National Game Producer

Half past five in the evening.

When He Xu was preparing to have dinner, he suddenly received a WeChat message from Xu Wennuo.

Xu Wennuo: Something happened, someone jumped out and hacked your game again!

He Ji:?

He Ji: Can you still have a rhythm now?

He felt a little outrageous.

He has become so "low-key", why are there still people who refuse to let him go?

Why don't those people target "Solar" or "Hua Yao"?

Xu Wennuo: This time it has nothing to do with your personal gossip. The main reason is that many netizens are complaining, saying that there is a problem with the difficulty setting of "Hollow Knight" and that it gives players a very bad experience.

He Jiu:……

He Jiu: Is my game not released yet?

Xu Wennuo: Yes, those people started to set the pace after watching Brother Zhang’s live broadcast.

Xu Wennuo: The key is that they didn’t seem to even watch the entire live broadcast. It was rumored everywhere that the protagonist of this game would lose all currency if he died, which was completely abusing players.

Xu Wennuo: Brother Zhang later discovered that if the little knight dies once, the currency on his body will remain in the soul of the little black shadow. After that, as long as he kills the little black shadow, he can get back the lost currency... and only if he dies twice in a row.

times, and if the little black shadow is not killed during this period, the little knight will lose all currency.

Xu Wennuo: As long as those people have watched the complete live broadcast, it is impossible for them to follow such a rhythm.

He Cu: [wipes sweat]

He Jiu: Is this the noble cloud player?

Xu Wennuo: Noble cloud player...sounds quite appropriate.

Xu Wennuo: However, now more and more noble cloud players are participating in this out-of-context discussion.

Xu Wennuo: Now the focus of their discussion is no longer limited to the issue of death drops, but has expanded it to all other aspects.

Xu Wennuo: In short, even if you clarify the issue of death drops by then, it is estimated that it will be difficult to stop the game from being too difficult.

Xu Wennuo: What are you going to do?

He Jiu: It seems you didn’t play Hollow Knight live this afternoon?

Xu Wennuo: I think the difficulty of the game is a bit high, and I’m afraid of making a fool of myself during the live broadcast, so I haven’t played it for the time being [blushing]

Xu Wennuo: But that doesn’t seem to be the point, right?

Xu Wennuo: Tell me what you are going to do?

He Jiu: It's okay, I believe in the players.

Xu Wennuo: [dumb]

He Jiu: Has Brother Zhang defeated [Fake Knight]?

Xu Wennuo: He was already exploring the [Green Path] just now.

He Ji: Then you can ask him how he feels about playing this game.

He Ji: The fun of some games cannot be felt through the screen... Only by experiencing the whole process in person can we discover how narrow our knowledge is.

Xu Wennuo: Okay.

Xu Wennuo: I will also go and experience it.

After the exchange, He Jiu put away his cell phone and went out to have dinner.

In fact, before he officially started making "Hollow Knight", he had already considered that the difficulty of this game would definitely cause some controversy.

Compared with "Ori and the Dark Forest", the difficulty of "Hollow Knight" is reflected in several aspects and angles.

Players who suffer too much torture at any difficult point may be persuaded to quit.

Therefore, He Jiu had already made plans to deal with this situation and planned to use some means to stimulate players' enthusiasm for playing.

But he didn't expect that some cloud players...perhaps some thoughtful people would be so outrageous.

The rhythm and rhythm don’t even bring out the point. Isn’t this just publicity for him?

It seems that there is indeed no formal domestic organization that will target the "fire spreaders".

The remaining people are nothing to fear.

'Next, we can almost let those hard-core high-end players who know how to live up to their abilities come to the public...'

He Jiu thought silently in his heart.

…

Ten p.m.

Four hours after the game was officially released.

Discussions on the online difficulty of "Hollow Knight" have never stopped.

