Game development begins with destroying Girls' Frontline.

Therefore, in the game.

The news section serves as an event index, allowing players to encounter events and accept quests while exploring the world map.

You can also learn about current world events through Wenwen News.

Of course, not all side stories will make it into the newspaper.

The content on Wenwen News is like a thread, first attracting players to take the time to choose the tasks they are most interested in doing.

Once players start moving, they will naturally interact with the open world.

Take on other tasks.

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In addition to the first edition of the task assignment section, Wenwen News also has a second edition.

The second edition contains price and market information for the Touhou Project world.

This is mainly a reminder to players who prefer farming/farming gameplay.

such as:

"Today, the eldest daughter of the Hakugyokuro family will be visiting the Human Village, supposedly for the sake of the food."

This news means that if you operate a restaurant during this time period, you might receive a special customer named Yuyuko and a special reward.

Secondly, this price information also serves as a reminder to players not to forget to exchange copper coins for rune jade, as well as information on certain items.

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Finally, Wenwen News also includes a section of interviews with key figures.

This interview features Sanae Higashiya.

The so-called interview.

In essence, Spark Games cleverly incorporates elements into the game to encourage players to learn about the characters.

After reading the newspaper, Guo Qingqing accepted the task of investigating the banquet held by Hakurei Reimu and finally set off for the Hakurei Shrine.

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Guo Qingqing is still playing the game.

Shen Wansan, the editor of 1717, has already shut down the DEMO.

It wasn't that the demo wasn't fun, but rather that he had to quickly release the news about the first test of the "Eastern Fantasy World" demo.

Before writing the article, he even refreshed the GamerSky app.

I took a look at the competitors' situation.

Hmm, Chen Mo hasn't sent it yet.

Although he breathed a sigh of relief, Shen Wansan did not dare to be careless.

A good advertorial... oh, I mean a good review article, is still very important for attracting traffic to a website.

Under normal circumstances.

Before a game is tested, beta test slots are usually given to the media first, so that news outlets can write articles about it.

But this time it's Spark Games.

It came too suddenly.

The announcement came suddenly, and so did the testing.

As for media reviews? There are none.

Therefore, whoever can capitalize on this wave of traffic will have to be the quickest to write.

The next hour or two, until noon, will be a peak period for traffic.

Because most players, after playing for several hours, will often stop and take a break around noon.

Or you might encounter a problem in the game and need to search for a guide.

At this point, whichever media outlet publishes the article first will reap the benefits of increased traffic.

Therefore, like Shen Wansan, many editors were also caught up in the unexpected National Day surprise from Xinghuo Games and had to work overtime during the holiday to write strategy guides and copy.

Joining them in expressing their gratitude to Lin Li for his great kindness are the content creators who make video guides.

However, these people's efforts were effective.

That afternoon, gaming websites around the world, especially domestic and Japanese gaming websites, were active.

Analysis of the demo for "Touhou Fantasy World" is already everywhere.

Shen Wansan was also there around noon.

The first long commentary published domestically was released.

"This National Day, Spark Games gave us a big surprise."

"The first commercialized work of the Touhou Project IP, Touhou Fantasy World, has appeared before us."

"Upon careful recollection, this demo was produced only five months after Spark Games released its promotional video. The efficiency in creating a demo of such quality is truly astonishing."

"After the demo was released, I, like many other players, spent a morning carefully studying the game."

"By the time you see this news, you've probably already experienced the game yourself."

Before going into the details, let me draw a conclusion first.

"Although the content of the 'Eastern Fantasy World' demo still needs to be improved, and many details, values, and gameplay need to be polished, this demo already has the potential to be a masterpiece."

"Let's start with the visuals. From the demo, we can already confirm that Touhou Fantasy World is a top-down perspective game. Although the perspective is top-down, the visuals themselves are very exquisite and the rendering is particularly good. While the anime style is strong, the overall feel is light and bright."

"Besides the graphics, the game's combat system is also very impressive, especially the skill effects in combat. Although there are very few combat characters available in the demo, the combat framework is already visible. This combat system, spell cards, and bullet hell are a perfect match."

