This opening made Lu Xiaoping feel a little puzzled but awesome.
He felt that from this opening alone, it seemed that Teacher Qiao could not fundamentally refute the two doubts that he raised. However, such a strategically advantageous approach did seem very pretentious and deep. It could indeed highlight the professionalism of the video.
Therefore, Lu Xiaoping did not dare to make a conclusion now. He could only continue to watch patiently.
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"Let's talk about the gameplay first.
"Actually, the gameplay is very simple. It's just a shooting game with some special combat abilities.
"Players will experience one battle after another. In the battle, they only need to shoot and complete the specified mission goals. During this process, players can continuously transform their bodies through the Prosthetic Doctor and obtain new combat abilities.
"At the beginning, the feeling of obtaining new abilities is very exciting. It's the first time you can climb a wall, the first time you can soar in the air. It's the first time you can use a modified large-caliber weapon to cause a devastating blow to multiple enemies …
"These continuously unlocked special abilities are matched with intense and varied battlefields, achieving excellent combat effects. It seems to be a hot-blooded game that does not need to use one's brain.
"However, this feeling can only be experienced in one round. The more rounds you play, the more anxious you will feel.
"If you play from the beginning again, you'll have to give up all the special abilities you've obtained before, and you'll have to start all the Prosthetics modification processes again. For the players who already know the ending, they'll think that the whole process is meaningless and boring. So, it's actually not that fun to play multiple times."
"On the surface, this seems to be a failure of the game design. After all, in most people's impression, the richer the gameplay and the longer it lasts, the more brilliant the design.
"However, do you remember Boss Pei's design theory that I mentioned before?
"In Boss Pei's design, all the settings and gameplay are to break the circle. Break the dimensional wall through the emotions given to players through gameplay, so that players can be more deeply emotionally involved with the protagonist. This approach is more brilliant than simply bringing in the protagonist through the performance of the plot.
"So, why can this monotonous and crude gameplay that only focuses on one round and not on multiple rounds break the dimensional wall? Allow me to keep you in suspense first. First, I'll talk about my understanding of the game's plot. "
At this point, Teacher Qiao had actually raised the first doubt that most people had about this game, which was that the gameplay was relatively monotonous.
However, its evaluation of the gameplay was different from most people's.
After all, Teacher Qiao was an experienced UP Master. He knew how to keep the audience in suspense to the greatest extent to attract the audience's attention.
Then, he began to analyze the game's plot.
"Do you remember what I said just now? The second cornerstone of Boss Pei's game is to express a specific idea to us through various metaphors, worldviews, and plot content that is easily overlooked.
"In this game, of course, we have to express a specific understanding of the Cyberpunk theme."
"Everyone can see that this game actually echoes from beginning to end. Boss Pei actually moved the plot of the last scene to the very beginning. After that, he cut into the real beginning of the story ten years ago.
"Judging from the technique, it feels a little like magical realism. It reminds one of the famous lines: 'Many years from now, facing the firing squad, Colonel Aureliano Buendía will remember that distant afternoon when his father took him to see the ice.' "
"Sartre once said, 'The skill of a writer lies in which time he chooses to choose as the present. From there, he begins to narrate the past. '
"For ordinary writers. Traditionally, you can describe the environment, you can describe the dialogue, or you can simply chat with the reader. These are all very safe ways to start. However, this beginning is standing in an uncertain present while gathering the past and future at the same time.
"He didn't simply mark a piece of land, set a starting point, and find a few characters to tell them what to do. Instead, he merged into the ocean of freedom like a fish. The past and future, as well as everything around him, are completely unfamiliar and fresh."
"In my opinion, the game 'The Future You Choose' actually uses such a beginning because the leader of the resistance, Captain Lude, is actually not at the final node because we are still waiting for what will happen after the door is knocked. At the same time, he is not standing at the past node because he had already started his own resistance activities as early as ten years ago.
"The time node where Captain Lude stands on the rooftop and looks at the entire city is a symbolic node in his life. This is not a linear time structure, but a cyclic time structure. "
"Linear time will bring a sense of oppression because you can clearly see the beginning and the end. However, circular time will relax this sense of oppression and bring a sense of helpless destiny. That is because you have no way of knowing when this cycle and reincarnation will end. You also do not know if the end that you think is a new beginning.
"Therefore, we can see from this beginning. This game is full of metaphors. And similar metaphors will appear repeatedly in the future plot. "
"Let us shift our attention to the ending of the game because the entire process is to pave the way for the ending. Once we understand the ending, we will naturally understand the clues buried in the process.
