Started as a comics editor

Chapter 199 Is this what 'adaptation' is?
No wonder Jian Yinghua was so shocked.

Because... this prologue seems to be the beginning of a comic.

As a fan of the original manga.

He's the kind of reader who'd play the game adaptation because of the manga. He's incredibly familiar with the manga; while he might not know it by heart, he's very familiar with the plot and the various chapters.

And obviously.

What appears before him now... is the prologue to the comic.

Those familiar lines, the familiar timing of the characters' appearances, the familiar plot developments...

It's exactly the same!
Do not!
wrong.

It's not exactly the same; some parts of the plot have been changed.

Because the character the player plays is original and doesn't exist in the comics, the game added a storyline introducing the player's character.

However, after watching the modified and added plot...

Jian Yinghua's reaction wasn't just shock; it was... anger.

No?

You're letting the player character replace the male protagonist? Are you just making the male protagonist a background character, then letting the player become the male protagonist, inheriting his storyline, or even drastically altering it?

His expression slowly twisted as he barely suppressed his anger and continued playing.

then……

His expression became even more distorted.

The character art doesn't match the promotional video at all; it's just a half-body portrait standing there with text constantly popping up—a crude production, and a drastically altered comic book storyline...

Play and play.

Jian Yinghua was left with only one thought.

be cheated!
just.

He still clung to a sliver of hope: this must be just the beginning, right? This is probably just a way to help players get familiar with the game as quickly as possible, isn't it?

So even though he was already somewhat dissatisfied, he still patiently continued playing.

just.

This is more unbearable than I imagined.

Because of the plot! He'd seen it before! And while comics are static, at least they have panels! They have design!
But in the game, there's only a half-body portrait and text keeps popping up!

This is worse than reading comics!

Most importantly! It's been drastically modified!

His expression grew increasingly contorted!
Finally, the battle scene appeared.

He felt a wave of dizziness wash over him... What the hell is this thing?

This modeling is so rough! This boring back-and-forth attacking is so tedious! And the ultimate move is just an extra attack effect... What is this supposed to be?
His anger level began to rise slowly.

The prologue was a difficult one.

He hadn't even recovered when a barrage of instructions came.

This is for upgrading, that's for card collection, this is for drawing cards, that's for 'equipping'...

He clicked around in a daze, but couldn't remember anything. The only thing he remembered was that each card draw cost fifty.

However, the female protagonist's character illustration on the gacha page.

Jian Yinghua felt that the color illustrations in the comics were even better!

You want me to smoke this?
Why don't you go and grab it!

His anger level was almost full. After finally getting through a bunch of messy tutorials, he officially entered the first chapter of the story.

then
His anger exploded!

Because... it's still a heavily modified version of the comic book plot!

This game! They actually dared to take the original manga's plot and adapt it into a game!
They even moved the male protagonist's storyline to the game's main character.

They even dare to guide players to draw cards after playing for a short while!

So annoying!

So annoying!!!

When the player sees themselves become the one who encounters the heroine, and the game once again guides them to draw cards!
Jian Yinghua simply threw away his phone!

boom!
The phone fell to the ground with a dull thud.

Jian Yinghua was so angry that she started to pant.

What kind of 'adaptation' is this anyway?
No?

Is this really the game that was advertised?

Jian Yinghua even suspected that he had downloaded the wrong game.

He doesn't usually like games and doesn't play them.

Even a player like him thinks it's bad! Do you think other players would think it's good?

So this is the quality of mobile games nowadays?

Shoddy workmanship!
Even the plot is based on a comic book!
The character art is terrible! The character models are terrible! The combat is terrible!

Their desire for players to spend money is so blatant!

A legitimate adaptation?

Even dogs wouldn't play with this!

"...I must be blind to think this thing wouldn't disappoint."

Jian Yinghua was so angry he laughed. He picked up his phone from the ground and immediately turned off the game.

I've already told him about the prologue and the first chapter that I just played.

What's going on with this game?

Putting everything else aside, just the plot alone... he just couldn't stand it!
What a piece of junk!

Is this considered a legitimate adaptation?! Is this an attempt to make money off readers, or to infuriate them?

He placed his phone next to his computer, then woke up the computer screen, opened the browser, and without doing anything else, immediately deleted his favorites for "Dark Night's Decree" and the FGO official website!
Have fun!
He'd be a dog if he ever touches games again! He'd be better off reading comics!

As for why FGO was also deleted...

He felt these two companies were definitely in cahoots! If even this supposedly authentic adaptation is this bad, how good can a collaboration event be? It's all a marketing scam! They're the same thing!
Jian Yinghua angrily deleted her favorites, then opened the largest anime-related forum in China and began to vent her frustration.

