It was already mid-October. In the next month, I didn’t hear any classic games developed by major manufacturers were released. If nothing unexpected happens, it would be a foregone conclusion that "The Doomsday of the United States" won the annual game honor.

However, this is not only what shocked the entire gaming circle, but also what is also the point is that how many games will be shortlisted for the annual game competition?

Last year, Chen Mo won the honor of the annual game with his excellent level design, world view, plot and difficulty of "Dark Souls", and also made Thunder Interactive Entertainment the title of "Dark God Factory". Many people in the game circle thought that he would continue this style and carry forward it, and continue to dig deeper in similar hardcore games.

However, Chen Mo embarked on a completely different path.

"Underworld" redefined the game genre of adventure themes, while "America's Doomsday" redefined the theme of the end of the world.

Obviously, even compared with the best works of this year, "Underworld" has the advantage with a high score of 9 points, not to mention that "The Doomsday of the United States" has the full score of people and Buddhas to kill Buddhas.

The most terrifying thing is not just these two games, but also one game is more popular than both games, that is "PUBG".

After the launch of the international server of "PUBG", the popularity of this game has been rising steadily, and the share of the VR game cabin is constantly refreshing people's cognition. On the VR platform, the momentum of "PUBG" is completely unstoppable. If no other more powerful dark horses come out to intervene, "PUBG" is likely to reach the popularity of "League of Legends" on the PC side in the VR field.

Even the mobile game "PUBG" has topped the best-selling mobile game in more than 130 countries and regions, and unification of the world is just around the corner.

It is said that on some foreign campuses, students' addiction to the mobile game "PUBG" has affected normal courses, and some schools' wifi has even specifically blocked "PUBG", which shows how popular this game is.

Originally, traditional game designers did not pay much attention to "PUBG" because it is a game that is not related to "Game of the Year" no matter how you look at it, and no matter how popular it is, it has nothing to do with them.

But after reaching this heat, no one can ignore it.

When major game media conduct game reviews, "popularity" will also be an important consideration. For example, "PUBG" has become so popular that even if you can't get the best game of the year, you are likely to get the nomination for the best game of the year.

Generally speaking, the selection rules of major game media are different. The number of nominations for the best game of the year is uncertain, which may be five or six, or there may be more than ten. As long as the game is released this year, as long as the score is excellent (8.5 or above), there will be a chance to get the nomination for the game of the year.

After all, there is only one best game of the year, and the others are all running around. It would be a bit too much to work hard to make a good game and not even allowing it to run around.

But this year is a bit special, because "The Doomsday of America", "Unknown Seas" and "PUBG" have almost been confirmed to enter the annual game nomination. The first two are rated high enough, while "PUBG" is due to its popularity.

In other words, if it is not counted as a small game like "Haibin Mansion", Chen Mo developed three masterpieces this year, and then all of them were nominated for the annual game...

This is really scary...

In the gaming industry, there are many high-yield designers and many stable quality designers, but high-yield and stable quality at the same time, which is very terrifying.

Many industry insiders are speculating that this year will be the true rise of Chen Mo and Thunder Interactive Entertainment. Perhaps in the future, Chen Mo will usher in a game era that is completely under his own rule, and even reach a height that those traditional big companies have not been able to reach!

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As the popularity of "The Doomsday of America" ​​continues to ferment, the connotation of this game has been increasingly discovered.

Players seem to have returned to the interesting experience of inferring the complete story through prop descriptions in "Dark Souls".

Of course, the story of "The Last of Us" is very complete and smooth, but there are still many small puzzles hidden in it waiting for players to discover. These puzzles may be about a certain character, about the entire story background, or about a story that happened in a certain location.

These small puzzles further enrich and perfect the world view of "The Doomsday of America", making it a unique doomsday world.

For example, in a room, Ellie saw a person who committed suicide in a bathtub and said that he could not stand this kind of life, so he chose a relatively relaxed way of relief. But Joel said, believing me, that is not easy, being bitten to death by a zombie or committing suicide by drinking and being shot is much better than this. In other words, in the past 20 years, Joel, who has suffered the pain of losing his daughter, has tried suicide, but in the end he chose to survive with strength.

For example, the black brother wanted a toy, but the brother stopped him. Ellie specially helped the black brother bring the toy. After the black brother died, Ellie specially brought the toy in her backpack. Other collections include the letters given to her by her mother during her lifetime and the Firefly Dog Card from her good friend Riley.

For example, in the beginning plot, when Joel approaches two passers-by, one of them provokes him, but the other passerby hurriedly apologizes to Joel. After Joel walks away, the apologized passerby asks his companion: "Are you crazy? Do you know who that guy is?" From the side, it can be seen that Joel is a guy who makes many people extremely afraid when he is a smuggler.

Including in the cannibal hunter town, you can find places where these people burn their bodies, where they discard their clothes, and each batch of "harvest list". There are detailed records of how many people are victimized every once in a while.

In the purchase records of Firefly Laboratory, there is even a joke about Halloween. The purchase list on Halloween was 50,000 werewolves, and Happy Halloween was marked.

These seemingly inconspicuous puzzles and details fill the whole game. Players can always find many interesting gadgets, either a note, an identity card, or a tape, and these small details also make the world of "America Doomsday" more complete and real. Players seem to be able to see the lives experienced by each supporting role through the experiences of Joel and Ellie.

Many players are sighing that this is the real zombie theme, this is the real end of the world!

Those games that created the end of the world just to let players slap in the game were deeply educated by "The Doomsday of the United States".
Chapter completed!