair dyed red, Fontaine began to open the packaging. At the same time, he did not forget to talk to the audience.
"To be honest, I didn't expect Eagle Leap to release an action game. We all know that after the Death Game incident, Eagle Leap has never released an action game again. To be honest, I don't think they can make a decent action game. But since the producer of Eagle Leap says that this game can make players stronger, let's see how strong this game really is! "
While speaking, Fontaine immediately opened the packaging and showed the PVC figurines and some useless decorations to the audience. Then, he began to install the game. Fontaine was quite confident in himself. After all, he was one of the most famous action game players on the Internet. He could be considered a godly UP Master.
To him, action games were like cabbages in his backyard. There was nothing that could stop him. Because of this, after watching the live press conference of Dark Souls, Fontaine immediately ordered a collector's edition. He planned to take a good look at what was so special about this game.
"To be honest, I'm not too optimistic about it. Everyone knows that Eagle Leap's previous two titles … I've played Yu-Gi-Oh and Pokemon, and I've had a lot of fun playing them. But they're different from action games. Judging from the trailer, they seem to have a very dark background. Can you imagine them making a good game like this? I don't think so … "
While the game was being installed, Fontaine expressed his opinion to the audience. It was no wonder. After all, judging from Eagle Leap's previous two titles, they were obviously going for an all-ages cartoon. However, this game had a dark and broken western fantasy background. Just from the things that appeared in the promotional video, players could tell that this was definitely not a family-friendly game like Yu-Gi-Oh or Pokemon.
"Okay, the game is installed. Let's get started!"
After chatting for a while, Feng Dan saw that the game was installed on the screen. He picked up the controller and successfully entered the game.
"Oh, let's see. This opening cinematic … Hmm, it's very well done. I was worried that a Pikachu would jump out of it, but now it seemed like I was worrying too much. As for pinching people … let me try it out. "
Looking at the character creation system in front of him, Fontaine's interest was immediately piqued. He created a character with the hairstyle of a horse and entered the game.
However …
"No difficulty to choose from?"
Seeing the camera turn and enter the game, Fontaine could not help but be surprised. Generally speaking, in order to accommodate the majority of players, action-type games would have different difficulty levels. Of course, for a godly player like Fontaine, choosing HARD at the start was the best way to show off his strength. Weaklings were the ones who chose EASY.
But like this …
"Oh, everyone, as you can see, this game doesn't have a difficulty setting, which makes me a little worried. After all, it's very difficult to balance the difficulty of a game like this. If there's no difficulty to choose from … "
As he spoke, Fontaine controlled his character to take a few steps forward. Then, a series of words appeared on the ground in front of him. They were nothing more than things that taught players how to use techniques and the like. Fontaine was already tired of looking at them. He gave them a cursory glance, then pressed a button to confirm which button was the attack evasion function. He then controlled his character to rush out.
Soon, Fontaine saw a few skinny monsters at the exit. They held rusty iron swords in their hands and slowly rushed towards Fontaine.
"Look, it's just monsters right from the start. I knew these games wouldn't have any changes …"
While complaining, Fontaine raised the longsword in his hand and hacked the three monsters to death in a few swings.
"Easy! Easy! This … Ahhh! "
However, before Fontaine could finish his sentence, he suddenly saw an arrow flying towards him. Fontaine cried out in fright, but as a god-level action gamer, his reaction was naturally dissatisfied. He hastily rolled to the side and dodged the arrow. Only then did Fontaine notice that there was a monster hiding in a corner not far away. The monster was aiming a crossbow at him.
"Sigh, this monster is a little naughty. It knows it can't win, so it hides. But it turns out that it's useless!"
Fontaine teased. He hurriedly rushed over and raised his sword. One slash, two slashes, and the monster was quickly sent to the afterlife.
"Easy, easy. Sigh, now I want to see what the first boss is like. If it's like this, then this game is too boring."
Along the way, Fontaine killed a few more monsters as if he was chopping vegetables. He felt that the game was not as interesting as he thought, so he could not help but complain. Next, he controlled his character to push open the door and walked into the square. He saw Gundyr half-squatting in the middle of the square.
