For a game like "World of Spirits" that is not at all user-friendly and has an upgrade speed slower than a snail's pace, if it weren't for the exquisite graphics, the huge map that is beyond the reach of other games, and the intelligent NPCs, it is estimated that after a day, the number of players would be less than 10%.
Even with these things to support it, Alex estimates that in a month at most, the players in the "World of Spirits" will have all but disappeared.
There are definitely people who can persevere in the game, but there should be very few.
In this era of fast food games, everyone is very busy, and a game with a pace as slow as a snail is destined to have no chance of survival.
So many advanced black technologies have been combined to create such a failed game. I wonder which NC school the game planner for "World of Spirits" graduated from, and he has ruined such a good hand.
If it were a more normal game planner, or even if he let Alex, an amateur, take on the role of game planner, with the help of so many black technologies, he would also be confident that he could create an epoch-making hit game!
When he thought about this, Alex in front of the phone screen couldn't help but shake his head.
It's actually useless for him to think about these things. These are all matters for the game company. He is just an ordinary player. Even if the game company goes bankrupt due to mismanagement, it's none of his business.
He plays games to kill time.
Even if the game company goes bankrupt due to mismanagement, he will not lose much. He can just switch to another game.
After all, he has no intention of paying to upgrade his account.
Besides, even if he wanted to, there is no way to recharge in this game for the time being.
This is very suspicious...
When he thought about this, Alex couldn't help but frown slightly.
Could it be that this "World of Spirits" is just a test server? Is the test server incomplete, and is it just a "venue" used by the game company to test some game data? Is that why it seems so inhumane? Is that why there is no recharge channel?
That's not right either. If the game hasn't been completed and is still in the testing phase, it can simply recruit a small number of elite players to conduct closed beta testing, and there's no need to make such a big fuss and carry out large-scale publicity like this.
Alex was at a loss for words.
Forget it, just play the game. Why think so much?
That day, one after another, some new players wearing only a pair of grey underpants arrived in Peace Village.
That's how the game goes, people come and go, and a new generation replaces the old.
They are all destined to be transient, so Alex has no interest in talking to these new players.
As dusk approached in the afternoon, Alex once again controlled his character and performed some simple strength training.
After tapping the screen for about an hour,
the prompt appeared: "Because you worked hard and seriously to build strength, your strength has increased by 1 point."
Alex's character now had 71 points of strength.
After this prompt, Alex tells his character to stop strength training, finds a flat stone in the corner of the village, and sits down.
Not long after, the prompt appears: "You are hungry now and need to eat."
His character is hungry again.
So be it, I don't have any other ideas, so I can only wait for the big pot of rice for dinner tonight.
His parents downstairs are already calling him to eat.
Alex quits the game and goes downstairs to have dinner with his parents.
After dinner, Alex accompanies his father for a walk along the riverbank, as usual.
After returning from the walk, Alex logs back into the game.
It is completely dark in the game world, and the campfire in the village square has been rekindled with fresh firewood.
The large iron pot was steaming, cooking the big pot of rice.
Almost 20 players gathered around the campfire, half-naked, like refugees waiting for soup in a period drama.
As for the characters that had already 'died', they were thrown far into the corner to save space.
Alex was again given a steaming, dark, mushy-looking food in a porcelain bowl.
This time, Alex did not bore himself by enlarging it tenfold and examining it in detail, but instead directly manipulated his character and buried his face in it and began to eat.
After finishing the bowl of food, the annoying sound of hunger finally stopped.
John was directing several villagers, telling them to take down the iron pot and add new firewood to the bonfire to prepare for the players' overnight stay.
Alex approached to ask John about Ethan and Emma.
Before Alex could get close, a burly villager stood in his way.
This villager's face was both vigilant and contemptuous. Can a refugee like you just approach the village headmaster at will?
"Let him come over," John said, seeing that it was Alex who had come over.
Only then did this villager reluctantly make way for Alex.
Alex walked up to John and asked about the siblings Ethan and Emma.
"This pair of siblings are also unfortunate people." John sighed and said, "About six years ago, their parents were working in the fields when they were suddenly bitten to death by a ferocious beast that came out of nowhere. After that, Ethan brought his younger sister Emma with him and they have been living together ever since. Alex, why are you asking about them?"
John knew Alex's name.
Alex said, "I met them in the forest outside the village. I was starving, and Emma was kind enough to give me a piece of bread to fill my stomach."
"I see," John sighed again, saying, "Ethan, after his parents were bitten to death by the beast, determined to become a martial artist and kill all the beasts outside the village to avenge his parents. However, it is not so easy to become a martial artist. What is needed is persistent physical exercise, and a lot of food. He is at an age when his body is growing, and he also needs to take care of his younger sister. The output of their family's land is simply not enough for them to eat. So he takes his younger sister with him to forage for food in the mountains and forests outside the village, picking wild fruits and hunting small animals to supplement the consumption of food. This child is persistent. According to Captain Mike, this child still has great hope of becoming a martial artist after he comes of age."
Alex was a little puzzled: "Why did Ethan bring his younger sister with him when foraging for food in the mountains outside the village? Wasn't he afraid that his younger sister would be in danger if she followed him?"
John shook his head and smiled: "Don't underestimate this little girl Emma. This little girl has an almost instinctive sense of danger, and she is also very careful, much more so than her brother Ethan. With her, she can find more wild fruits and small animals. She is not a burden."
"I see." Alex gave a thoughtful expression.