On the 1st of December, the final version of Thriller Paradise V1.50, Infinite World, was officially released.
At midnight that day, the load on the server reached an unprecedented peak. More than a million people chose to log into the game at the first moment to experience the changes brought by the new version.
But the few from Underworld Frontline … did not join in the fun.
After all, they were not professional players, so they did not need to rush to level up. Furthermore, since they had already experienced most of the new features during the 'limited time' period, they did not have the passion to do so.
However, Feng Bujue … still logged in on time.
Furthermore, he was not there to play Thriller Paradise that night but …
"Welcome to the log-in lobby. The following are all the games provided by the Dream Company. Please select the option to log in."
This was the first time that Feng Bujue had selected the option to 'switch games' in the log-in lobby.
Before this, the only option on screen was Thriller Paradise, but now, there was an additional option, and that was Crazy Thoughts.
"This game is for all ages. Have fun."
Different from Thriller Paradise's scary login prompt (Users above sixteen are not recommended to come into contact with this game), the login prompt for Crazy Thoughts was more normal.
After the voice prompt, the screen still showed the usual options of 'Confirm Login', 'Cancel', and 'Related Disclaimers'.
Feng Bujue's habit did not change. He used five minutes to finish reading the long list of disclaimers that a normal person would not be able to finish in twenty minutes.
Then, he chose to log in.
Instantly, a white, thick stream of data covered the ceiling of the elevator. Like a moving 'filter', it slowly 'scanned' the entire elevator from top to bottom.
About ten seconds later, the 'scan' was completed.
The whole elevator, including Brother Jue's' style ', had undergone a certain change.
If Thriller Paradise's graphics were high quality cinematic, then Crazy Thoughts's graphics were a kind of 'imitation of 2D' and 'retro' 3D comic.
"Welcome to the world of Crazy Thoughts. The system has detected that you have purchased another product from our company, Thriller Paradise. Do you wish to use the appearance and IGN of your character from Thriller Paradise?"
After the conversion was completed, a voice notification sounded. At the same time, a dialog box appeared in front of Brother Jue.
Feng Bujue chose "Yes" without much consideration.
"Confirmed. PS: Players who use the character name Thriller Paradise will have a special symbol next to their nickname."
After this line of text flashed, there were no more notifications.
Feng Bujue turned his head to look. The buttons next to the elevator door that said 'meeting room' and 'storage room' had all disappeared. Now there was only one button next to the door, and it said 'DUEL!'
It was a simple word with an exclamation mark. It didn't require much explanation, but anyone with the soul of a duelist would be ignited upon seeing this word.
"Hmm … What will happen if I press it now?" Brother Jue immediately tried pressing it.
[Please be prepared for the duel.]
The moment he pressed the button, the voice notification came.
"Fine …" Feng Bujue shrugged and returned to the touch screen.
Many people might not believe it, but Crazy Thoughts' interface was much more complicated than Thriller Paradise's. The reason … was because most of the game's content was done in the log-in lobby.
For example, to buy things in Thriller Paradise, the player had to 'run' to many places, like NPC shops, auction houses, puzzle card trading centers, Thriller Box, and so on. There were many different types of transactions.
In Crazy Thoughts, these things had to be done in front of the screen, in the 'online shop'.
For example, Thriller Paradise's' beginner's tutorial 'was given to the player in the form of a scenario.
But Crazy Thoughts … did not provide that kind of 'interactive tutorial'. The game listed the rules directly and had the player flip through them. If they understood it, they would understand it; if they did not, they would understand it after losing a few rounds. After all, there were related hints during the actual game.
Other than that, Crazy Thoughts' mode and settings … were too much.
Even though the game had just started, it felt more mature than card games that had been in operation for many years.
Let's talk about the game experience first. As everyone knew, for a PvP game like this, it was extremely important to avoid players who were too weak to be randomly matched.
The Dream Company paid attention to this. Therefore, on the 25th of November, the day Crazy Thoughts was released, there was already a 'strength zone' setting.
Currently, Version 1.0 mainly had four zones: Beginner, Advanced, Expert, and Expert. The system would use these three values to determine which zone the player should be assigned to.
The three values were: Strength Level, which was determined by the number of wins, win rate, win points, and hidden points; Character Level, which was increased through EXP; and the most direct, Card Strength Level.
Of course, the game also provided an Indistinguishable zone for players to use …
Next, let's talk about the 'gameplay'. Other than the common 1v1, 2v2, and 3v3, there were also some modes that adopted special rules. For example, 1v2, 1v3, three-person mixed battle, three-person cycle battle, four-person cross battle, single survival battle, two-person survival battle, random card selection battle, mirror battle (both sides use the same deck of cards), and so on. In addition, there were many strange options for matching. The basic ones were 'random match', 'friend battle', and 'fixed table battle'. The alternative ones were 'challenge match', 'concession match (give a specific concession condition before joining the queue)', 'same-age match', 'gender match', 'horoscope match', and so on.
Finally, in terms of winning and losing, it could also be defined that in addition to the general winning and losing duel, there were additional 'betting on winning and losing', 'semi-banker bidding', and so on.
In short, even though it was a card game, Crazy Thoughts still had the quality of a 'masterpiece'. It adhered to the Dream Company's standard and revealed a sense of 'seriousness' everywhere.
"Okay … Let's see if that guy is here." After browsing before the screen for a while, Feng Bujue entered the Indistinguishable Zone and found a table called 'The Host and the Mad Crow' in the 'Block No. 233'. It was a password-protected table.
"Ah … So punctual." Brother Jue clicked on the name of the card table and entered a string of password '20551129'. Then, he successfully logged into the card table.
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