Next, Fontaine pulled out the broken sword that was stuck in Gundyr's body and started the cutscene.
"Okay, look, this is the first boss. Now I'm … F * ck!"
However, before Fontaine could finish his sentence, he saw a cutscene animation. Then, the Giant grabbed the weapon beside him and swung it at him. Fontaine was so scared that he subconsciously controlled his character to quickly roll backwards. However, just as he got up, he saw Gundyr rushing in front of him, raising the weapon in his hand and smashing it down on his head.
At this moment, Fontaine knew that he could not dodge, so he hurriedly raised the shield in his hand.
But …
"Clang! Clang clang!! "
Under Gundyr's storm-like attacks, Fontaine only managed to block three times before his Stamina dropped to zero. Gundyr then knocked away his shield and pierced through Fontaine's body, lifting him up and smashing him to the ground!
"Boom!!"
Only then did Fontaine react. He hurriedly controlled his character to retreat.
"F * ck, is he that strong? What a joke, those monsters were clearly as weak as chickens. Did this boss take some kind of drug? He didn't even give me a chance to fight back? And how did I lose two-thirds of my HP in one hit? Are you kidding me?! "
Unfortunately, Gundyr did not care about Fontaine's screams. He raised his sword and sent Fontaine home.
What's worse, because Fontaine was not paying attention, he did not light a bonfire. He started from the graveyard again.
"Uh … Cough cough …"
Fontaine's expression did not look good. At this moment, a series of taunts like "Old driver failed hahahahaha" appeared on the screen. After all, although everyone loved to see a God pass the game, it was more interesting for a God to fail in such an easy task.
"Cough cough, it was a mistake just now, a mistake."
Fontaine's face turned red as he looked at the bullet screen. He hurriedly controlled his character to run away again, not forgetting to defend himself at the same time.
"I think the game's difficulty setting isn't very reasonable. Look at the monsters, they're so easy, why is the boss so hard? It's not giving the players a chance … … F * ck f * ck f * ck f * ck f * ck!!!"
Before he could finish his sentence, Fontaine shouted again. This time, in order to save time, he did not even fight the monsters. After all, from Fontaine's point of view, the monsters were very weak and there were very few of them. Even if he killed them, he would not be able to level up. So, he simply activated his parkour style and directly ran past the monsters before fighting the boss again.
What Fontaine did not expect was that as soon as he ran past a monster, it would turn around and slash at him, causing him to lose his balance. Before Fontaine could stand up, the other two monsters had already surrounded him. They raised their swords and sent him home in two or three moves.
Calculating the time, he died even faster than facing Gundyr.
"This … …"
Fontaine's face turned as black as a pot.
Motherf * cker, this game of yours is poisonous. I just said that the game's difficulty was not balanced, and now you're attacking me with a single monster? And it's a group attack too.
Are all AIs this vengeful these days?
But as a godly player, this piqued Fontaine's interest. When he started the third time, he didn't just flash away like the previous two times. Instead, he looked at the guidebook on the ground seriously, and then carefully dealt with the small monsters for a few rounds. Finally, he felt his heart beating a little faster.
But … …
"Alright, viewers, I think there's still something wrong with this boss."
After being hammered to death by Gundyr for the third time, Fontaine sighed helplessly.
"Maybe this isn't the boss we should be fighting at the beginning. This is also a game trick. Purposely place a boss at the entrance that you can't beat, then let the players find another way to leave … … We just walked this way, so we can confirm that if we continue forward, we can only fight Gundyr. Maybe we can find another way … …"
As he spoke, Fontaine controlled his character to walk back. When he reached his spawn point, he discovered a hidden gap not far away.
"See, I told you there must be a way!"
Fontaine slapped his thigh in excitement when he discovered the hidden path.
"I was wondering why. That boss is so strong. It doesn't look like it's for new players. We should go this way … … What's this? "
To Fontaine's surprise, he saw a notification when he reached the small intersection.
"Turn back."
"Turn back? So we shouldn't take this path? No, no, no. That's the wrong way to think. My friends, look, this game's system is obviously using a reverse thinking method. Many players would obediently walk over after seeing this line of words, only to be hammered to death by Gundyr. But that's obviously not the beginner's area. What does that mean? It means that this line of words is deliberately mystifying! Let's go! "
Fontaine praised Bo Zan for his analysis and walked in with a smug expression on his face.
