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This Week's Highlights: From "Big Time" to "Hustler's Bar"
Although for players, the ups and downs of the capital market often have little to do with game life, but during the period before and after the National Day, it is probably difficult for you to escape the topic of "stocks". With the rapid rise of the domestic stock market, the blowing water group is chatting, friends and colleagues around me are chatting, family gatherings are chatting, and the left and right tables are chatting when going out to eat...
However, after this week, the frenzied atmosphere has calmed down a lot, and some young people who enter the market with a gambling mentality have been taught a lesson by the stock market: to be in awe of what they don't understand.
BB Ji's editorial department usually gags, investment and financial management are not much to talk about, but the related discussions are too hot, and now the Internet is spreading fast, and memes will come from all directions every day.
The first to bear the brunt is naturally the popularity of the drama "The Great Era". Strictly speaking, "The Great Era" has never been popular, but the fluctuations in the stock market have brought an opportunity for generations to revisit it, and the classic screenshots with new cultural symbols are quite ironic.
On a small scale, the memes of "Fx Warrior Kurumi" also became popular. The original is a comic about a beautiful girl speculating in foreign exchange.,It's called a "quit gambling god".,We also wrote an article in June to introduce it.,If you're interested, you can find it.。
The anchors of the knife circle have gradually lost numb and pretended to be dead from bold words and per capita stocks, and they have entered a state of pretending to be dead, which perfectly presents the human situation of those who follow the trend, and the effect of the program created by real money has to be watched.
Just looking at the title makes me laugh
Of course, having said so much, it is not only to see the fun of losing money, but also to express that people's "gambling nature" is difficult to defeat after all. Everyone knows the truth of "small gambling is pleasant, big gambling hurts the body, and long-term gambling will lose", but human nature is lazy, unwilling to learn and precipitate, and likes to attribute temporary success to their own ability rather than luck, so that there is an embarrassing ending.
So, if you're just thinking about video games that are enjoyable and more entertaining, and don't really hurt your bones, it's much healthier. For example, a recent fraudulent party game called "Liar's Bar" has unexpectedly become popular on major social platforms.
"Liar's Bar" has no official Chinese, and is usually called "Liar's Bar". After the game was launched in early October, without any marketing promotion (or maybe I didn't find it), it became a popular online game on Steam, played by streamers of all sizes, and a lot of slices with hundreds of thousands of millions of plays were born in the past week.
The gameplay of Hustler's Bar is not new. Players take on the role of an animal and take part in a game of 2-4 people in a gloomy speakeasy. The two modes currently offered are "Hustler Cards" and "Hustler Dice", and the rules of the game are both derived from the classic psychological game of fraud.
Take the cheater card, for example. The opening system will specify Q, K, A in one of the cards as a cheater card (such as A, the total amount is only 6), in the small game, players have to take turns to play N cheater cards (such as 3 A), the next house can question the previous house to lie, if the opening of the card in line with the number of the previous house (really 3 A, the clown card is also regarded as A) then the next house loses, if the number is found to be wrong after the opening (such as 1 A, 2 K) then the exposed house loses. The rules of the liar dice are more complicated, but they are all small games that can be understood after watching the video teaching, and the text is a bit troublesome to explain.
The point is that after questioning the player who lost the small game, he had to play Russia Roulette once, using the revolver to shoot his own head, and only 1 out of 6 rounds was live ammunition. The person who is hit by live ammunition is completely out, and if it is empty, the next small game will be opened. (The punishment rule for the liar's dice is to drink poison, and after drinking two bottles, you will be gone)
Therefore, the most exciting part of the game is whether the player can see through the opponent's bluff and wait for the "gamble" after separating the winner from the small game. Due to the depth of the rules, although people who can play can count cards to gain an advantage, but in essence, it is still a greater element of luck, wealth and danger, after all, someone is out of the game at the first shot, and someone can get 5/6 shots.
It can be said that "Hustler's Bar" is almost a game born for online and live streaming. The EA version is equivalent to only providing a visual scene of playing cards and dice, and all the optimizations are very average, and the real fun of playing is the intrigue between players. So people often say in the comment area that because they couldn't find anyone to open the black, they uninstalled it after a few plays.