"Aside from the graphics and combat, what surprised me the most in the entire demo, like many other players, was the open-world gameplay."

"At first, Spark Games advertised a large-world gameplay test, but I wasn't quite sure what this Gensokyo large world was."

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"But when I entered the game, I realized that this world is truly vast. In this demo, I really felt like a man from Wuling entering a paradise."

"Don't laugh, but I didn't know much about Touhou Gensokyo before."

"Because of this, when I entered the game, I was worried that I wouldn't be able to get into it, but after playing for an hour or two, I found that I could not only get into it."

"I was even intrigued by the game and went to look up some information about Touhou Gensokyo."

"This isn't a game for fans, but a game that allows everyone to experience the charm of Touhou Gensokyo..."

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Shen Wansan's report basically represents the reporting approach of domestic media towards "Oriental Fantasy World".

Clearly, the gameplay of this vast world involves more than just the players.

The media also found it very novel.

In addition to reviews and reports, domestic news media also entered a frantic overtime mode that day.

A huge amount of guides and introductions are being released like crazy, as if they're free.

no way.

By noon that day, the Baidu Index for "Eastern Fantasy World" had already exceeded 40, while the previous Genshin Impact only had 66 during its public beta.

The reason for this result is quite simple.

It's important to know that the entire "Eastern Fantasy World" DEMO test period is only 48 hours. The only way to experience more content is to find a guide.

Furthermore, "Eastern Fantasy World" is not an original world, but an IP work.

You like Yuyuko, he likes Reimu Hakurei, another person might shout that Yuuka Kazami is my wife, and the next one might shout that he only supports Sanae Kochiya in this life.

Yakumo Purple, Yakumo Blue, Remilia, Flandre, Izayoi Sakuya.

There are too many characters in Touhou Gensokyo.

After exploring for a while, players quickly realized that the demo was a bit too large.

Although this is just an illusion.

The reason this demo looks so large is simply because it was limited to a 48-hour testing period.

In this critical time.

Even if you only watch the initial encounter scenes of these characters, it's still quite a lot.

In addition, it takes time to find these people.

There's also the possibility of being interrupted by gameplay elements like fishing, farming, or simulation management.

Even if you are determined and ignore these things, Lin Li still added two medium-sized mutation side quests to the DEMO.

Therefore, players who are new to the game will naturally feel that it is a world with extremely rich content.

Even if, in reality, this version is just a framework, and if it were officially released, the content would only last for a week...

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Players who are already hooked on the game haven't considered these things.

Their frantic discussions and searches for strategies, in turn, forced news media and strategy test creators to work themselves to the bone.

That night.

If you are a player of "Eastern Fantasy World".

You'll discover something amazing.

It seems the whole world is talking about "Eastern Fantasy World".

Open Bilibili, and you'll find a bunch of demos and guides for finding people from Touhou Gensokyo.

Countless content creators and videos can tell you how to quickly meet your wife and how to complete the first meeting scenario.

Opening the forum, you'll find a group of people discussing the small details of the Eastern fantasy world demo, among others.

"Holy crap, you can do that?"

"How did you do that? Please share!"

"Does anyone know how to get into the Scarlet Devil Mansion? I need to see the Second Miss!!"

Open QQ groups and WeChat groups.

I discovered that groups related to Touhou Project were flooded with posts showing off their gacha pulls, sales figures from business simulations, big catches from fishing games, and completions of their favorite characters' first encounters.

There are so many things to share in Touhou Fantasy World.

It also happened to be the National Day holiday, so many people had time to play games.

all in all.

Through a series of coincidences and various reasons, a situation has emerged in which it seems the whole world is discussing the Eastern fantasy world.

What brought this matter to a head was a review from IGN, who jumped on the bandwagon.

[An Eastern fantasy world demo! A framework with excellent openness!]

[IGN initial rating: 9.5/10]

Initial rating: 9.5, practically perfect

The demo of "Eastern Fantasy World" showcases Spark Games' ambition. It's an extremely ambitious project, and believe me, it's definitely not just a game for fans.

It is an excellent, creative, free, open-world game.

+Excellent art

+Fun open world

+Rich characters and story mechanics

+Outstanding interaction mechanism

-Contains paid content