GDYARVE ## Chapter 87: The Main Feature is Companionship!
## Chapter 87: The Main Feature is Companionship!
When the eerie, decadent world of Bloodborne is fully revealed to players, it makes one’s breath feel a bit strained. The game world is filled with a delicate and bizarre beauty.
The monster designs are also exquisite. Those huge, ancient beings with divine names but whose souls and appearances are entirely evil are vividly portrayed throughout the game. It vividly displays the horrific, grotesque, and evil fantasy imagery.
The Great Ones are powerful high-dimensional beings from outer space, great and incomprehensible. They lack 'consciousness' as humans understand it, but every mortal who tries to draw on their power and knowledge goes mad.
Yharnam is modeled after the Cthulhu Mythos—dark, eerie, and indescribable... It’s a twisted world, and we can completely treat it as a nightmare.
When Bloodborne was released, some players and gaming media questioned Ye Feng's capabilities and wondered what kind of success this game would achieve.
After all, at the beginning, the Old Thief was just a designer known for making well-crafted side-scrolling games.
At this time, Ye Feng was in his office, reading players' reviews. Just by looking, he felt very pleased.
Because his first system task was finally completed.
How long has it been? Whose transmigrator life is this miserable?
Although the system later became a seasoning for rebirth in another world, if he couldn’t complete a single task, he would be haunted by it for the rest of his life.
This is a cheat that every transmigrator must have! Let me use it, please!
[Received 1000 Super Difficulties, task completed, reward: holographic projection technology.]
[The second phase task is now open: Our goal is to obtain 100,000 Super Difficulties (0/100,000).]
[Task reward: game pod manufacturing technology.]
Bloodborne was released on June 20th. A month has passed since then. Most players have already completed it, and expert players are starting to attempt speedruns with a level 4 Waste of Skin.
Players' reviews are varied, mostly about their feelings after playing the game:
[This is my first time giving a Super Difficulty rating. From the initial jokes to later on, when players worldwide experienced a tacit connection and shared joy in giving it a 'very easy' rating, it felt deeply satisfying.
Bloodborne is insane. I still remember Gehrman in the moonlit flower field, the former First Hunter slowly standing up from his wheelchair, saying, 'Tonight, Gehrman joins the hunt!']
[I have developed a tolerance to the Old Thief's games. Being brutally killed along the way, losing my mind, in the end, I was so bloodthirsty that I felt I had become a beast myself. But I still want to say, 'very easy.']
[Sometimes, I truly believe every step the Old Thief takes in game design is carefully thought out. Celeste healed your soul, while Bloodborne heals your body, and in that madness of killing, it crushes your spirit once more.]
…
Yes, besides the initial rebellion, after so long, 'very easy' has become a tacit understanding among players.
Every time they give a 'very easy' rating, they feel a spiritual connection with the designer.
Players unanimously believe that giving the Old Thief a 'very easy' rating means they recognize his game.
The huge success of Bloodborne shattered the preconceived notions players and gaming media had about Ye Feng.
This designer has fully stepped into the ranks of top game designers.
While Ye Feng was reading the reviews, someone knocked on his office door.
Ye Feng looked towards the door and saw Song Shan sneakily poking his head in. “Old Thief, Qixi Festival is almost here. Do we have any plans?”
He looked at Ye Feng slyly, with a face full of gloating smiles.
Obviously, he hoped Ye Feng would bring another blow to players on Qixi Valentine’s Day.
Ye Feng was silent for a moment. “Am I that perverse?”
Seeing Ye Feng’s sincere question, Song Shan became confused too. He questioned himself internally. Isn’t he perverse?
Within a few seconds, he had an answer.
“It’s not just me saying this…”
“Look at the online poll. Everyone thinks so.” Song Shan showed Ye Feng a recent poll.
This was a poll initiated by players three days ago.
[Do you think your love with your partner is strong? Would you dare to challenge the Old Thief's game this Qixi Festival?]
In the poll below, 90% of the votes were for yes.
‘My partner and I are ready. Let the Old Thief’s game be the test of our love!’
‘Another year, another Fun Festival. Exciting!’
‘No worries, I can have my good buddy wear a dress and play with me.’
‘I wonder how many couples will survive this ordeal. If Tang Sanzang needed 81 difficulties to get the scriptures, you just need to pass the Old Thief's game every year to achieve true love.’
…
Damn!
Ye Feng felt a bit attacked. He wanted to say it was intentional; the past was just to complete tasks. After all, he has many touching and heartfelt games in his mind.
Now that the first task is completed, he is already satisfied. Why would he make those things again?
“Ahem, I didn’t intend to, but the atmosphere is already here.” Ye Feng cleared his throat. He didn’t think those two-player games were torturous. Their appearance was not meant to break up couples.
These games were meant to tell players that the fun was never in the game but in the companionship.
“Will it be that type?” Song Shan looked at Ye excitedly.
Ye Feng beckoned him over, and Song Shan quickly moved closer.
“I have a rough idea, it’s... This game is... The main feature is...”
Ye Feng quickly outlined the general process to Song Shan. “I will give you the planning proposal in a couple of days. Gather a team, and let’s finish it before Valentine’s Day.”
“Got it!” Song Shan nodded with a smile.
Now, the Budding Studio is very different from before. As they continue to develop, their studio is constantly growing and adding new members.
That day, Budding Studio reposted that poll with a caption: [Everyone, are you ready?]
The person who initiated the poll almost had an out-of-body experience when seeing Budding Studio’s repost.
This was just a playful poll among players for fun. Unexpectedly, it caught the Old Thief’s attention.
This time it’s really bad!
May all lovers in the world become family in the end.
(End of this chapter)