Very simple -

Go play games.

Play a lot, play a lot, play a lot!

Because only if you play more games and have enough experience can you analyze the advantages and disadvantages of a game, its innovations, and its advantages!

Of course!

Playing is not just for fun.

In the process of playing, the new players have to make their own analysis of the game, and then Xu Xiaolin provides some advice.

And today!

It coincides with the simultaneous release of "Escape" and "Silent Hill".

So Xu Xiaolin organized a practical class for the newcomers.

The new editors went to play, and Xu Xiaolin was in charge to guide them.

It's a bit like evening self-study in middle and high school. The class teacher sits on the podium, and the students below come to the teacher when they encounter questions they don't know.

Now, those who are speaking in the online conference room are the editors Xiao Lin and Lin Xiaomeng who were just promoted to regular posts at the beginning of this year.

"Gu Sheng has evolved?"

Hearing Lin Xiaomeng's evaluation, Xu Xiaolin was very interested and secretly thought that this evaluation was quite novel.

As an experienced editor-in-chief, Xu Xiaolin knows that whether a game review is popular or not is not only related to the professionalism of the review, but also whether the perspective of the review is novel is equally important.

Lin Xiaomeng's evaluation is obviously very novel.

Although I haven’t heard the specific content of her evaluation yet, at least the angle of this evaluation is very eye-catching.

Xu Xiaolin nodded approvingly and waved his hand: "Tell me about it."

"Good editor,"

Lin Xiaomeng nodded, calmed down and said:

"Based on my current experience, Escape should be considered a masterpiece of horror games,"

"It not only includes Gu Sheng's labeling of psychological horror atmosphere creation,"

"For example, the figure standing at the window staring at the player when they first entered the giant mountain, the messy scene setting in the corridor, the dragging blood stains everywhere, etc.,"

"Jumpscare from classic horror games has been added, such as face-to-face killing, door-opening killing, etc.,"

"And this combination will undoubtedly further enhance the horror of the game,"

"Because for players, the process of playing a horror game is actually the process of overcoming fear,"

"The source of fear is the unknown, so players will unconsciously look for the terrifying rules of this game during the game, making the unknown known and protecting themselves."

"In fact, this is the fundamental reason why previous horror games were gradually eliminated by the market——"

"Because players have discovered the rules of jumpscare-style fear, when the scares become the same, people will naturally become bored,"

"The emergence of Gu-style psychological horror has broken this pattern and left players with no trace. That's why PT is so successful."

"Although the psychological horror of Gu Gu is exquisite, as time goes by, many hardcore players have found a pattern,"

"Like - psychological horror without Jumpscare,"

"Players thought they had cracked the Terror King's formula once again,"

"But I didn't expect that the King of Terror's routines would also evolve,"

"This cub...the designer predicted the players' predictions and blended psychological fear and jumpscare,"

"And in this case——"

Speaking of which.

Although Lin Xiaomeng was grinning inwardly, she had to admire the ingenious design of the King of Terror Gu Sheng:

"As a result, players have no rules to follow,"

"All the doors in the game have become Schrödinger's doors, all the light has become Schrödinger's light, and even the patients wandering around the hospital have become Schrödinger's psychosis,"

"Before you open every door, find every light, and approach every patient,"

"You never know what's waiting for you,"

"When there's no Jumpscare, they're part of the psychological fear,"

"When there is no psychological fear background, they are the sharp edges of Jumpscare."

at last!

Lin Xiaomeng gave her own evaluation of the game so far:

"It is no exaggeration to say that this is the pinnacle of horror games in the past two decades."

good!

Good! Good! Good!

Lin Xiaomeng’s analysis surprised Xu Xiaolin!

See the essence through the appearance!

For a new editor to be able to analyze such a profound core of the game, he was really impressed!

Although the little girl Lin Xiaomeng is usually dull and doesn't like to talk much, she is really unambiguous when it comes to serious matters!

However!

Just when Xu Xiaolin wanted to praise Lin Xiaomeng, he heard another voice in the online conference room, with some doubts:

"Xiaolin-san, your evaluation is biased, isn't it? You haven't even experienced its competing games, so you dare to define it as a pinnacle game?"

The boy who spoke was named Hao Xianming. He was about the same age as Xiao Lin. He was also one of the five new editors and had just experienced Silent Hill.

Obviously, he did not agree with Lin Xiaomeng's high praise, and could even be said to be a little dissatisfied.

"I think as review editors, we shouldn't be so arbitrary,"

Hao Xianming said seriously:

"It is true that the previous Silent Hill PT directed by Gu Sheng caused a lot of heated discussions, and the level of horror was also very high,"

"But it is a trial version after all, and the whole process only takes half an hour,"

"But now, what we want to evaluate are two complete works,"

"It is understandable that players use the filter of their natural favorable impression of PT to cheer for escape,"

"But as professional evaluators, isn't it appropriate for us to do this?"

Yes.

Hao Xianming believes that the reason why Lin Xiaomeng has such a high evaluation of "Escape" is because she, like many other players who are making noises, has too serious a fan filter!

Previously, Hao Xianming had always disagreed with Gu Sheng's title of "King of Terror".

If you want to say that you are the "Father of the Second Generation FPS", I agree.

From "Long 4 Dead" to "PUBG" to "Titanfall" and "APEX".

There are so many excellent works displayed there. I, Hao Xianming, am convinced that I am even willing to call you the ‘Godfather of Shooting’!

That game is really awesome, you have no choice!

but!

Wouldn't it be biased to say that you are the 'King of Terror'?

A multiplayer online version of "Phobia", and a 30-minute trial version of "PT".

With just one and a half games, you have been crowned the ‘King of Horror’?

Hao Xianming is young and vigorous, and has a fair heart.

He did not recognize this uncrowned king. He believed that this was purely Gu Sheng's personal fan effect, coupled with media hype.

Now, "Escape" competes with "Silent Hill", and Golden Wind competes with Camera.

From the comparison of data, it can be said that no matter how it is compared, "Silent Hill" is higher than "Escape".

In terms of experience, Comella has produced five horror games, while Golden Wind has only one and a half.

In terms of investment, the total investment for "Silent Hill" exceeded $67 million, while "Escape" only cost $18 million.

In terms of market, the global market share of KMN somatosensory cabin completely exceeds the combined total of Yiyou x2 and Polar Bear 3.

"And, judging from my experience just now,"

Hao Xianming said:

"The quality of Silent Hill is very good in terms of industrial level and level design, as well as game smoothness and scare settings,"

"I feel that as professional evaluators, we should not be affected by external public opinion,"
To be continued...