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No one expected that after "Black Myth: Wukong", another "3A masterpiece" that broke out of the encirclement and controlled countless netizens and players turned out to be a simulation game called "The Legend of Shawarma".
The game comes from Eyad Al Shafei, an unknown producer in Turkey, and in the game, players take on the role of "burrito masters" and make shawarma for these hungry customers.
But when I opened Steam and wanted to see the true face of this dark horse game, I was completely shocked by what I saw......
No, you tell me this non-perspective picture, curious characters, weird dubbing, and this capacity that is not even 100M, is a 3A game?
Fortunately, enthusiastic netizens answered this question for me - "The Legend of Shawarma" is a game that uses AI to paint, compose, and dub AI, and I just woke up.
This, how can it not be regarded as a veritable 3A masterpiece?
The makers themselves admit that AI is used in the game
And "The Legend of Shawarma" can become popular in a short period of time, and the theme song "Song of Shawarma" created by Suno AI can be regarded as indispensable.
The brainwashing, magical and exotic tunes, the witty lyrics, and the cumin-flavored vocals are exactly the same as the famous Saphiroth song that was once sung by everyone - "The Man of Men"!
The playback volume has exceeded 700w
Now, although "The Legend of Shawarma" was removed from major domestic mobile game platforms around September 10 due to suspected violations, the game itself has been swiped on various online platforms with the help of netizens, taking advantage of the east wind of "The Song of Shawarma".
The number of views of related topics on Douyin has exceeded 1.5 billion, and there is no shortage of more than one million second-creation works of "The Legend of Shawarma" on Station B, and even the comment area has fallen into the song of Shawarma.
And once you start this shawarma, you will be ruthless! Forget your feelings! It's dead! Countless obsessed players spontaneously took up this unpaid side hustle after work and school, only to see their fingers flying up and down, playing games without sleep, and contributing a lot of fun to netizens.
Hardcore players show their hand speed, technical bloggers share tips, and crispy young people record the maintenance process of tenosynovitis after the game.
In the face of these addicted players, their relatives and friends also show a completely different look. The angry mother can still use force to "make your rotten cake again, and smash your mobile phone."
The desperate boyfriend can only send a Xiaohongshu asking for help: "How can I get my girlfriend to stop playing shawarma?" It looks pitiful.
Waves of new players have flocked in, making the second-tier dealers who sell shawarma game installers making a lot of money, and some stores have even exceeded 100,000 sales. And this mobile free game, even if it is sold for 23 yuan a copy on Steam, there are a large number of players who spend money to buy it.
The popularity of the game has brought together the food of shawarma to "chicken and dog ascend to heaven" and has become the traffic password of major food bloggers. On the online platform, you can see all kinds of Shawarma's evaluations and eating broadcasts, and even more brain-opening will also be the work perspective of making a live-action version of "The Legend of Shawarma".
The author @k a general diary
So for most of the day, what kind of food is shawarma?
Although it sounds like it has some roots in our Manchu national delicacy "Shaqima", in fact, the only thing they have in common is that they can be eaten.
As a Middle Eastern delicacy, shawarma's recipe is not complicated, and the contents are: the common Turk barbecue stacked like a "tower", accompanied by cucumbers, french fries, and other side dishes, and burritos made with sauce.
It is a real hit in the Middle East and even overseas. It's just that in China, because it collided with pasta such as pancakes and fruits, egg scones, etc., it seems a little tepid.
And the above-mentioned production process about Shawarma is the core gameplay of "The Legend of Shawarma".
After entering the game, there will be an old man with a red nose stuck in a hole in the wall, wearing a Turk costume, on the left, to teach you the general operation of the game:
First of all, you have to prepare the ingredients you need to prepare. For example, Turkey barbecue on the shelves has to be cut onto a plate, fries have to be fried in advance, and the red-nosed old man has the pickled cucumber and sauce to fill it up.
Then it's time to make the prepared crust, spread out the prepared crust, roll in the desired ingredients, and wrap it in wrapping paper.
Finally, it is handed to the guest who came to order the food and the gold coin is recovered.
It's hard at first, and these seemingly simple click-and-click processes are not as easy to play as they seem.
The number of ingredients prepared in advance is limited each time, and as soon as the number of customers increases, players must predictably replenish the used ingredients before the reserves are at the bottom, otherwise the customers will lose a lot if they give up the order due to lack of patience, and they may face bankruptcy if they are not careful.
Guests are red and warm
When the day's sales time ends, the gold earned for that day will be counted. If you want to earn more, you have to sell more shawarma in a day. So in the early stage of the game, for a few taels of silver, players are eager to rub their fingers out of the sparks.
Fortunately, the game's makers don't have the same penchant for "abusing" players as Hidetaka Miyazaki.
At the end of each level, players can upgrade their shop with the gold they earn. The upgrade route ranges from in-store equipment and menu improvements to assistant old man training and store decoration. With the renewal of the store, the game experience of players has gradually been enriched.
It's just that there are many invisible pits in this upgrade system, and if you upgrade randomly, it is estimated that you will have to go to hell.
For example, cola machines, baking trays, etc., after these upgrades, they are exchanged for more needs from customers and more cumbersome production processes, which is simply a lonely upgrade.