"Congratulations, Von Stroheim, you've completed the game."
"That's all? What the heck?"
- Ruined World -
A game that everyone despised for its extreme difficulty and impossible dungeons, where no one has ever reached the end. I scrolled down and restarted the app on my smartphone, but nothing changed. The same message, "Congratulations, Von Stroheim, you've completed the game," is the only thing appearing on my screen right now.
"Really? After all those hellish years I spent, this is it? Those final bosses that i fought for years and THIS IS THE FINAL QUEST??! 'What's your thoughts on this world?' What the hell?"
I looked again, and yes, the game is really over.
[ Ruined World ]
[ Developer: shk777 ]
[ Popularity: 0/5 ]
Ruined World, the game everyone loves to hate for its hellish difficulty and impossible quests
I have been playing this game since my first year of high school. I played it during recess, and I even played it during math class 'i hate math'. This game, loved by everyone, was a significant part of my childhood. But everything changed after that one UPDATE.
— 9 years ago —
"It's been 2 years since this game was updated. It's pretty basic so far. The quests are easy, and the dungeons puzzles are pretty catchy, this game totally sucks" - Myne
"I know, right? Whoever made this game seriously needs to update the difficulty. Even Xenonia is harder" - Clarence
"True, but this g—" Before i could finish speaking, a notification sound interrupt me, announcing an update for the game.
"A special update for everyone: Ruined World, will now give you the challenge you want. Since the ratings have been dropping due to players giving the game low stars and complaining about the difficulty, I decided to change the game mechanics. That's all. Good luck, players!" — shk777
"Finally AFTER 2 YEARS! A DECENT UPDATE!!" - Myne, Clarence, Myself
We just laughed it off and played the game.
'Day 1: Nothing much happened.
Day 12: Clarence left the game.
Day 36: Mine left the game.
Day 456: The game was bashed through pinstagram cause of the update.
Day 1349: The game is completely dead.
Day 3288(Current day): Only one player beat the game and yes, it's me, Von Stroheim.'
As I was going through the setting to delete the game, I suddenly heard the sound of a screaming girl. The scream was so real and chilling that it made me freeze in place.
I quickly looked around, trying to locate the source of the scream, i look back at my phone, where I had just finished playing the game. The screen showed the same thing, but something felt off.
I stepped outside and was greeted by a scene familiar to me. The sky was purple, with flying wyvern that's inside the game. Buildings on ruins and fire, resembling the structures from the game. People running in fear of being killed by the monsters, basically like NPC of the game.
"The sound of the screaming girl again"
I run trying to locate the sound, and when i turned around i saw a young girl trapped by a group of goblins, just like the ones I had battled in the game. My heartbeat is so fast as I realized that the game somehow merged with the real world.
"How's this possible??, there's no way this is real right??" My brain is full of thoughts as to what is really happening. I look to girl with nervous face, "That girl will die i need to help her, fu*k!." Without thinking, I rushed to the girl, using the fighting skills I had learned in the game to fight off the goblins. It felt unreal, but my actions were effective. I managed to defeat the goblins and helped the girl.
"Thank y—" Before the girl could finish speaking, she fainted.
I carry her away from the hellish street where everyone is screaming and put her on my home, running and hiding from other monsters.
Seconds later a message appear,
[ Sorry for the delay!, and congratulations for defeating 6 goblins you level up!, choose your reward. ]
I was surprised when a system similar to the one in the game appeared in front of me.
—
[ Sorry for the delay!, and congratulations for defeating 6 goblins you level up!, choose your reward. ]
— +1 on all stats
— Perfect health(heal yourself, and the closest person beside you)
— Random Item
— 50 Gold
Then suddenly i remember something.. "Window Status" i said loudly.
[ Player Status ]
Name: Von Stroheim
Title: 1st world survivor
Level: 4
Health: 12/100
Mana: 30/100
Strength: 10
Agility: 8
Intelligence: 40
Defense: 9
Gold: 35
Experience: 205/300
Skills:
Eye of truth [S]
Advance fighting skills [C+]
Inventory: None
"Eye of truth huh?" As i remember how important this is on early game version when more players are active.
I used my eye of truth on the girl and saw something bizarre.
[ Player Status ]
Name: Anna Kent
Title: None
Level: 1
Health: 8/100
Mana: 98/100
Strength: 3
Agility: 2
Intelligence: 64
Defense: 2
Gold: 0
Experience: 0/70
Skills:
Parallel healing [SS+]
Buff [B+]
Inventory: None
"Parallel healing? SS+ TIER?!, This young girl will be a great help in the future, i must keep and protect her."
After checking the window's status, I selected "Perfect Health" to heal myself and the girl. "This eerie feeling," I muttered, i walk and look at my house window and saw my once peaceful world now falling into chaos at the hands of the game's monsters, known as Ruined World.