Although "die once, all currencies will be permanently dropped" has been confirmed to be false news, but some provocative player groups have also found out such things as "jumping stabs are too anti-human", "the BOSS is too difficult to defeat and the frustration is too great".

"Strong" attackable points.

In short, they are determined to classify "Hollow Knight" as a failure.

It was at this time that some high-level content about "Hollow Knight" gradually appeared in several relatively professional player communities and video websites.

Whether it is a live strategy video for the entire collection, a video of killing a BOSS without taking any damage, or a speedrunning racing video, they have all emerged on various video websites and gradually appeared in the eyes of many players.

Of course, only four hours have passed, and it is completely impossible for any player to clear the level for the first time.

Therefore, the so-called racing, as well as videos of killing BOSS without injury, only include the content of the first two areas in the game.

However, this is enough.

At this moment.

Dong Lin had just finished playing against a few people who had no brains in "Hollow Knight" and was about to continue playing the game for a while.

At this time, he suddenly saw a video titled "Quick Kill [Fake Knight] and [Guardian Hornet] without Injury" under the recommended updates on Weibo.

Quick kill without injury?

Dong Lin opened his mouth slightly, and with a bit of doubt that even he couldn't figure out the reason for, he involuntarily clicked on the video.

To be honest, when he played this game, although he thought it was very fun, he also felt a strong sense of frustration when he encountered some situations that made his blood pressure soar.

If this was not a game made by "Firebringer", he would have probably gone to the group to complain about it two hours ago.

When he first encountered the giant armored monster at [Forgotten Crossroads], like Brother Zhang, he thought he had encountered a BOSS.

Therefore, although the game was a bit difficult during the period, he always enjoyed it and also enjoyed the fun of challenging difficult games.

...until he met the real BOSS [False Knight], which was several times larger than the armored monster.

At that time, he was really dumbfounded.

It turns out that the armored monster that I defeated with difficulty was just a mob?

Fortunately, he was still complacent about it for a long time!

And when facing the larger and more oppressive [False Knight], the test he endured became more difficult and cruel.

but……

This can actually be overcome.

As long as he uses the knight's several deaths to gain experience and rules for defeating BOSS, and can see his progress every time he dies, he can still get fun from it.

The most important thing is that the huge sense of accomplishment he received after defeating the [False Knight] really gave him a feeling of arrogance.

He feels that he can already sweep the entire "Hollow Knight" game world.

And then... there was no then.

He undoubtedly overestimated himself and underestimated the game "Firebringer".

Especially after he controlled the little knight to enter the [Green Path] and encountered those [Moss Knights].

He instantly realized at that time how worthless his self-confidence was!

Can humans defeat those monsters?

That TM is even more disgusting than the [False Knight]!

Why can even mobs block and retreat to avoid attacks?

Why are such mobs everywhere in [Green Path], and they are so damn good at camouflage!

Why did he immediately encounter the BOSS of [Green Path] [Guardian Hornet] after enduring a few bullying from [Moss Knights]!

This game is really...

How can it be so torturous!

It really takes the player's confidence, picks it up a little bit, then throws it to the ground hard, then picks it up a little bit more, and throws it to the ground with even greater force.

How can ordinary gamers in this world endure such torture?

Because of this, Dong Lin was actually not confident at all when facing off against those brainless gangsters.

Not only was he unconfident, he even felt guilty.

Although he felt that his positive emotions far outweighed his negative emotions when playing this game, he could not deny that this game was indeed full of malice in many aspects.

He wasn't sure whether other players' skills could reach his level.

If it is out of reach, does it mean those players will not be able to accept this game?

Of course, he no longer has such worries.

After all, there are already players who have defeated [False Knight] and [Guardian Hornet] without taking any damage.

'I don't know if he cheated so he could be beaten without any injuries... If he cheated, then I will definitely expose him severely...'

Dong Lin groaned silently in his heart.

You know, even he himself was stuck here for a long time with [Guardian Bumblebee], and he barely managed to defeat it until fifteen minutes ago!

