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On May 16, Steam released an egg fried game in Antarctica, called Arctic Eggs, which has a 97% positive rating so far.
To be honest, since the launch of this game, the popularity in China is not high.
And when normal people see the name and introduction of this game, they usually have a strong urge to complain. After all, the game's introduction clearly says Antarctica, but the name is called "Arctic Omelette".
Leaving aside the possibility that the author is illiterate, the naming either has something else to do, or the game is inherently mentally abstract.
And then look at the comments below Steam.,This game seems to really have a big problem.,The abstraction in the comment area alone is beyond the average game.。
After that, I went online and looked at the relevant content pictures, and I felt that this abstract thing really seemed to be quite my appetite, so I decided to put my brain to the table first, maybe I could really play with it.
Then I found out...... This thing is really abstract!
The brain is put here first
The game as a whole uses a retro art style similar to the 90s of the last century, with rough pixel grains and angular modeling accuracy, which should be attributed to the level of the "modeling class" that slept for two and a half years.
But the light and shadow atmosphere of the game and the steamwave music that fills the air like water vapor make people play more and more, and even the chicken in the game feels a lot more pleasing to the eye.
Game title interface
There's not much to say about how to play, just use the mouse to control a pan to turn the eggs over to ensure that both sides are cooked.
The only caveat is that this pan may have a hand-cranked power generation technology, and you'll need to keep shaking the pan to get it hot. And in the case of shaking the pot constantly, the surface of the pot is as slippery as if it had just been fished out of the oil drum.......
Therefore, you need to pay attention to the strength of the mouse at all times to make sure that the eggs in your pot do not slip and slip out of the pan.
The pot is really slippery
At this point, you should understand the basic operation of it, and you need to carry out some advanced challenges on top of it. First of all, there is the primary expression of the game at the abstract level - the cigarette omelette.
Here's what one of the diners in the game asked, "Can you fry my cigarette while frying an egg?" ”。
Then, in addition to a puddle of eggs, there was an extra cigarette in the pot. And this cigarette also serves as a timer, you need to let both sides of this egg be fried before the cigarette burns out.
"Smoked Eggs"
This dish should belong to the "famous dish" in the game, because in addition to the one diner who asked for it at the beginning, another diner not far away made a similar request.
The other diner was probably a veteran smoker, and he had plenty of stock. So when adding cigarettes, that flick is worth most of the pack of China, and in this smoky fire, the eggs are definitely enough to absorb the nicotine owed in the previous life.
Be careful not to shake the smoke out when stirring the pot
In addition to the bizarre operation of "smoking eggs", the game's next masterpiece on the road to abstraction is to add some cockroaches to the pot.
For example, in one of the game's prisons, the player will encounter a robot eater crouching by the toilet. This diner, on the other hand, will ask for cockroaches as a seasoning for this cooking.
Live cockroaches are crawling around in your pot, and thanks to the old pixel style, if you were more realistic, it would be one of the most impactful images in the history of the game, especially if you know that the cockroach has just crawled in the toilet.
And in terms of gameplay, these cockroaches will likewise cause a big hindrance to the player's process of frying eggs.
The mental damage they do by crawling in the pot is one thing, and the fact that they spread their wings and fly out of the pot and cause cooking failures is another.
Due to the requirements of the diners in the game, these cockroaches must stay in the pot at all times, and once they are out of range of the pot, they are considered cooking failures. Therefore, the player must turn the eggs over and the cockroaches as well as them to limit their activities.
But if there is only one cockroach in this process, it is fine, once the number of cockroaches goes up, it is much more difficult to perfectly turn all the cockroaches and eggs accurately than the previous cigarette omelette.
Mental damage is full
In addition, there is another local specialty in the prison of this game - the bullet omelette.
In the process of frying the eggs, fresh bullets are added in batches to heat the eggs and bullets at the same time. And at the right time, the heated bullet will explode like popcorn, mercilessly lifting the egg out of the pan.
Thankfully, this time the author has a good conscience, and bullets are not considered a necessity in the dish, so players can just throw the bullets out of the pot without any pressure and fry the eggs and bacon themselves.
You can throw it away or shake it out
Of course, these abstract dishes still have to fall into other people's stomachs after cooking, and what happens when they are eaten...... Some people will do a backflip excitedly; Some legs and feet are not so flexible, and they will show you a simple awkward dance.
These actions rely on the simple painting style of the game, perhaps originally intended to express gratitude after enjoying the food, but the actual effect presented can be called spiritual pollution, making people suddenly burst out of the mouth of the sentence "Shenjin".
A happy look after eating eggs
However, these NPCs are not simply a group of "god gold".
In fact, the game is set on a future Earth that has undergone a magnetic pole reversal, with the region where Antarctica is located becoming the North Pole and the Arctic Ocean representing the South Pole, which is why the title of the game mentioned at the beginning is contradictory to the synopsis.
In this kind of disaster, human beings can only be trapped in a small area of Antarctica, so as to escape various abnormal disasters in the middle and low latitudes. People have lost their freedom, lost the opportunity to see the world, but have been able to survive in a small area.
A fish on a board in the game will introduce the world
Do you choose to live a stable life in the middle of nowhere, or do you choose to take the risk to see the real world? This topic is not only in the game, but even in the real world, which is a difficult multiple-choice question to answer.
But at least in the game, the protagonist chooses the latter - to really see the world. That's why he gives people omelettes everywhere: he needs to feed everyone before he can get the permission of the stewards and go to the outside world.
In addition to the main character, some of the game's NPCs are also in this place where the night is perpetually dark, hoping to one day fry an egg on the summit of Mount Everest.
This bizarre "omelette philosophy" is repeatedly mentioned in this abstract game, and there is a sense of the social animal quotation of "the world is so big, I want to see it" in the early years.
And in some other NPCs, there are also many people with a magical appearance, saying some weird social animal things that make people's brains cramp and a little philosophical, and I feel that the author may have gone insane at work to make this game.
It is not only the Chinese who have been driven crazy by the transfer
This game is full of abstract philosophies inside and out, and the final ending is that the protagonist successfully feeds everyone and travels through the ruins and arrives on Mount Everest, which is the game's heart.
There, too, is a hen that has long since been seated.
Chickens at the top of Mount Everest
What this chicken represents, to be honest, I didn't understand it in the end, maybe it means that the protagonist is still doing the work of frying eggs even if he comes to the outside world, or it means that the protagonist can finally make himself an omelette this time.
But regardless of the specific meaning, the comments on the Internet are quite happy with this ending. For me personally, this obviously means that I can turn on the custom mode and choose the toppings of the omelette freely.
Customizable ingredients for customs clearance
A small portion of an egg, cooked on both sides and lightly browned, garnished with a whole cigarette, seasoned with cockroaches and pufferfish, and served with fresh beer bottles and cold water glasses. This abstract package can probably fully satisfy the bizarre mental state of adults.
However, it should be noted that you should not imitate similar things in your daily life.