But in my opinion, "Hustler's Bar" can stand out precisely because of the small amount of game resource budget, which is spent on the blade. For example, the first clip that made "Liar Bar" out of the circle was actually the actions of animal characters. In the game, the player shakes the perspective, and the animals in operation will shake their heads and make movements similar to nodding and shaking their heads, and the effect is very joyful.
The pig's shaking head and nodding has become a popular emoji on Twitch
In the game, when you check your hand and look at the dice, the perspective will also be tilted, as if you are really lying in front of the table, which increases the sense of substitution.
This is all thanks to the game, which does not match the level of mature modeling that does not match the volume. The developer and publisher of "Liar Bar" is called Curve Animation, which is not well-known in the game circle, but in fact, their main business is to make animation, and there are different styles of 2D and 3D works produced.
It's no wonder that you can see highly recognizable and vividly modeled animal characters in "Liar Bar", and even they have their own backstories.
Showing a set of easy-to-understand game rules, but creating a strong sense of atmosphere through art, modeling, scenes, animations and other details, creating a flow experience, reminds me of another Russia roulette hit this year, "Demon Roulette".
And this year's biggest independent game hit "Clown Card" can be regarded as taking a different path, deepening and transforming its own rules and gameplay as a major event.
Of course, in the end, it still needs to be emphasized that the above games that seem to have gambling elements are still to show the fun of the game level, and there is no need to connect with the reality of the platform. After "Clown Card" became popular, it was labeled with a conspiracy theory of "inducing the younger generation to step into the casino", for which the author LocalThunk responded many times, and also made a will, stipulating that "Clown Card" will not be sold or licensed to any gambling company/casino.
In a world where temptation is everywhere, playing games is already a healthy hobby.
NEWS
Industry Watch
2024/10/7-10/13
Large companies
Former Blizzard founder New Studio unveils its first self-developed game. On the 10th, Dreamhaven, founded by former Blizzard president and co-founder Mike Morhaime, announced the first trailer for the new game "Sunderfolk", a tabletop tactical role-playing game that supports up to four local players and can also use a mobile phone as a controller. It's worth mentioning that Shattered Race is Dreamhaven's first self-developed game since its inception in 2020, created by its studio Secret Door. Last month, they also unveiled a new co-publishing game, Lynked: Banner of the Spark, which brought Dreamhaven's total number of employees to 100, according to information disclosed at the time.
And recently, the inside story of Mike Morhaime's parting of ways with Blizzard has also received attention. According to industry journalist Jason Schreier's new book, Mike Morhaime's insistence on leaving Blizzard was that he was tired of arguing with then-CEO Caldecott, who submitted his resignation in 2017 and was persuaded to come back, but still chose to officially quit the company in 2019.
Hero Sports VSPO changed its name and changed its CEO. On the 8th, Hero Sports VSPO issued a brand upgrade announcement, saying that in order to better meet the needs of international development and ensure the consistency of the company's brand communication, the company's name was changed to "Hero Esports", and "VSPO" was renamed "Hero Esports". At the same time, Ying Shuling, the former CEO of Hero Esports, announced his resignation and became the executive chairman of the board of directors of Hero Esports, and he will devote more energy to the design of the ACL Esports AFC Champions League, as well as increase support and construction for the Esports World Cup and the Esports Olympics. The new CEO is Danni Tang, co-founder of Hero Esports, who was previously CFO and head of the Global Strategy Office.
