I am a demonic cultivator, not a capitalist with a conscience.

Chapter 350 Gameplay is always the most important factor (26)

The dreams that Chen Yu selected were all carefully chosen by him on the dream platform.

There are three criteria for selecting these dreams: sales volume, negative review rate, and total number of reviews.

The higher the sales volume, the better the quality of this dream in some aspect; otherwise, it wouldn't be able to attract so many people to play.

The negative review rate and the total number of reviews are a comprehensive indicator. The higher the proportion of negative reviews in the comments, the more likely the dream will evoke negative emotions in most people, making it a key subject for study.

To avoid becoming too involved with the dream developers, Chen Yu sought out others to analyze and study the dreams together, hoping to uncover the secrets behind these dreams that manipulate people's minds while simultaneously making them want to keep playing.

Because of the region lock, most of the Dreamlands were not played by anyone before.

However, since Chen Yu is now an apprentice dream weaver and has the qualification to download and play Changshengzhou, he can lead everyone to explore it.

First place: "Kill Kill Kill".

There are 87,000 total reviews, with a negative review rate of 97%.

The game in this dream is a card game, with up to eight players competing against each other. Everyone takes their cards and attacks, and the player who wipes out everyone else wins.

There are also various faction-based gameplay modes, including battles against non-player characters.

Its player models are detailed and the special effects are unique. Players can play as many as 500 different characters. It is a dream game with a history of 20 years.

Open the comments section, and you'll find countless comments.

Moreover, it can be seen that players have been criticizing Dreamland since its release, with many people criticizing it for twenty years. It can even contain historical events from different regions and times, making it a living fossil on the Dreamland website.

I stepped in dog poop when I went out today. It must be a conspiracy by "Kill Kill Kill". I came here specifically to leave a bad review.

[I didn't win a single lottery ticket. I must have been tricked by the movie "Kill Kill Kill". I'm giving it a bad review as revenge.]

How could you say that about "Kill Kill Kill"? I think it's a good dream. My grandfather was cremated today, but when he saw me playing "Kill Kill Kill," he crawled out of his urn and gave me a big pen. How can that not be a good dream?

There's no excuse; it's just bad.

[I was inexplicably put on a loan, spent the money, and got absolutely nothing in return.]

Judging from the comments, everyone seems to think this dream must be incredibly awful.

However, after it officially started, everyone found that it seemed to be going well.

Only Chen Yu sensed something was wrong.

Why does this thing look so much like a certain wildly popular game?

Does every world have its own version of prosperity?
The game mechanics in Dreamland are very simple: if you get a Kill card, throw it, then your opponent uses a shield to defend, and then use spell cards to cast special effects and equip them with artifact cards.

The character skills at the beginning were quite simple, such as killing two at once, and preventing the opponent from using a shield while killing them.

But soon, the character's skill descriptions became increasingly complex, with each skill resembling a short essay, giving Ma Daqiang a headache after reading only half of it.

Upon seeing a character's skill requiring the use of complex functions, Ma Daqiang couldn't help but exclaim, "Can't there be any skills that are even more comfortable to use? Who is this dream trying to bully?!"

"A dream that's been around for twenty years, this is what it looks like after a while," Chen Yu said, staring at the screen. "But isn't this dream a bit weird? The newbie guide teaches you how to top up your account? If you don't have any money, it automatically redirects you to a microloan company? So the guy who was supposed to be applying for a loan wasn't just being abstract, he was actually serious about it."

"I thought it would be a classic dream world, and I was quite pleased to see so many historical figures appear. But it's anything but classic," Xu Youran sighed. Liu Qing rubbed his third eye and said fiercely, "It's awful! The card-drawing system has a dealer. If you spend a lot, they'll give you good cards first, then continue to give you bad cards. The more you spend, the worse the final cards become, forcing you to keep spending money. The card-drawing probability is secretly adjusted; it's not random at all, but determined by the amount of money spent. The more you spend, the lower the probability of drawing a hero."

Lu Ziqi looked at the screen: "I saw my senior brothers and sisters' paintings. They're getting more and more sloppy. Does this Dream Company think that the more you take your clothes off, the stronger you are?"

After seeing everyone's reactions, Chen Yu confirmed that the dream was indeed well-deserved.

It is indeed history.

After analyzing the reasons for its popularity, Chen Yu discovered that this dream was among the first to find the blue ocean of Changshengzhou card games, and initially expanded the market offline before moving to the dream network.

Afterwards, due to the liquidity and convenience of DreamNet, this dream network has been running ahead of the curve in making money, and has finally become what it is today.

Moreover, because it was one of the first Dreams, it has a strong emotional appeal. Many people play it now simply to glimpse what it used to look like through this historical Dream.

"It's easy to feel negative emotions when someone you once cherished has fallen to this state. What about the next one?"

Second place: "Witches' Brawl".

There are 277,000 total reviews, with a 90% negative review rate.

The name of this dream world alone has a strong allure, making you irresistibly want to click and enter, and then see just how alluring the demoness here is.

However, once inside, everyone discovered that this dream was actually a legitimate chaotic battle dream, except that everyone was wearing less clothing.

From the moment this dream began, Lu Ziqi's eyes were shining.

He's not a pervert, and his focus isn't on that butt.

He just stared at the character model in the dream, repeatedly saying, "Is this the level of a Foundation Establishment modeler? The lines, the tension, the special effects, the Daoist charm, they're all top-notch. How could this dream have so many negative reviews?"

Attracted by the scene, the crowd began to scramble and fight, eager to experience the dream, but after about ten minutes, they didn't want to continue.

Everyone was fighting in the dream, which looked quite lively, but there was a crucial problem.

boring.

Extremely boring.

Moreover, despite high sales, it seems that not many people are playing this dream world, and it takes a long time to find another player.

In the comments section, people's opinions were similar.

[It's boring. There seem to be a lot of characters and their skills look impressive, but they're actually very homogenous; each one is quite boring.]

That's right, ranged attacks are all about hitting, melee attacks are all about slashing, healers are all about healing, and support... support doesn't count as a player.

[Play a game when you have insomnia, and you'll fall asleep in five minutes. It never fails.]

[A nice dream, but I didn't want to play anymore after less than two hours, so I can get a refund without any problem.]

After reading these comments, Chen Yu wrote one down in his notebook:
Gameplay is always the top priority.

Even if it's a dream created to gather negative emotions, you must never forget this point.

(End of this chapter)