This isn't a horror game at all!
It should be classified as sports!
This is what Shen Miaomiao thought.
Sprint, long-distance running, hurdles, obstacle course.
The players ran out of the ward where the mentally ill gathered, passed through the narrow and cramped shower room, encountered an explosion with flames shooting up into the sky, and waded through the sewers where blood flowed like a river.
The appearance of the mental hospital is fully displayed, and various restricted scenes appear one after another.
and!
Except for the scary fat man who threw the player off the second floor before, who was following him like a shadow and chasing him relentlessly.
More and more mentally ill patients are escaping from the ward!
Each one is a blind box!
Some mentally ill people will rush towards you roaring, but will just pass by you.
But some mentally ill people will just walk towards you, but will suddenly hit you with a stick when they get close to you!
This underworld design makes it impossible for players to judge where the next horror point will be!
All they can do is run!
They played the role of Miles, a brave reporter seeking the truth. They ran through the wards, climbed over broken walls, and crawled through ventilation ducts, not daring to stop for a moment!
At the same time, the DV camera in my hand is also recording everything here!
The tense sounds of chasing and screaming continued one after another, and the players' average heart rate remained above 130!
Under this high level of tension, the players' mental state slowly began to change.
From the beginning, I was suspicious and saw enemies everywhere——
"There must be a killer inside this door! If not, I'll eat my shit upside down! No... I'm not trying to get a free meal, I'll save it for now... Anyway, I don't mind this pile..."
'No, no, no! I won't go out! I will sleep in this closet today! No one can trick me into going out! There must be something fishy going on!'
'Oh shit! Oh hi - it's my fucking shadow...'
"No, no, no! Did I hear the footsteps of Fatty Brother just now? No? Huh? Did I hear it? "
"……"
In the middle stage, it gradually becomes numb and then calms down.
"Wait a minute, don't worry, I'll plan the route first..."
"Cabinet! There's another cabinet here! Wait until I press the button and we can go into the cabinet right away..."
"The battery is running low. Let's turn on the night vision to observe the environment. If there are no monsters, we can go in the dark..."
"There's light over here, so we should go this way. Don't worry, let's change the battery first..."
"……"
In the end, he completely let himself go, abandoned himself, and enjoyed himself with the people.
"Wow - you guys are shooting hoops with people's heads? Okay, you guys like sports, go ahead and play..."
'Hey! Sasili, Haier brother! Shall we run two laps?'
'Wuhu Fat Brother is here to hang out with me again! I love playing the game of chase with Fat Brother the most!'
'Who is the good lunatic? Who is the bad lunatic ? I can't tell! I really can't tell hahahahaha! Run!!!'
"……"
Fear the neurotic, understand the neurotic, become the neurotic!
There was a saying that went: Life is like rape. Since you can't resist, just lie down and enjoy it.
Since we can't see through the old thief's conspiracy, let's just treat the entire mental hospital as a source of terror!
Run! Now!
If PT is to let players wait for the coming of judgment in an extremely small and cramped space.
Then escape is to let players escape from the pursuit of death in complex passages.
Do you think the design of this game is complicated?
It’s actually not complicated.
It's just a game of cat and mouse. He runs and it chases him. He can't escape even if he has wings.
There are not many operations that players can perform, or even very few.
After all, there are no guns or weapons in this game. Players just need to hold the DV camera firmly in their hands and move their legs.
But do you think the design of this game is simple?
Not simple at all.
That extremely impactful sense of oppression is constructed by the interweaving of many game design elements.
Modeling, lighting, sound effects, scare settings...
Anything less will greatly reduce the horror atmosphere.
Moreover, this game has one very powerful point, which even a rookie designer like Shen Miaomiao can see -
The map design of this game is so wonderful!
They have been watching the game for an hour and a half since it was released.
During this period, almost all the anchors were in a panic and seemed to be at a loss when facing the pursuit of terrifying enemies.
But in fact, by going around a few times, you can always find a way to escape, and you will enter the next part of the game unknowingly!
Even experienced old gamers like Chunhei are like they have installed a GPS navigation system. Even though they are scared and screaming, and their brains are almost deprived of oxygen, they can still rely on their instincts to find the most correct path and quickly escape from the dangerous area.
This made Shen Miaomiao feel very magical.
"Strange, how did they find the way?"
Shen Miaomiao was puzzled and asked Gu Sheng:
"All the roads look the same to me. How come they can always find the right one?"
"How can I explain this to you?"
Gu Sheng smacked his lips:
"Have you ever understood the map construction mechanism of Left 4 Dead?"
