Chapter Ninety-Nine: Pandora's Box
How can a game be called fun?
There are many answers to this question, Harvey believes that the first depends on the quality of the game itself, and the second depends on the player, there is a popular saying "a thousand Hamlets in the eyes of a thousand people", a thousand people will have different feelings when playing the same game, and the third depends on the companions who play the game together.
Harvey has played a lot of so-called triple-A level games, but there are many games with beautiful graphics, novel gameplay, and interesting plots that can't attract him to continue playing, on the contrary, he still clearly remembers playing those "Contra", "Squirrel Wars", "Blood Series", "Tetris" when he was a child, even if the gameplay of these games is the same, the gamepad only has up, down, left and right and four buttons, he can still play with his friends with relish for several years.
At that time, the key was to play the game with a companion rather than a game, and even if the game was monotonous, as long as there was a companion together, it was a fun game.
Any game,As long as you get these three elements together, it can be called a masterpiece,Weighing these three elements results in three completely different game types,The first is naturally a 3A-level masterpiece,The second day belongs to the fan-oriented game,There are a lot of the third point,Call it a social game。
Harvey's otherworldly version of the Overlord is basically a high-quality game, with simple gameplay and high fun, which is very suitable for playing with friends, plus the multiplayer competition system developed by himself based on decades of gaming experience makes the gameplay of the game a qualitative leap. What role can such a console play in the hands of a group of goblins with intense curiosity and playfulness in a world that has never experienced the joy of gaming?
Harvey's three conditions are infinitely magnified, and if they are placed in modern times, it is equivalent to players suddenly playing a holographic simulation game in the true sense of the word, where players can experience the brutality of modern warfare, indulge in lively and interesting RPGs, or choose to devote themselves to the battle of wits with fire and undead.
In a world where there is no concept of games, modern games have emerged, and in modern times, holographic simulation technology at the level of black technology has emerged.
The results are almost identical.
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Diamond Fairy Helen didn't realize the seriousness of the situation, and smiled to introduce the rules of the game to her companions: "The operation and rules are very simple, first of all, Tetris, this game has a lot of game modes, I prefer prop races, and I feel very interesting when I play with Lily, ah~ Lily is the little girl I am taking care of in that world now." ”
"Let's start with the classic mode, see these blocks? When these blocks fall to the bottom, they will be automatically eliminated when they are connected to each other and there are no empty slots, because the block fall time will increase with the time of the game, which is quite difficult. Ah~ By the way, you can press the downward arrow key to speed up the falling speed of the block, this game can be played by multiple people. ”
Many goblins opened their eyes and exclaimed together: "Oh~! ”
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An hour later
"Eh~ Don't you need me so soon?" Helen, the diamond fairy, sat awkwardly and politely watching the lively scene in front of her.
It took her most of the time to get used to Tetris when she first came into contact with Tetris, and it was clear that her talent for playing was not very good among the gem fairies, and now four gem elves with different colors of hair sat in front of the metal box, their fingers as dexterous as the flower-piercing butterflies controlling the gamepad.
The screen projects the four-player competition mode of Tetris.
Many elves formed a semicircle, and the space was very crowded, but they didn't mind looking at the game screen, sometimes screaming.
"Right! It's better to put that square on the right! ”
"Don't listen to her, just put it in the middle, and the next block is a vertical! It's just enough to get rid of them all! ”
"Ah~ The falling speed has increased again!"
The amethyst goblin who was watching helplessly held his forehead: "It's just a game, what's so fun." ”
"Actually, it's quite interesting, amethyst, you can try it too?" Helen chuckled.
The amethyst goblin glanced at the projection and snorted, "It's not impossible, then I'll try it." ”
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Two hours later
"Amethyst! You've been playing for over an hour, it's almost our turn! The ruby goblin stared at the amethyst goblin who had been playing.
The elves chimed in.
"Yes~Yes~!"
"We want to play too, and you've been playing since just now."
