On December 1st, "Diablo" was officially released.

Today is a Sunday.

In the morning, after sorting the garbage and putting it in the garbage collection point, Furukawa Ozer paced to the nearby game store.

Since it's a Sunday, Hirosawa Furukawa doesn't have any friends on weekdays, and he's very good at celibacy, so even if he buys a game cartridge, no one will go with him.

However, Furukawa Haozer is already very calm and happy about this.

Games, this kind of thing, except for those children playing, are basically very private.

This is even more true of Pokeni's games.

Rather than sharing it with others, it's better to enjoy it alone.

Of course, after the experience is done without anyone's interference, you still have to find other friends to share the game experience.

That's where the joy comes from.

……

While thinking about the games of the past and imagining what Diablo will look like in the future, before I know it, Hiroshi Furukawa has arrived at the game store on the street corner.

As soon as he came out of the corner and poked his head out, Furukawa Hirosawa was stunned by the scene in front of him-

I saw a long queue at the door of the cheat game store under the Dongrun Group, and everyone's faces were full of excitement.

Nani?

What's going on?

Hirozawa Furukawa had never seen such a scene before.

Unless it's a release like Mario World in Renten, or Square Enix's Final Fantasy release, it's rare to see such a queue on a typical game release day.

Could it be that —

Pokeni is taking off?!

Damn it......

Furukawa wasn't very happy about that.

Because before that, Pokeni's game was a buried treasure that only a game hunter with superb exploration skills like him could dig into its charm.

Everyone has their own hobbies, and even better if it's still not easy to be discovered.

At least it shows that his game vision is still good.

But—

Now it's like the baby at the bottom of his box has been opened, and this feeling is really uncomfortable.

And that's not all, what made him even sadter was that—

Where do you need to queue up like this when you bought a pokeni game before?

Isn't it easy to get a recommendation from the store manager as soon as you enter the store?

In particular, digging out the treasure of pokeni from the corner of the wall is a very cool feeling.

And this time, everything broke Furukawa's expectations.

……

But......

Are these people really here to buy Diablo?

Furukawa was skeptical.

Isn't there a game released by a major game manufacturer today?

Is it Final Fantasy?

Or The Legend of Zelda?

Or maybe it's Dragon Quest?

It can't really be Diablo, right?

But eyes can't deceive people.

When Furukawa saw many players walking out of the game store with dark cartridges in the style of Western magic with smiles on their faces, Furukawa was very sure that these guys had finally discovered the amazing secret-

Pokeni, this treasure company, is really going to be on fire!

……

After entering the store, there was little need for the manager's guidance, and Hiroshi Furukawa saw the Diablo cassette on display.

Even the cassettes on the shelves are gone.

The clerks have begun to move inventory from the warehouse, but even then they can't keep up with the sales.

"Store manager, is there a Diablo?"

"Well, there are, there are still ones, and I won't dare to guarantee it after a while." The shopkeeper smiled politely.

Furukawa didn't ask that much, and followed the crowd towards the shelves where Diablo was displayed.

Luckily, he had good luck today, and he grabbed one of the few remaining cartridges.

Diablo

The box is beautifully packaged, and Pokeni's art is as good as ever, and it's easy to imagine what the game is like just by looking at the picture.

See the tab of 16+.

Furukawa Hirosawa couldn't help but wonder in his heart-

Isn't this also a galgame?

……

After buying the cassette, Furukawa Hirosawa hurried back home.

Plug the cassette in with ease, then turn on the TV and sit on the floor.

The screen flickered twice, and suddenly it went black.

Immediately after that, a line of text appeared on the screen -

Diablo

【Pokeni Co., Ltd.】

【Enjoy the game, enjoy life】

The latter slogan was added by Qing Zhiyuan, mainly to have a slogan that players can remember, similar to the future [Create a game with heart]

This kind of thing, a lot like a slogan, the more attachments you can mount on it, the better.

Once players are impressed enough with the slogan, it will be easier to promote the game and build the brand in the future.

The game has officially begun.

Hirozer Furukawa selects [Start Game] and presses the OK button.

A deep voice rang out:

[A long, long time ago, humans, angels, and demons coexisted on this land]

[And they clashed with each other, and one big battle broke out after another]

A sword appears in the picture, stuck on the horizon.

In the distance is the bloody dusk, and in the near distance is the corpses.

The color of the whole picture is on the heavy side, as if it is deliberately set off with a sense of dilapidation.

Due to the limited capacity of the cassette and the limited budget, the opening part of the film is not animated, but still pictures.

Although it's a static image, it's quite sensible.

The yellowed background of ancient parchment, on which the characters and story backgrounds are depicted with full pen and ink, it is like immersion, in the magical world of ancient Europe, looking at ancient books with a sense of ritual.

There are several exaggerated and terrifying demon images in the picture.

At the same time, on the other side of the picture are archangels wearing cloaks and shining wings behind them.

[In the year 1025, with the end of the Hunt of the Three Demons.

Mages Hradim captured Diablo around Candras and sealed it in the catacombs near the Tasendre River. 】

The page is turned, and a cathedral appears.

[They built the Heradic Monastery above the tomb, and at the same time used the monastery as a base to successfully develop settlements in the area.

It gradually evolved to the present day, and people call it Tristram. 】

……

[However, the power of the demon has not disappeared, it is waiting, waiting for the opportunity to move]

[And then—

Back into this world]

Meanwhile.

In the dark labyrinth, a pair of eyes suddenly opened.

A monstrous demon head suddenly opened its bloody mouth.

The screen went black.

……

Yes!

Hirosawa Furukawa was taken aback by the sudden image.

Damn it!

This piece is too scary, isn't it?

……

(End of chapter)