I'm a post-80s generation, I've been playing games for 20 years, a professional worker, a super dad, PS5/Xbox/Switch/PC, a player on all platforms, and a standard middle-aged uncle.
To tell the truth, it is not easy for us ordinary people to make money these days, but spending money is like running water, housing loans, car loans, baby tuition, parents' medical treatment, sophistication, and self-expenses.
More than 10 years ago, when I first graduated, I didn't have so many worries, all I wanted was to play Dota with my brothers, play WOW, play Sony PS games and Microsoft Xbox car gun ball.
Cosy games room
I picked up and bought a game book, gritted my teeth and bought a second-hand Xbox, I had a good time, I mocked my brothers every day, bragged about my cow, and thought, when my income doubled, I must be ruthless and change to a good game book.
The handheld is the best companion on the go
Now the game is three families,It's already been complete.,After 10 o'clock in the evening,The family and children are asleep.,I'm sitting in front of the computer、Console.,Carefully turn on the machine.,The lights are on.,Pick up the handle.,Open the game.,Load the archive.,Stand flexibly in front of the boss and fight the knife.。
While secretly teasing himself that "the sword is not old", he also felt that what was standing in front of him did not seem to be the "wolf", but in Devil May Cry more than 10 years ago, the picture quality is now a blurry mosaic, Dante with white hair and red clothes.
The former ideal: get off work, coax the baby, everyone sleeps, turn on the host, and play heartily all night.
Cruel reality: get off work, coax the baby, everyone sleeps, turn on the host, enter the game, play for 10 minutes, sleepy, boring, shut down and sleep.
Do you love to play games?
The previous game was simple but fun. For example, Three Kingdoms, Grand Voyage, CS, Legend, Red Alert, Minecraft, Plants vs. Zombies, such as Arcade King of Fighters, Dinosaur Kombat, Tekken, Metal Slug, such as Little Overlord, Super Mario, Contra, Double Dragon, Bloody series.
At that time, the game wanted a picture, no picture, a plot, no plot, but I could just play it all day. Now, at first glance, the picture is exquisite, the plot is touching, and there are Chinese dubbing and Dolby sound effects.
But the gameplay is boring. For example, Call of Duty, Assassin's Creed, Far Cry, and 2K basketball can be said to be like a day for 10 years. (I hope GTA6, Black Myth Wukong don't do this [flash of inspiration])
Over time, we players naturally lost interest in these industrial assembly lines and games.
Old man ring, anytime, anywhere
What's ridiculous is that in order to cover up the lack of gameplay, some manufacturers have started to stuff large sections into the game, with dispensable puzzles (this year's Final Fantasy is reborn, and the mini-game can't be skipped halfway, isn't it disgusting [laughs and cry])
Or after a while, play a CG that can't be paused or skipped (middle-aged players can't afford to hurt [tears]). This kind of water injection increases the game time, doesn't it seem that the game is very conscientious?
Among them, the culmination is Blizzard's Diablo 4. In order to increase the length of the game, they not only forcibly drag out the plot, but also extend the game loading time by 1 second, set that horseback riding is not allowed in the city, horseback riding outside the city, will be intercepted and shot down by monsters, and if you don't finish the quantitative plot and map, you will lose skill points, the character dies, and cannot be resurrected in situ, etc.
This kind of forcible feeding of X caused players to be furious, resulting in a game rating of only 1.8 points. [Petrochemical]
Let's play
Back then, I stayed up late to play games, first inside the Internet café, and then the Haofang platform, 2 yuan an hour, sometimes in order to save some money, I went to the night, I really admired my energy at that time!
At that time, I thought to myself, when my lord has money, I have to buy a computer that is 100 times better than the Internet café, with a cool keyboard, mouse and headphones, and kill all sides.
Now ps5, Xbox, PC, and switch are all configured, but I can't find anyone to play [tears]
I turned on the phone every day, but I didn't know what to do, so I skillfully took out my mobile phone and lay on the bed... [covers face]
Guess where this is?
In Journey to the West, the Supreme Treasure is the happiest when he is a bandit. The Supreme Treasure went back to the past for Bai Jingjing, but found that the favorite became Zixia.
The Supreme Treasure exchanged love, only to exchange for mana and a powerful golden hoop stick, but found that Zixia had become a weak ordinary person for love.
The so-called powerful, but unable to protect an ordinary person he loves, finally became a conformist and unhappy Monkey King. [Fear]
When we grow up, we work hard for our ideals, but we gradually ignore our aging parents and the beauty around us.
Nowadays, our daily life is like acting, saying insincere words, wearing a mask that is not our own, dealing with people we hate, doing jobs we don't like, and taking a meager income to deceive and paralyze ourselves.
Eat chicken, go!
A man, when his youth dies, is not vigorous, but more silent, and nothing is left. There is only madness, freedom and ignorance that were once unscrupulous, but now they cannot ask for it. [tears]
Writing this, I am reminded of a familiar melody -
Hao Yun "Alive", ready to sing:
Panicked and hurried
Why life is always like this
Could it be that I am idealistic?
That's how you spend the time of your life
I'm a little guy who loves to play games
No liver or krypton, no sadness or joy;
Isn't it good to play the game like this?
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