But not long after, screams of agony could be heard again.
"Heavens, what kind of monster is this!! It actually bit me! I ran … … ran … … why isn't there a path! Why isn't there a path!!! I'm dead again!!! "
Fontaine's experience was only a microcosm. In fact, all the players who saw the advertisement and bought Dark Souls fell into self-doubt.
Who am I? Where am I? Why am I playing this game?
Many players could not help but post on various Weibo accounts.
"I don't feel like I'm getting stronger. Instead, I feel like the boss is getting stronger!"
"Hot blooded and refreshing? I just feel like I'm being killed pretty quickly. I don't feel any satisfaction at all! "
For a moment, various BBS forums, Weibo, and Weibo were full of complaints. Even Eagle Leap's page was filled with comments from players all over the world.
"I say, is this really okay?"
Looking at the comments on the official website, Hachi Kamiya's heart trembled. Although the company had also experienced abuse during the "SAO" incident, Eagle Leap could only be said to have been shot while lying down. But this time was different. This time, the blame was on them. They could not get rid of it no matter what.
"It's fine. It's very stable. Don't worry."
Fangzheng was currently watching those game livestreams with Love Song. Every time they saw those uploaders being tortured to death, the two would smile knowingly …
Seeing this scene, Hachi Kamiya was speechless. He could only let them do whatever they wanted.
The employees of Eagle Leap originally thought that their company was going to completely fail this time. But to their surprise, although many people complained about the game's difficulty in the first few days after the game was released, they did not expect that many people would complain that the game was too difficult. But gradually, these complaints became much softer. Instead, many players started to boast about it!
There was even a player who posted that he was tortured to death in Dark Souls, so he wanted to find another action game to relieve his stress. To his surprise, the action games that he had played previously, which were already very difficult, were easily solved in the blink of an eye!
"Playing other action games after playing Dark Souls makes me feel as comfortable as going back to first grade from high school."
Under this post, many players expressed that this was indeed the case. They originally thought that Dark Souls was extremely difficult, but to their surprise, when they played other action games after Dark Souls, they found that these games were actually extremely easy. Many of the places that they originally needed to rely on luck to clear could be cleared with their eyes closed!
At this moment, the players also remembered what Fangzheng had said at the press conference. They were instantly shocked.
A game that could make players stronger!
That's right. The players could indeed feel that even though they were still messing around in Dark Souls and were even being chased by bosses all over the streets, they found that the difficulty seemed to have suddenly dropped by several times. However, when he switched to an action game, he found that the difficulty seemed to have dropped by several times. Even if it was HARD, it felt like EASY!
This game was toxic!
After the players gradually discovered the fun of Dark Souls, their attitudes also changed. As for the media, there was no need to mention them. As the saying goes, milk is mother. Fangzheng did not fork out so much money for PR just to let them tear him down. Moreover, Dark Souls was indeed of high quality. Although many players in Asia were not used to it at first, European and American players were very used to this type of game. Therefore, it did not take long for Dark Souls to turn into a storm that swept across the entire world!
That's what I want.
Sitting behind his desk proudly, Fangzheng looked at all the posts and discussions praising Dark Souls on his computer. His nose was almost raised to the sky. He had not gone anywhere during this period of time. He had been holed up in the game world. Now, it seemed that this was really …
"Hmm?"
However, just as Fangzheng was excitedly looking at the posts, he suddenly felt a faint heat coming from his lower abdomen. Then, a line of system prompts appeared in front of Fangzheng.
[Special Quest Activated]
[Special Quest: God Creation]
[The game you created has become popular all over the world. You are the God of Games in the eyes of the players. What you need to do is to make your title live up to its name.]
[Quest Requirements: Create a game that can change the world in three consecutive worlds.]
[Quest Completed. Received Divine Title: God of Games]
[Divinity for Quest Failure -1]
Seeing this, Fangzheng's body trembled. He then excitedly slammed the table and stood up.
This is what I want!!!
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