Ask your boss if he understands his own products!
This behavior is quite abstract.
However, if it is applied to Golden Wind, this question becomes much more reasonable.
And Shen Miaomiao lived up to everyone's expectations, showing an awkward yet polite expression: "...No."
"Okay, don't make that expression,"
Gu Sheng waved his hand to signal Little Nezha not to be embarrassed:
"It's as expected."
"Hey! What do you mean? You look down on me!"
Shen Miaomiao put her hands on her hips, and like an angry lamb, she tilted her head and nudged Gu Sheng with her head:
“Although I haven’t played it, I still don’t understand it!”
"It's not that you don't understand,"
Gu Sheng tilted his body and smiled:
"You either have experience in this and have done related designs, or you have studied level design logic,"
"Or you can only experience it yourself,"
"The actual experience you get from watching it from outside is definitely different from the experience you get from playing it in the game,"
“Similar to…”
Gu Sheng thought about it.
Here’s an apt analogy:
"You'll get numb even if you stomp on it."
"Um……"
Shen Miaomiao pouted her lips as if thinking.
"Okay, if you can't figure it out, just stop thinking about it. You don't dare to play. Have you forgotten that you were scared to tears by PT last time when you were stubborn?"
Gu Sheng pointed to the large projection screen:
"Just be a good person and have fun. It's so fun to watch the anchors screaming and yelling."
The live broadcast effect of horror games themselves is good.
In addition, this game was created by Gu Sheng himself. For him, it is even more interesting to see the players screaming in fear.
In particular, when the players were screaming wildly, he could see the emotional value of his system rising sharply.
However!
Before he finished speaking, little Nezha puffed up his lips and said, "Who said I don't dare to play!"
joke!
How come I’ve watched so many horror movies, but I don’t even have this little courage?
Shen Miaomiao felt that Gu Sheng simply looked down on her!
During the previous PT, this bad guy looked like a smug villain!
Although I ended up crying out of fear that time, that was because PT was truly too terrifying. The global completion rate for the game was terribly low, and it was even recognized as the scariest game in the world!
But this time it’s different!
Because at this point, the hosts' mental state had already fallen apart, to put it bluntly, they were numbed by fear.
Therefore, although the overall live broadcast effect is getting better and better, the sense of horror has been reduced compared to the beginning of the game.
In addition, there are various fancy barrages of comments constantly teasing and joking.
Shen Miaomiao felt that this game was nothing special!
"Go push the sensor cabin out! This time I want to avenge my previous humiliation!"
As she said that, Shen Miaomiao pushed Gu Sheng and asked him to take out the somatosensory cabin.
"Hello?"
Gu Sheng was very surprised. He didn't expect that little Nezha would still be so stubborn after being baptized by PT:
"Are you sure?"
"I am sure and certain,"
Shen Miaomiao said:
"But can you adjust the game progress here? I've seen it all before, and it's not challenging!"
Look in the direction of Shen Miaomiao's finger.
At this moment, the pure black on the projection screen breathed a sigh of relief, ran out of the sewer where blood was flowing, and crawled into the repair passage through the dog hole.
Gu Sheng laughed!
"Today it has to be able to do it even if it can! It has to be able to do it even if it can't!"
What could be more fun than watching little Nezha live?
Moreover, this stage where Pure Black escapes from the sewers happens to be at the autosave point.
So, with almost no effort, Gu Sheng adjusted the game progress, pushed out the motion sensing cabin, and then began to sort out the problems.
"What are you doing?"
Here, little Nezha was ready to enter the somatosensory cabin to experience it, but he saw Gu Sheng busy connecting the wires, and couldn't help but feel confused.
"Connect the projection."
Gu Sheng’s answer was as it should be.
"You are a dog, right Gu Sheng?"
Shen Miaomiao was shocked!
“You treat me as a live stream?”
"Oh, that's wrong!"
Gu Sheng frowned and waved his hand:
"I'm collecting player feedback, and I can also give you directions."
"real?"
Shen Miaomiao looked at Gu Sheng with suspicion.
"Heaven and earth, conscience!"
Gu Sheng patted his chest:
"Am I a person who takes pleasure in others' misfortunes? Trust!"
Speaking of.
Gu Sheng stretched out his fist.
"Okay... okay," Shen Miaomiao also stretched out her hand and bumped fists with Gu Sheng: "Trust."
Some tidying up!
You are all set!
Shen Miaomiao took a deep breath and entered the sensory cabin. Before closing the cabin door, she said with some worry: "Trust! Lao Gu! Trust!"