……

At the same time, like Jian Yinghua, many comic book readers entered the game.

Jian Yinghua was considered one of the more restrained ones among them.

At least they managed to play up to the first chapter. Many readers didn't even get to the first chapter before everything just collapsed.

In just one hour.

The largest anime-related forum in China is filled with a bunch of related posts.

no way.

The promotional campaign for "Dark Night's Decree" has been competing with FGO recently. Although many FGO players dislike it, it still generates some buzz.

There were quite a few people who went out to play excitedly on the first day.

Of course, most importantly... there are quite a lot of devoted readers.

Therefore, the release of "The Dark Night's Decree" was like stirring up a hornet's nest.

The hype exploded.

Of course, it's not amazing...

This even affected FGO... and its reputation suffered as a result.

the other side.

Seasonal technology.

Ji Fuliang has returned to his office... He is looking at cars.

He'd wanted to buy an off-road vehicle for a while, but he'd been too busy and had put it off. Now he felt it was time to get ready.

While he was excitedly considering whether to choose a G-class or a cruiser...

dong dong dong-

Suddenly, a rapid knocking sounded at the door.

Ji Fuliang looked up, somewhat displeased, but still said, "Please come in."

A staff member hurriedly walked in.

But didn't wait for him to speak.

Ji Fuliang was the first to ask, "What's going on? How many players logged into the game immediately? The statistics are out?"

"Forehead……"

The staff member was taken aback, then subconsciously replied, "The count is out, 110,000..."

Upon hearing this, Ji Fuliang frowned subconsciously and asked, "Why so little?"

"Um, it's probably because of the evening rush hour..."

The staff member answered instinctively.

It's just going back to halfway.

He suddenly snapped out of his daze, his tone shifting urgently: "Boss! This isn't the time to worry about that! Something's happened! The players are furious! Check the forums right now!"

Ji Fuliang's eyes lit up: "Explosion? Is the reputation good?"

The staff member fell silent, unable to even maintain his anxious expression. He looked at Ji Fuliang and said, "No... never mind, boss, you can take a look yourself."

He gave the forum's name.

Ji Fuliang seemed unaware of what was happening. He excitedly grabbed the mouse, searched for a bit, and then opened the forum.

And just clicked it.

The excitement on his face froze.

The screen was filled with words like "trash game," "insult," and "Dark Night Decree is utter garbage."

He was stunned and subconsciously clicked on the post with the most replies.

"What garbage! How dare they call this a proper adaptation?! The character art is so poorly made! It's not even as good as the color illustrations in a manga! The battles are incredibly boring! What's worse is that this is how you change the plot for a proper adaptation?!"

"Damn it! I've been looking forward to this for so long! I was so happy when I saw the game was officially released at noon today! I never expected to play such garbage! Don't insult the manga 'Nightfall'! If Rumi-sensei played this, he'd probably die of anger on the spot!"

"Tsk tsk tsk, I'm impressed, completely impressed. I never expected to be fooled so badly the first time. It was such a waste of my time and emotions!"

"Authentic adaptation my ass! And FGO! Stop insulting the original work! You game companies should all die!"

"I'm so angry! I never expected this adaptation! Do you think we comic book readers don't like the male lead? You just made him disappear?"

"I'd be a dog if I ever played mobile games again!"

"..."

It was all insults...not a single word of praise.

As a result, FGO was also criticized.

See this scene.

Ji Fuliang looked up abruptly, his eyes red, and his voice trembling with panic: "What happened?"

The staff remained silent.

what happened?

Don't you know that very well?
I could tell from the staff's expressions.

Ji Fuliang panicked even more, closed the post in front of him, and continued to browse the forum.

But no matter how he looked through them, all he found were insults and abuse. Even the occasional posts that seemed to say something nice were sarcastic and sarcastic.

When aware of this.

He panicked completely, jumped up, and rushed out of the office.

The staff member turned around and watched Ji Fuliang leave before gently shaking his head.

This game is dead.

I knew it was doomed even before the public beta.

This is nothing more than a death sentence.

As he pondered this, he followed them outside.

obviously.

Ji Fuliang made two fatal mistakes.

First, games are essentially a business activity. If there are only a number of pre-registrations but no revenue can be generated from these people in the future, then it is meaningless. The number of pre-registrations does not equal the value of the players.

Secondly, the fans of the original work are not a group that can be easily fooled. If you are not careful, what could have been a win-win situation may turn into a lose-lose situation.

He just doesn't seem to realize it yet.

Or rather, they became aware of it.

But it's too late.

(End of this chapter)