New trends
The National Pension Service of Korea invested in Shift Up. On the 8th, Shift Up, the developer of "Sword Star" and "NIKKE", announced that Korea's state-run pension fund "National Pension Service (NPS)" recently purchased 3.58 million shares of Shift Up, and now holds 6.15% of the shares, becoming the third largest shareholder of Shift Up after the company's founder Kim Hyung-tae and Tencent's subsidiary Ac eville Pte.
other
The Hearthstone national costume is back to normal, and compensation will be issued again. On the 10th, the official Weibo of the Hearthstone national server issued another announcement, saying that the game service has now returned to normal, the problems of queuing, matchmaking and disconnection have been solved, and within two weeks, players who already have Hearthstone accounts will be given 50 card packs (including 25 packs of "Wizban's Workshop" and 25 packs of "Resorts Adventure"), 1000 gold coins, Tavern Battle Chess Legend Strike Effect "World Tour", and compensation for the "Xuanniu Heavenly God" on the back of the ranking battle card in September 2024.
Since the return of the Hearthstone game on September 25, there have been a large number of server problems such as login queues and disconnections. Officials also issued several apology and compensation announcements on September 26, September 29, and October 4.
"Football Manager 25" bounced again. Sega and Sports Interactive have announced that Football Manager 25, originally scheduled for release on November 26, 2024, will be delayed to March 2025. The main reason for the delay is that the game will introduce women's soccer content for the first time and will feature a new Unity engine graphics system, a change that Sports Interactive calls "a new starting point for the next two decades of the series."
The 2012 Naruto movie was re-released. Released in 2012, "Naruto Theatrical Version: Ninja Path" was officially announced and released a finalized poster, which will be released in China on November 9. This is the ninth installment of the "Naruto" theatrical series, which was produced by Kishi Kishimoto himself, and its reputation and popularity are relatively good. The plot is set during the Five World Wars, Naruto and Sakura are trapped in the world of Tsukiyomi by the masked man, and the personalities of their partners have undergone a 180° reversal, and the two rediscover their own stories.
The decline in the quality of the animation of "Vortex" has caused controversy. On September 28th, the animation adaptation of the masterpiece "Vortex" of the horror manga master Junji Ito was officially broadcast, and the quality of the first episode was quite amazing, with character modeling, sound design, and the atmosphere of the town all restoring the charm of the original work well, which can almost be praised as a benchmark for adapted animation works.
However, the animation quality of the second episode has dropped dramatically, the pictures are seriously broken in many places, and the plot rhythm is also a mess, which is a world of difference compared to the first episode. One executive producer, Jason Demarco, explained on social media that the team was "pitted" during the production of Vortex. They had no choice but not to broadcast "The Vortex" altogether; Either only the first episode of the production is aired; Or even if there are flaws, all four episodes will be aired. And out of respect for the hard-working production team, they ended up airing everything.
Finally, there are some new games to keep an eye on this week
"Metaphorical Fantasy", developed by ATLUS and released by Sega, will be released on October 11.
Following the "Persona" series, atlus' new IP masterpiece is second only to P5 in the media reputation of JRPGs, and at the same time set a record for the fastest sales of atlus' games to break one million sales.
The Metaphorical Fantasy and Persona series are not similar titles, and although they both use turn-based combat systems to fight weaknesses and have trendy and cool UI designs, the temperament of the two games is very different.
"Metaphorical Fantasy" is a typical "royal RPG", the characteristics of this work is its complex and magnificent world view, full of Gothic style architecture, technology and magic coexist, is a fusion of European Renaissance, sword and magic, steampunk and other elements, in the era of change of the unique fantasy world. In order to reflect the turmoil of the times and the collision of ideas, the game is designed with 8 different races, which are different in appearance, living habits, traditional culture, physical functions, and social status. This is also the reason why players ridicule this work as "the master of ZZZQ".
"Dragon Ball: Electrified Zero", developed by Spike Chunsoft and released by Bandai Namco, will be released on October 11.
Dragon Ball: Electro Explosion Zero is more like a game that "makes a fortune with a muffled voice". Its media ratings are mediocre, it has no aura of genius, and there are not many news reports, but it has become a real hit game recently, with a bumper harvest of player reputation and game sales.
Speaking of which, there have been dozens of fighting games on Dragon Ball IP since childhood, and the reputation of players has always been good. The most important thing about "Dragon Ball: Electro Explosion Zero" is that the number of characters is super large, with a total of more than 180, which is full of emotions and is the best choice for fans on the market.
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