"Trust!" Gu Sheng nodded solemnly: "I will stand here to protect you!"
laugh--
The cabin door closes.
Gu Sheng turned around and lay down on the sofa, crossed his legs, and picked up a Coke and popcorn.
Hehehe, the show is about to begin...
…
Squeak-squeak-squeak
The dim old chandelier above my head swayed left and right.
Crash-crash-
The water in the sewer behind me was flowing with a strong smell of blood.
"call--"
Shen Miaomiao, who entered the game, let out a nervous breath and looked around.
It can be seen that this building is very old.
The repaired passage was still made of red brick walls, which were so mottled that even the cement in the gaps between the bricks had fallen off.
At this moment, the repair passage was dead silent, without any other sound at all.
The current task is displayed on the heads-up UI: [Arrival at the first floor of the men's ward]
After walking a few steps forward, an iron box appeared in front of him.
Shen Miaomiao seemed to understand a little bit what Gu Sheng had just said.
Because according to the game settings, all iron frame boxes with rust frames can be pushed.
So it is not difficult to judge that here you have to push the boxes to find the passage yourself.
Rumble—rumble—
Push the box away.
Sure enough, a long and narrow dog hole appeared in front of Shen Miaomiao.
"This shabby place..."
After complaining, Shen Miaomiao squatted down and crawled forward through the dog hole.
However.
Just as she was about to crawl out of the passage!
BANG!!!
Suddenly, a bald man appeared outside the exit!
“Hey hey hey!!!”
Shen Miaomiao screamed and crashed into the low ceiling of the passage with a thud, like a kitten with its fur standing on end.
Take another close look!
It turned out to be a mentally ill person wearing a straitjacket and tied to a chair.
Perhaps because he struggled too hard, the chair fell over, and the psychopath's pitiful face was facing the dog hole.
"Are you sick, Gu Sheng..."
Shen Miaomiao was almost kicked and her head was covered in sweat.
He mustered up the courage to crawl out of the dog hole, carefully rubbed past the lunatic along the wall, pushed the iron box again, and opened the door behind it.
Then, a long, dark corridor appeared in front of me.
Gurgle.
Shen Miaomiao swallowed her saliva.
The feeling of playing by yourself and watching from outside is so different!
The pitch-black darkness made her feel creepy.
Although there was no sound in the corridor.
However, she always felt that someone was watching her in the dark.
This feeling becomes more obvious after turning on the DV night vision.
In the creepy green viewfinder, noise dots flickered, and it looked like countless pairs of eyes were flashing in the darkness, waiting for him to approach.
Shen Miaomiao suddenly felt a little regretful.
She felt that she didn't particularly want to understand the construction principles of the level map.
But at this moment.
Gu Sheng's voice drifted in faintly from outside the sensor cabin:
"Okay, if you can't move, don't be so stubborn. I admit that you are brave, isn't that enough? Shen Dadan, come out and watch the live broadcast honestly~"
hiss--!!!
This is too much!
I have to admit that Gu Sheng has always been good at being sarcastic!
For a moment!
Shen Miaomiao couldn't help but get excited: "Shut up! Who said I couldn't move? I was just observing calmly and attacking cautiously!"
Talking!
Shen Miaomiao made up her mind!
He plunged into the dark corridor!
He took two steps at a time, looked straight ahead, and rushed straight towards the faint light at the end of the corridor!
He walked through the corridor, turned into the bloody operating room, jumped onto the ventilation duct, crawled all the way forward, and finally landed nimbly in a room.
"call--!!!"
Shen Miaomiao, who had been holding her breath, finally breathed a sigh of relief when she saw the lights again!
Look around!
It seemed to be a ventilation room.
Near the wall is a set of old ventilation equipment.
A mentally ill person, also wearing a straitjacket and tied to a chair, was sitting in the middle of the room.
"snort!"
Shen Miaomiao calmed her nervous mind, uttered a smug laugh, and protested to Gu Sheng outside the sensor cabin:
"What do you think? Am I scared? Do you think I'm scared? Stop looking down on me! From now on, call me Shen Dadaner..."
But before she could finish her words!
Suddenly!
I saw the lunatic sitting in the middle of the room seemed to be having an attack!
Suddenly he struggled violently and roared!
[Meat! Meat! I want to eat meat! Aaaaaaaaaa——!!!]
The roar that suddenly broke out in the silent room scared Shen Miaomiao so much that she jumped up on the spot and screamed!
What’s even more terrifying is that as the patient screamed, two burly figures appeared outside the door of the room and rushed over quickly, cursing!
And in their hands, each of them held a sharp steel knife!