I Just Want Players to Save Money, They Insist on Giving Me!
Chapter 620 - 194: New Ideas to Push into the TOP 3 that Force Players to Spend!_3

Chapter 620: Chapter 194: New Ideas to Push into the TOP 3 that Force Players to Spend!_3

"If this game had come out five years earlier, I could have given it a 7 out of 10, but not now, now I can only give it a 5."

Overall, Dark Domain Realm isn’t exactly a terrible disaster of a game.

But it’s definitely not the miraculous wonder that all the media outlets raved about at its launch.

The content is lackluster, too much old wine in new bottles.

Hope Flute does tread a steady path in not making mistakes, though.

After Czcu finished his review, the comments section quickly began to fill with people expressing their own opinions.

"Bro, you really dare to speak the truth, aren’t you afraid Hope Flute will send someone to your house to fire a dozen shots at you in the middle of the night, and then the autopsy report will say the cause of death was suicide?"

"What’s there to fear, I’m with Czcu on this one, it’s obvious this game bought off the media. I got duped, spent 200 bucks only to end up with this, and they won’t even let me get a refund, fuck you Vivendi!"

"They must be gunning for a Hugo Award this year, with Art Electricity and Blizzard’s annual productions all dropping just before the year’s end. In the lull of early year, Dark Domain Realm just needs to play it safe, plus with good marketing, it stands a great chance of snagging the Hugo."

"I’m so sick of the current gaming market, where it’s not about the quality of the product, but rather about how it’s marketed that gets you accolades! As a gamer, I want to find a decent game to play, but year after year, I’m panning for gold in a sea of crap. Can some hero please come to the rescue?"

"Speaking of which, First Player seems to have released a new game today, right on the Nplay platform. This company had a public spat with Hope Flute a few months ago, and now they’re releasing games at the same time; it’s probably a deliberate move to undercut Hope Flute’s momentum."

Czcu glanced through the comments and noticed the First Player remarks from his online friends.

He had heard of this company a couple of years ago.

It was said to be an up-and-coming company from East Asia, and its games were quite popular with East Asian players.

However, this company had never advertised in Europe and America, and its games hadn’t even been released there.

As a result, Czcu had never had the chance to try any of First Player’s games.

He had expected this company to be like many other Asian gaming companies: ones that would suddenly emerge one day, only to vanish without a trace in the river of time.

But First Player seemed to be different.

Around last year’s end, in October, the company started making waves again.

And they even managed to lock horns with a behemoth like Hope Flute.

What’s more shocking is.

First Player seemed to have won...

Of course, this victory was more on the symbolic level.

It couldn’t really cause any material damage to Hope Flute itself.

Just when everyone thought the matter would be closed there,

early this year, First Player started working hard again on grabbing rights on the Nplay platform.

They even convinced the CEO and senior executives of Wonderland to transfer all their shares over, instantly becoming the largest shareholder of Nplay.

To snatch food from the hands of Hope Flute, and not just any piece but the biggest one!

This news spread and all the major European and American industry insiders turned their heads in attention.

Not long after, First Player announced with much fanfare.

Its new game Elden Ring was soon to land on Nplay.

Meanwhile, Hope Flute also released a new promo for Dark Domain Realm around the same time.

Inevitably, these two games would be put side by side for comparison by those who like to stir the pot.

Czcu only knew that Elden might be coming online soon, but because First Player didn’t give the game much of a promotional push,

he wasn’t even aware that it had launched today until his online friends pointed it out, prompting him to open up Nplay.

And as expected, on the homepage, there was a banner recommending Elden Ring.