This Is Not a Bug but a Game Feature-Chapter 293 - 192: Newbies, Don’t Be Afraid—Everyone Here Is a Nice Guy! (Part 2)
"Ah this..."
When Yang Dong heard this, he already guessed how the plot would develop.
Is "Global Evolution" difficult?
When the game was first released, the difficulty wasn’t high. On the easy difficulty, as long as you had the basics, you could beat every boss by remembering a few key points.
But things are different now!
Due to a strange bug in the game, some players evolved and replaced the original story mode bosses, which suddenly increased the game’s difficulty.
Fighting A.I. and fighting players are completely different experiences.
At least the A.I. won’t try to play mind games with you or use deceptive tactics—follow the guide, die a few times, and for sure, you’ll pass.
The bosses played by players, though their stats remain the same, are entirely different in terms of control...
"Exactly!"
Chen Ba confirmed Dong’s guess, unable to hold back a laugh: "Those hardcore players of Souls-like games bought ’Global Evolution’ with the mindset of testing its difficulty."
"They initially thought that this game, which is supposed to be easy, could be cleared in less than two hours. They could both slap its face and initiate a refund with no loss!"
"And guess what the craziest part is? The craziest part is that they confidently chose the Hell difficulty right from the start..."
Even Yang Dong couldn’t help but smile when he heard this.
Truly confident, aren’t they?
No wonder they are the most hardcore players on the internet, always up for the challenge of high-difficulty games. Their guts are indeed extraordinary.
Unfortunately...
’Global Evolution’ is really different from the games they’ve been playing before!
The bosses in this game aren’t brainless Iron Fools that follow preset logic but are instead cunning and devious players with lots of tricks.
No doubt about it.
All those who came to prove their hardcore nature and thought "Global Evolution" was easy all surpassed the game’s refund time limit.
"Bro, I was wrong!"
"You were right, so right! ’Global Evolution’ is indeed the most hardcore game. I shouldn’t have doubted you..."
Initially, those who spoke with such confidence found themselves in utter despair and helplessness when facing those player bosses on Hell difficulty.
Such trickery!
These player bosses, they’re all like old hands, not only knowing the art of war but also knowing how to fake moves to trick skills.
Indeed, they fake actions to bait players’ dodge and counter-skills.
If you fall for it, you’re as good as dead! These checkpoint bosses are players, and they’re very aware of all your life-saving skills, ambushing you without a second thought.
Originally, these bosses already had exaggerated stats. When combined with human intelligence, it creates an unprecedented difficulty: player-level!
That’s right!
With more and more hardcore players falling under the clutches of bosses, when the gaming community discusses hardcore high-difficulty games, "Global Evolution" is usually excluded. 𝓯𝙧𝙚𝒆𝙬𝙚𝒃𝙣𝙤𝒗𝓮𝓵.𝙘𝙤𝙢
What’s the point of discussing?
When you discuss whether the bosses in "Global Evolution" are hard, those evolution bosses are watching your post from behind the computer. What’s the point of this discussion?
You can’t even make a strategy guide.
It’s not that no one has tried to make guides, but once these come out, players immediately realize these bosses have changed their strategies.
Players haven’t even memorized all the weaknesses and cautions from the guides, but the checkpoint bosses remember them even better.
Those guides were read for nothing!
However, that said, although 99% of the guides are useless for ordinary players and only help boss players patch up their weaknesses, some brilliant strategy posts do make a big difference.
These guides don’t teach textbook BOSS fights but teach how to adapt to various emergency situations or fatal crises.
They also seriously analyze the information of these checkpoint bosses, developing a set of long-range and close-combat skills against different BOSS physiques.
Even if boss players see these guides, it doesn’t matter because these guides teach operation mindset and adaptability.
Ordinary players can’t just copy these and have to rely on understanding, and not just understand but also try and die a lot. Only by trying fearlessly and dying more can one pass.
"Has anyone cleared it?"
"Yes, quite a few!"
Chen Ba explained: "The game itself isn’t very long. On easy difficulty, some had already cleared it and started their second playthrough a few days ago."
Passing isn’t hard.
Even if the bosses in the checkpoints are replaced by players, you can still clear the game on easy difficulty with a few more deaths.
But after clearing, most players choose to add difficulty for newcomers, start afresh, and become game bosses themselves, which is just exasperating.
Those who were among the first to clear are undoubtedly hardcore players with decent skill levels.
After clearing, they turn into game bosses to prevent others from passing. This kind of behavior can usually be summed up with one phrase: "Having been rained on, they want to tear away others’ umbrellas!"
"Oh no!"
"If things go on like this, won’t the number of players who can clear ’Global Evolution’ decrease?" Yang Dong said, half-laughing.
"Well, whether fewer will clear, I don’t know, but I know there will definitely be more bosses than players in the game."
Chen Ba had a look of worry.
With increasing game sales, there’s no worry about this issue for now. But if sales stabilize, the number of ’inhumane’ players will certainly surpass ordinary players.
Not being humane is just too enjoyable!
The boss’s stats and strength far exceed the player template of the same level and can even be advanced by killing players, so there’s no worry about further power improvement.
Yet if all players become inhumane, it would undoubtedly be a massive hit and shock to the overall game ecosystem.
Just think about it.
Eventually, out of ten players, nine evolve into game bosses, leaving only one normal person. Need we imagine how these nine boss players would "bully" this one regular player?
"The best is yet to come!"
"In other words, the current ’Global Evolution’ isn’t even in its final form. In some time, new players will experience true despair..."
What is the final form like?
Chen Ba tried to simulate it in his mind and then sighed.
Student Ming heard that "Global Evolution" was fun, so he joyfully bought the game, planning to enjoy it thoroughly.
Soon after entering the game, he encountered a wild boss in the wilderness, getting beaten to the point of hair-raising fear.
[Newbie reporting in, may I ask the dear experts how to get through the early stages of this game? Where can I find the community guides?]
After posting a plea for help, Ming eagerly expected the veteran players to enthusiastically reply under his post to teach him how to play the game step-by-step.
However...
"A newbie? Run!"
"I smell a human, heh heh, it’s a newbie? With one more player kill I can become the King of Sea Beasts, thanks to heaven’s help!"
"Heh heh heh! Newbie, don’t be afraid. We’re all good people. Playing this game is simple, just mindlessly push the mainline and clear the story. I’ll wait for you by the cliff!"
"Restoring the glory of the Fierce Beast line is my duty! Hey, newbie, don’t let me catch you heh heh heh..."
What on earth?
Why are these veteran players nothing like he imagined? Aren’t they supposed to enthusiastically teach him how to play and send him various guides and tutorials?
Ming was baffled.
After soaking in the game for two days and being trampled on by every kind of veteran player, he finally understood why the forum’s veterans get so excited when spotting a newbie.
Uh-oh, fooled!
Ming wanted a refund, to escape this horrifying world surrounded by countless veteran monsters, where newbies could only be gobbled up as food for seasoned players.
But once he checked, his playtime exceeded the limitation, making refunds impossible.
Now he’s really stuck!
