Chapter 176 What is a masterpiece?

 "To the Moon" is not large in size, and it only takes four hours to play the entire game.

People say that playing the game is like watching a big movie. Every time the music in the game sounds, they can't help but shed tears.

This game is also considered by players to be a masterpiece that transcends games.

But not long ago, the old thief showed everyone with practical actions that everyone prefers games that are unconventional, and they are extremely fond of games that have as much imagination as the sky.

Are all the stinky and long pure story games really liked by players?

Reality has dealt another painful blow to other game manufacturers, that is, yes!

　　When a picture full of mosaics properly expresses every expression and action of the characters in the game, when the repeated electronic sounds in the game properly highlight every climax and turning point of the game.

 When he completed this game with simple graphics, simple music, and simple plot,

 "To the Moon" has become popular again,

Whether you like playing games or don’t like games, you will download the game and spend just four hours to experience the pure love in the game.

When we were seventeen, we had the passion and courage to say "I love you" loudly. Now, when reality has flattened our emotions, and even our anger has become weak, we prefer to watch novels and movies. , the joy, anger, sorrow and joy of others in the game.

After investigation, most of the people who like this game are those who have experienced joys and sorrows. They have experienced real love and real joys and sorrows, so they are attracted to the meticulous, clean and pure gameplay in the game. Love feels fascinated.

 After Lao Zei, the game production circle has been driven into a frenzy of pixel games, and many game manufacturers have also invested in the production of pixel games.

 Because the old thief showed everyone that pixel games are a game style and not a product of the retro era.

Especially after Undertale was also rated as a masterpiece, other game manufacturers saw hope and future, and saw the spring of pixel games.

 Ordinary game manufacturers can also achieve great success by relying on low-cost production.

 There were several pixel games around the same time as "To the Moon", and the quality was pretty good.

  It can be said that after Lao Zei became famous, no game manufacturer dared not to make games attentively.

 Players have very good comments about them. Everyone says that they have made the game carefully and it is very playable.

 XuDou Games is also one of the manufacturers of pixel games. This time they made a pixel game with strong combat characteristics and won unanimous praise from players.

 Players have high praise for him, and he has never enjoyed such high praise.

 Before "To the Moon" came out, his game ranking had been at the top of the list of new pixel games.

After the release of "To the Moon", his game fell to second place at an extremely fast speed, and the gap with first place widened rapidly.

 Seeing that "To the Moon" even appeared on the new game list, he was a little unconvinced.

 That night, he posted a somewhat strange content on the social platform.

　　【I admit that the game was very touching, but if it hadn't been named by an old thief, it wouldn't have achieved the results it has now. 】

As soon as the content came out, it immediately caused an uproar in the gaming circle.

 ‘Batch 6, you think your game is doing well, right? ’

 ‘The old thieves still put too little pressure on game manufacturers. ’

　　‘Is he criticizing going to the moon? ’

　　‘How dare you? ’

　　‘Kill God? Do you want to be an old thief? Fight! Fight! ’

 ‘I also want to say, old thief, what you did is all rubbish. I can’t even see the screen clearly through my tears. ’

 …

His message did not receive a reply from Sprout Studio.

One of the things he stated in his remarks was, could "To the Moon" really become a hit without the support of Sprout Studio?

 The comment area is full of players watching the excitement.

　　‘Yeah, if this game didn’t have the blessing of the old thief’s name, I wouldn’t even buy it. ’

　　　Your game is really fun, much better than the old thief. ’

 ‘I don’t like the old thief’s current attitude towards playing games, it actually made me cry. ’

 …

 The players' echoes gave the designers of Xudou Game Company the illusion that they were really old thieves.

 Because he recently challenged the old thief, his game sales have also surged, and similarly, there have been a lot of refunds for the game.

 Most people gave a review that it was not very fun and refunded the money after using it for a period of time.

 He ​​doesn’t care about this, because he feels that those who issue refunds are loyal fans of the old thieves, and they are here specifically to increase the refund rate for himself.

 The more this happens, the more it means that you have hit the old thief’s pain point.

 Cause the fans of the old thief are angry.

 A few days later, his yelling became more and more loud, and even the players who were watching the excitement felt that something was wrong.

 ‘Brother, stop it, everyone is just joking with you. ’

 ‘The old thief’s game is really excellent, everyone is kidding you, your game really needs to work on it. ’

　　…? ’

 …

 It’s just that no matter what the players behind him say, they can’t pull him back.

 The flattery of the past few days has already confused him.

 He even sent a challenge to the old thieves on social platforms. Everyone made two pixel games anonymously and left the quality to players to comment.

 You can’t tell players that this game is yours, and I don’t say that this game is mine. Players rely on their own hearts to evaluate the best game in their minds.

 Ye Feng did not make any response.

And his silence also made the people of Xudou Game Company even more aggressive.

 “Old thief, he doesn’t dare to fight!” The people at Xudou Entertainment were complacent.

　　The players tolerated his arrogance in the beginning, but his last sentence completely aroused public outrage.

"I can't bear it anymore. Why do I think I can be compared with the old thief's game? And do I think I'm better than him?"

"What is a masterpiece? No matter in movies, games, music, or literature, a true masterpiece should be the kind that can touch and shock the soul deeply. Your game is very good, and you can play it all the way." Killing and killing all the way, but in this world, it is difficult to draw a tiger or a mouse, but the most difficult thing to grasp and portray is the human heart."

"Your battle mode reminds me of the shadow of "Undertale". The old thief showed everyone a pixel game battle mode. Why do people who live in the shadow of others still arrogantly say that they have surpassed it? "

"It's not difficult to have a mind as big as the sky, because as long as you dare to think, there will always be holes in your mind. However, it takes many years of ups and downs and a long period of life understanding to describe the human emotions and soul in detail and vividly. did, so I chose the latter one as the standard for masterpieces rather than the first one which might have looked better.”

 (End of this chapter)