"There are actually three parties in the ending of the game.
"The first party is the apparent victor. As the leader of the resistance, Captain Lude played a vital role in the process of overthrowing Tengda Corporation. He was supported and admired by everyone. In the final battle, he took the lead and rushed into Tengda Corporation's headquarters.
"However, he did not achieve his goal. The reason why he resisted Tengda Corporation was because he thought that there was an embodiment of 'evil' in this world, and that was the President of Tengda Corporation. He wanted to find this supreme war criminal and bring him to justice. He wanted to judge him with fairness, justice, and truth. From then on, the entire world could be freed from the shadow of Tengda Corporation.
"However, he failed. The person-in-charge with the surname Wu told him that Tengda Corporation had never had a real President. Tengda Corporation is a decision-making community formed by all the person-in-charge and the artificial intelligence system based on the interests of the enterprise.
"The reason why Captain Lude fell into confusion on the rooftop was because a person with style could be killed and judged. However, how could an invisible system be killed and judged? He gradually realized that it was precisely because this was an invisible system that he would definitely be resurrected in some way.
"On the surface, Captain Lude was the biggest winner, but in reality, he was also the biggest loser.
"The second party was the entrepreneur who finally occupied Tengda Corporation's underground computer room and seized all the data and artificial intelligence system that Tengda Corporation had.
"On the surface, he was the real winner because he inherited Tengda Corporation's most precious inheritance. As long as he had the data and artificial intelligence system and recruited the original person-in-charge of Tengda Corporation, he could develop quickly and quickly replace Tengda Corporation to become the next true monopoly giant.
"The game did not state his name or the name of the company. That was because it was not important to the designer. He could be anyone or any company.
"The game even deliberately expressed a feeling that things were getting worse through this entrepreneur's mouth. This entrepreneur said that Tengda Corporation did not put corporate safety first in this decision-making system. Thus, it gave the rebels and others a chance to overthrow Tengda Corporation."
"And this entrepreneur said that he would not make the same mistake. It seemed to give people the illusion that he would replace Tengda Corporation as the eternal monopoly.
"However, will the future really be as he wishes?
"Of course, this is a relatively open-ended ending. The designer did not give a clear answer. However, I think the conclusion after in-depth analysis must be no.
"He was the biggest winner in the dark, but I don't think he was the real winner.
"The third party was Tengda Corporation. On the surface, Tengda Corporation is the biggest loser. It had originally obtained a monopoly position in the entire world, but because it did not put the safety of the enterprise first in the decision-making system, it gave the rebellion army and other consortiums an opportunity to overthrow it. "
"Tengda Corporation's headquarters have been taken over. The person-in-charge of Tengda Corporation has either defected to the enemy, fled, or committed suicide. The entire company has fallen apart, and its assets will be divided. The data and decision-making system will also be taken over by other companies."
"If Tengda Corporation was one person, he would be torn apart by five horses and hacked into pieces."
"However, the problem is, is the Tengda Corporation in the story really a person or an ordinary company? I don't think so.
"The reason is very simple. The person-in-charge with the surname Wu said that Tengda Corporation did not have a president at all. All the decisions were actually made by all the person-in-charge and the intelligent system. What did it represent? Was it everyone's opinion? No. It represented the will of the company's development. It was the best solution for the entire company.
"Therefore, the real Tengda Corporation's will is invisible. The opinions of the person-in-charge and the plan of the AEEIS decision-making system, including the data and systems in the underground computer room, are just a medium for this invisible will in reality.
"Think about it, everyone. Employees are a part of the company. However, if the company fires its employees, will the company be affected or even cease to exist? Is this considered a failure? Of course not.
"Similarly, be it the person-in-charge, employees, headquarters building, or computer room data, these are all like ordinary employees to Tengda Corporation. Losing these does not affect the foundation of this invisible will.
"And this invisible will has long entered a new company with the person-in-charge of the computer room data and transfer, replacing the original will of this company.
"Therefore, the biggest loser on the surface is actually the biggest winner.
"That's because in this game, Tengda Corporation has never represented a certain person, a certain company, or a certain entity. It is an invisible will and law. It will only go from one carrier to another, constantly experiencing a process of rapid development, monopoly, and decline.
"This is what the game tells through the beginning: the cycle of despair where you can't see the beginning or the end. You can only stand at one of the nodes and look down at the entire city, but the more you look, the more confused you become.
"In this cycle, that invisible will is constantly reincarnating in another body, rising from the ashes. Be it Captain Lu, the other rebels, or the big tycoons who think they have won, they are just passers-by on this stage.
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