The amethyst goblin stared at the projection screen and didn't dare to be distracted at all, and replied in a whisper while dexterously controlling the handle with both hands: "I haven't lost yet!" This! I'm going to get 100,000 points this time! Break the record! ”
The ruby elf grinned, grabbed the amethyst elf from behind and added a bite to her face.
"What are you doing!" The amethyst fairy turned his head angrily.
“GAME-OVER!” The amethyst elf's distraction directly caused the blocks to fall at high speed to stack and hit the top.
The ruby fairy spread his hands: "Now you lose." ”
"I'm already at 90,000 points, just a little bit ~ just a little bit ~ you guy!" The amethyst goblin's face turned dark, and then he stretched out his hand, and countless gem javelins composed of amethysts condensed in midair.
Helen, who was sitting on the side, looked at the fierce scramble and didn't know how to dissuade her, so she said helplessly: "Don't rob~"
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Three hours later
The castle vestibule has gathered half of the gem goblins that inhabit this huge castle, filling half of the room.
"Don't squeeze."
"Let me pass, I'll see it too."
"What's the fun? I'm going to play too! ”
"Ah~ my hand is broken!"
The unordered goblins squeezed forward like arhats, and many of the goblins with low body hardness were directly crushed.
Helen reluctantly explained the rules of the game: "It's the prop race mode now!" Whoever can hold out until the end wins! ”
"Prop Race!"
"Oh~ It's finally here, Obsidian, let's work together to weed out the others so we can keep playing."
"Agreed."
After a while!
"Ahh Obsidian, you bastard! Why use ink on me! I can't even see it, ah! ”
"Crystal is out, replace the next person."
"Crystal clear! Sorry, there are no friends in the game, only enemies! ”
The game box that Helen brought back attracted more and more goblins, and in order to quell the dispute, a knockout game was adopted, and whoever lost was eliminated and replaced with the next registered goblin. The metal game box shattered the peaceful life that belonged to the elves, and sensing that the situation was showing signs of getting out of control, Helen suddenly regretted bringing this thing back to the elf country.
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Four hours later
"Why is this so······ For the first time, I had a favorite game, and I had a companion to play with. Two kinds of happiness coincide together, and these two happiness bring me more happiness. What you get is a time that should be as happy as a dream······ But why, is this happening······" Helen's face was extremely complicated and she looked at everything that happened in the back hall, and in just half a day, there were many scenes here that she didn't want to see.
Quarrels, betrayals, and overturning the boat of friendship are the exact opposite of how she feels when she plays games with Lily, with whom she wins and loses, but everyone is happy.
What was supposed to be the pure creature goblins in the world has now become as "stupid and ugly" as humans.
"Boom!" There was another loud bang outside, and the gale wind blew open the curtains, and you could see that the tower of a castle was falling, and dozens of meteors of different colors were constantly colliding in the sky.
Not only the backroom, but the entire castle was in turmoil, and from time to time the screams of different gem goblins were heard.
"Onyx! This is revenge for the bomb you just gave me! ”
"And the face said! It's clear that I'm not playing well. ”
"Spinel, you used the prop to knock me out just now! This is my last emerald jet! ”
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Most of the day passed, and the fairy castle seemed to have been bombarded with countless spells and turned into ruins.
"Then I'll go back first, don't break the game console."
Helen stood up and looked at the scene in disappointment, the roof of the back hall was knocked over by an elf, and obsidian had placed a black crystal shield to keep the light out. The backroom is quiet, the elves are concentrating on playing or watching games, and the place outside the backroom becomes a battlefield for the elves.
The beautiful and magnificent castle of the past has been turned into ruins, and there are constantly gem goblins fighting, and there are constantly gem goblins falling down and turning into a state of slumber, all caused by the metal box that Helen has returned, and for the goblins who lack self-control, the game made by Harvey is a Pandora's box, and the goblins have become impulsive in order to compete for the right to play.
Even Helen couldn't clean up this scene, and the dissuasion was a waste of words, and she sighed low and comforted herself: "After a while, their enthusiasm for the game will return to its original state." ”