Chapter 10 The Real Top of the Tower
"Hello, dear audience friends, today we are going to play a small game that has become very popular recently, Slay the Spire..."
Station B, Wang Laoju’s live broadcast room.
Wang Laoju, who had just
As a card game enthusiast.
He had purchased and downloaded the game a few days ago, and had easily completed all three professions from level 0.
When I heard that the game had added new content, I naturally couldn't wait to enter the game.
Even the freeloaders of the barrage were urging him on frantically.
"Hurry, hurry, check what's updated."
"Twenty levels of difficulty were opened at once. This is so cool!"
"I thought this game was missing some content before, and I was right!"
"He actually used a big move when other manufacturers were trying to take advantage of the popularity. What a cool designer."
Most of the games on the Steam platform are on a buy-out basis and cannot generate continuous revenue like online games, so generally no effort is put into updating and maintenance.
Slay the Spire suddenly has so much new content.
Naturally, it was well received by players.
Enter the game.
Wang Laoju was familiar with the character switching interface, and sure enough, there was an advanced option at the bottom.
Levels 1 to 20.
The difficulty of each level will increase.
You have to clear the level before you can proceed to the next level, and so on.
"It's quite interesting. It's not just a simple increase in value."
After clicking on the advanced introduction and taking a look, Wang Laoju seemed a little surprised and felt very pleasantly surprised.
Advanced 1: Elite enemies appear more frequently.
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Advanced 5: Health recovery after Boss battle is reduced.
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Advanced 10: Initially possesses a curse.
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Advanced 15: Some events become more adverse.
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You know.
During the tower climbing process, your health will not be automatically restored.
Even the props are mostly only partially restored.
The higher the difficulty, the more health you lose, and the harder it is to reach the top of the tower.
With each level stacked up, it is hard to imagine how difficult the highest 20 levels are, which immediately arouses the players' desire for challenge.
"Okay, I've spent 10 minutes learning the new content and have completed all three classes at level 0. I'll try level 1 first."
Wang Laoju looked relaxed. He chose the most surviving warrior blood recovery method at the beginning, and then entered the level 1 difficulty.
As expected.
The game had just begun, and there were already a lot more elite monsters marked on the map, many of which were even blocking the roads that had to be taken.
If you enter the elite level with low health, there is basically no chance of passing it.
"What is that elite icon with flames? Why have I never seen it before?"
At this moment, a sharp-eyed viewer in the live broadcast room suddenly noticed the changes on the map and couldn't help but ask in a barrage.
After he reminded them, others also noticed this change.
"Really! I don't remember this before."
"Could it be a strengthened elite?"
"Or is there a divine weapon reward?"
"Never mind, let's go take a look first."
Encouraged by the barrage of comments, Wang Laojiu was also full of curiosity.
As an old player who has mastered all three professions, he can still see this change.
"In that case, let's change the route and go up to see what it is."
After saying that, he opened the map, switched routes, and headed straight for the elite icon with flames.
By the time he had passed all the levels and his card deck had gradually taken shape, he finally clicked on the icon to enter the level.
But I found that it was no different from the elite monster I encountered before, and even the deck skills hadn't changed at all.
"Strange, is there a bug in the game?"
Wang Laoju looked confused and repeatedly observed the elite monster on the opposite side, but he could not see any difference from other elite monsters.
The barrage was also full of question marks, and I thought it was a problem caused by the update.
After several fruitless studies, Wang Laoju had no choice but to use the newly formed deck to kill the monster, and then a reward list popped up.
Gold, relics, features, and more...
"What's this?"
Wang Laoju looked at the list with confusion, seeing an item called "Emerald Key".
Unlike the other two functional relics, this item didn't even have an introduction; it was just hanging on the reward page for him to choose.
"No introduction, new props?"
"It doesn't look like that. It should be a bug after the update."
“There are so many bugs. Is it because the update was rushed?”
"I guess so. With so many manufacturers trying to take advantage of the popularity, they have to update quickly to retain players."
"The designer is too impatient. There are so many problems in one update, but he didn't even review it."
"There's no other way. If you don't take advantage of the hype, you'll have no chance when the big companies start making moves."
Although they felt a little regretful, they still understood the designer's approach very well.
After all, with big companies monopolizing the market now, it’s really hard for independent designers to stand out.
I can only say that I was a bit too hasty and failed to ensure quality, thus missing out on this great opportunity to become famous.
And just as they were discussing.
Other players who had just entered the game also discovered this BUG.
Suddenly, many questioning voices appeared in the comment section, and they were spreading rapidly at a speed visible to the naked eye.
Seeing this scene, the lurking black fans suddenly became excited.
"See, I told you that independent games won't last long. Too few people to maintain the game is a big problem in itself."
"So many bugs appeared after one update. Is this the case with the most popular card game?"
"It's obviously a half-finished product served up just to maintain popularity . Do you really think the players are fools?"
"Oh, oh, am I the only one who thinks this game is boring?"
"My evaluation is: relying on the defense."
Among these black fans, there are many water armies sent by game manufacturers.
Seeing that their own game couldn't win, they all came out to add fuel to the fire and smear the game crazily in the comment section.
You can find it if you pay a little attention.
Their play time is generally very short.
Some even quit the game and post comments impatiently as soon as they meet the requirements . It’s easy to tell what they are thinking.
But ordinary players just fall for it.
After seeing so many slanderous comments in the comment section, they believed it to be true and gave up the idea of buying the game.
This made the manufacturers very happy.
Once these players leave, there will be no similar replacements.
Wouldn't it be easy for the card game they just released to become popular with just a little publicity?
Soon, one manufacturer after another began to promote the product with all their might.
They boast about how well-made their games are, how rich the gameplay is, and how bug-free they are, and they seem to be trying to revive card games.
However.
What no one expected was.
At this moment, the seventh episode of the Slay the Spire animation was just updated, and a brand new plot was presented to all the players.
In the animation.
The protagonist has gone through a lot of hardships.
Finally, relying on the power of cards, he successfully defeated his corrupted soul imprisoned in the tower.
When he merged with that half soul and dragged his seriously injured body to the top of the tower, he found that the curse on the tower had not been lifted.
Even what he had always thought was the top of the tower was not the real top of the tower, but an illusory space that imprisoned their souls!
An ancient door blocked his way.
There are only three keyholes on it, in red, green and blue, forming a shamrock pattern on the door.
When Wang Laoju in the live broadcast room saw the green keyhole, he was surprised.
This shape...
It seems to look the same as the unknown item that dropped when he killed the elite monster just now?