He didn't believe that anyone could be that much better than him!

However, the next second.

When he saw the little knight in the video, who was calm, relaxed and confident, dodging and attacking as if he were strolling in a garden, he knew that the title of the other person's video was probably the truth.

He admitted that his skills were indeed inferior to others.

And the gap seems to be very large.

'Where did such a master come from...'

Dong Lin felt a little sad.

He felt that he had lost a good opportunity to show off in front of ordinary players.

The video is at the end.

After the Little Knight defeated [Guardian Bumblebee] without any injuries, the author of the video suddenly appeared and gave his explanation.

[Ahem, I am a straight-tempered person, so I will tell the truth.

[Actually, this video was first approached by the "Fire Messenger" and asked me to make it... Well, that is to say, this video was originally a casual video - after all, I also have more than 500,000 fans on station B.

Well.

[Why is it said that it was "originally" a Chafan video? Is it not a Chafan video now?

[To be honest, it really isn’t.

[Because the real Qiafan video is still on the way to production.

[This video, strictly speaking, can be regarded as a preview.

[I estimate that the Chafan video should be at least a hundred times better than this video~

[What, you ask why?

[Of course it’s because this game is so fun and deserves to be treated with the most serious attitude!

[At the same time, I would also like to thank He Ji for his technical guidance to me.

[I have to admit that not all game producers are so bad at playing games that they can’t even beat their own games.

[He Ji’s gaming skills are at least on par with mine.

【Finally, I will declare a war with all players~

[In one day, whoever can defeat these two bosses faster than me without getting hurt, I will give a gift to him.

[Of course, this is only for the first player to surpass me.

[If someone surpasses me in the future, then you should discuss the reward with the person who surpasses me.]

…

After watching the video, Dong Lin didn't have many complicated emotions.

There was only one thought in his mind right now.

——Beyond this person and show your true strength in front of all players!

Well, that means I want to show off.

Of course, before that, he still had to make players truly recognize the game "Hollow Knight."

Otherwise, even if he really surpasses others, it probably won't be anything special worth showing off.

So he forwarded this video to several of his game groups, so that other players who have played "Hollow Knight" can appreciate the true charm of this game.

As a former navy soldier, he knows very well how to maximize the advantages of the game "Hollow Knight".

As for the problem that there will be too many players in the future, which will reduce the probability of success in pretending...

He couldn't believe that he had at least four hours of innate advantage over others, yet he couldn't be the first player to break the record of quick kills without injury!

…

The next day.

Xu Wennuo slept until almost eleven o'clock in the afternoon before waking up.

When she wanted to pay more attention to the difficulty and rhythm of "Hollow Knight", she suddenly discovered that what was circulating on the Internet was not the opposing arguments among players, but about killing the BOSS without damage, collecting all the talismans, and all the maps.

Explore content, etc.

Among them, the topic that attracts the most attention is naturally the topic of killing the BOSS quickly without taking any damage.

Under this topic, expert players from all walks of life are showing off their talents and striving to compete for the record of quick kills without damage to each BOSS.

In addition, there are also many players who have added many branches to these injury-free quick kill records...or in other words, conditional restrictions.

For example, you can kill quickly without upgrading bone nails; kill quickly without using sword skills and spells; kill quickly without dodging, etc.

The speed at which players create new activities is even faster than the speed at which quick kill records are updated.

And this also illustrates from the side the popularity of the game "Hollow Knight" today.

What exactly is going on?

This is just one night!

Action games...are they really so attractive?

Xu Wennuo opened his live broadcast group with a look of confusion.

The people in the group are basically old viewers of her live broadcast room, and everyone is quite familiar with each other, so there won't be too much hostility when chatting.

She saw that someone in the group was already discussing "Hollow Knight", so she sent a message.

Xu Wennuo: Is anyone in the group participating in the "Hollow Knight" quick-kill event?