Nightmare Lord's virtual game

The message Mengmeng sent was very simple, it was a reminder.

[Master, the number of players who have completed the story mode of Resident Evil has reached 450,000. It has reached the first reminder point you set before. It is time to consider the new horror game~]

Yes, it is just a simple notification, and it is the notification time set by Zhang Xingyu in advance. Zhang Xingyu has set two notification times in total, one is when the number of players who have completed the story mode of Resident Evil reaches 450,000, and the other is when it reaches 490,000.

When the 2.36 version was updated, the system notified that when the number of players who have completed the story mode of Resident Evil reaches 500,000, the next horror game will be launched.

"I didn't expect... it's already 450,000 so soon."

Hearing the report sent by Mengmeng, Zhang Xingyu murmured with a little surprise.

450,000 players who have completed the story mode are quite small compared to the number of players in the Nightmare World at the level of tens of millions. Why did Zhang Xingyu say it was fast?

It's very simple, it's a horror game masterpiece!

The audience of horror games is small. Even players who like horror games may give up halfway because it's too scary, or play it intermittently and progress very slowly.

Not to mention, the nightmare version of "Resident Evil" is a horror masterpiece that dives into the virtual world!

In the original world, "Resident Evil 7" changed the original "hot-blooded FPS action game" type, returned to the origin, and became a real horror game. It even used the first person to increase the sense of presence. Because the game is too scary, the number of people who have completed "Resident Evil 7" can be said to be the lowest in the history of games. Later, "Resident Evil 7" also launched a VR version, and the horror atmosphere was further improved. Even players who originally completed "Resident Evil 7" and already understood the plot were scared when playing the VR version.

It can be seen how strong the sense of immersion of VR is.

And the nightmare version... fully immerses in the virtual world, which is more than a little bit stronger than the VR version of the original world!

For example, the original world's 2023 game of the year "Baldur's Gate", 5 months after the game was released, the number of players who completed the first chapter was less than 50%, not to mention the horror game.

So, Zhang Xingyu was a little surprised that the nightmare version of "Resident Evil" reached 450,000 story mode players so quickly.

In fact, Zhang Xingyu himself also knows the horror of the nightmare version of "Resident Evil". If it is for collecting energy, in order to collect energy for a longer time, then making the game less scary is the best choice. After all, an ordinary player will be scared and dare not play after playing for a while, and will be scared but can persist in playing. Although the former collects more energy, the latter will be long-lasting and will definitely surpass the former over time.

However, Zhang Xingyu did not do so. The reason is also very simple, or it can be said that Zhang Xingyu himself"Stubbornness".

As the first horror game in the Nightmare World, and after the baptism of the super scary game "P.T.", Zhang Xingyu felt that it was necessary to elevate the horror games in the virtual world to a new level.

Under such circumstances, Zhang Xingyu felt that the number of people who cleared the story mode would not increase too fast. In fact, at the beginning, the number of people increased very slowly, which also confirmed Zhang Xingyu's guess, so for a period of time, Zhang Xingyu did not pay attention to the number of people who cleared the game.

Unexpectedly, without paying attention to it, the number of people actually increased. Although there is still a small goal of 50,000 to the goal of 500,000, it is indeed possible to start preparing.

"Is there a lot of horror game enthusiasts in this world?"

Out of curiosity, Zhang Xingyu asked Mengmeng to collect data statistics on the players who cleared the game, including playing time, number of deaths, types of games played, playing time in the "P.T." game, achievement statistics, etc.

"From the data alone, it seems that not all of these players are horror game players. Many players who have completed the game didn't even last long on P.T. Wait, why are there two sets of P.T. play time sent by Mengmeng... Hey, Mengmeng also made a note, let me see, the other statistical time is the 2.36 version update, after the Nightmare World announced that P.T. would be closed soon, the players' play time..."

Zhang Xingyu was surprised to find that many of these players had not played P.T. before the 2.36 version update, or had played P.T. for very little time (probably because they were scared away after playing) - more than ten hours was considered a lot, and those who could last for a few hours were rare, and many could not even last half an hour!

But after the 2.36 version update, these players actually played P.T. for 12 hours, reaching the daily game time limit set by Nightmare World!

"I started playing P.T. only when it was about to be closed, and I played it like crazy. The reason should be..." Zhang Xingyu thought of a possibility and continued to look at the statistics of these players. Mengmeng also gave the statistics very considerately and gave her own opinions, which were basically the same as Zhang Xingyu's opinions.

These are all players who challenge achievements!

Although P.T. is just an appetizer for horror games, it does have relevant achievements, even legendary achievements!

In order not to miss these achievements, it is really difficult for these achievement-seekers and obsessive-compulsive players!

Zhang Xingyu mourned for these players in his heart. Thinking about the day when the 2.36 version was updated, there must be a considerable number of players who cried and shouted to play this game, and they must have contributed a lot of energy to the nightmare world.

So it makes sense that so many players of Resident Evil have completed the story mode. A considerable number of players who have completed the game are achievement-seekers. For the sake of achievements, they play hard!

It's not easy!

“Although I am a nightmare worldThe creator of the world, but at this time, I have to complain... 9 million evil achievements!"

"The next game is "Zero - The Crow's Priestess -", ​​I don't know how many players can bear it... Hey, I won't reduce the horror level, I will only take it to the next level."

If "Resident Evil" is the Western visual horror, then "Zero - The Crow's Priestess -" is a typical Japanese psychological horror, the latter is obviously more terrifying, not to mention, now there is the blessing of nightmare virtual technology...

——Maybe, there are really players who wet their pants in the real world while playing!

"Please prepare diapers before playing "Zero - The Crow's Priestess -"... Ha, it seems good to update this later." Zhang Xingyu suddenly thought of an idea.

"However, there are still 50,000 to the goal of 500,000, and it is a bit too early to announce the update now... So ignore it? ”

In the original setting, 450,000 was just a small reminder, and Zhang Xingyu didn’t need to do anything. As long as he knew that the new horror game could be prepared, it would not be too late to prepare when the clearance goal reached 490,000.

However, Zhang Xingyu was in a good mood today. After thinking about it, he decided to make a big move!

“I have completed the first goal of 450,000. It is rare that the world’s top media has released news about Nightmare Company, so let’s make a big move... Well, 2.0 is almost over, how come only so few people have completed the myth achievement? It’s too unreasonable. Then - let’s take a myth challenge!”

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