Chapter 135

After reading the post from this player, Meng Chang fell into deep thought.

His first feeling was that it was a bit far-fetched, but… not without reason.

Indeed, as most players said, judging from the current situation, "Eternal Reincarnation" is undoubtedly a DLC that offers excellent value for money.

Perhaps the only thing that could be considered a drawback is the reuse of a large number of scenes and monsters.

However, due to "Eternal Reincarnation’s" sweeping reforms to the combat system, and the reconstruction of all the scenes' routes and monster details, it paints a picture of a story that takes place many years before "Turning Back is the Shore," so it doesn't feel repetitive and can still bring enough freshness to players.

This price, this scale, this sweeping change and innovation… as a DLC, this can already be considered a complete success, and it's really impossible to ask for more.

But this player also made a good point. If we have to say what "Eternal Reincarnation" lacks, it should be the appropriate sense of suffering that "Turning Back is the Shore" had, and the shock of breaking the dimensional wall.

The experience of "Eternal Reincarnation" is quite polarized for different players.

Those who can adapt to the new combat system become bosses, killing gods when they meet gods, and Buddhas when they meet Buddhas, perfectly parrying and slashing all the way, turning the game into a hack-and-slash game. Those who can't adapt, the players with clumsy hands, have to suffer frequently and progress slowly, relying only on the magic sword's automatic parry mechanism to barely survive.

The sense of suffering in "Turning Back is the Shore" should be moderate, especially for players with clumsy hands, who can experience the feeling of an ordinary person struggling in this desperate world, but gaining hope after the struggle.

Looking back at "Eternal Reincarnation," this feeling is weakened to some extent.

In addition, "Turning Back is the Shore" gave people a sense of amazement when it first appeared, while "Eternal Reincarnation" has been carrying too high expectations from the very beginning, so it is natural that the two receive different evaluations.

Of course, this statement makes people feel that players have become too picky and are making unrealistic demands.

For most games, a DLC is an extension of the main game. As long as it adds a few new scenes, some new monsters, and some new storylines, becoming a supplement to the main game, that's enough.

From this point of view, "Eternal Reincarnation" has obviously completed its mission perfectly.

But players are no longer satisfied with this, because the previous popularity and publicity made them regard "Eternal Reincarnation" as equal to "Turning Back is the Shore 2," and their expectations for President Pei and Tenda Games have unknowingly become higher.

Moreover, everyone knows that President Pei is a designer who likes to break through himself and constantly strive for perfection.

Perhaps in President Pei's heart, he also wanted to use "Eternal Reincarnation" to make some kind of breakthrough for "Turning Back is the Shore."

Considering it this way, "Eternal Reincarnation" can indeed be said to be in a state of "minor imperfection," the whole is very good, but it has not achieved perfection.

Meng Chang thought about it, and this point is really hard to refute, because this seems to be a problem that exists in "Eternal Reincarnation" itself.

However, he didn't dwell on it, but turned to think about other things.

This player's statement provided him with a brand new perspective.

For Meng Chang now, if he wants to do his job well and get more commission, then he must master two abilities: one is the ability to pick out problems in a project, and the other is the ability to dig out the deep meaning of a project.

He believes that he has done a good job in both of these aspects, but now, after seeing this player's post, he realizes that he is actually far from good enough.

Take "Eternal Reincarnation" as an example, Meng Chang had never thought of such a perspective before.

He couldn't help but think of his original promotional plan, vaguely feeling that this plan seemed a bit inappropriate.

But where exactly was it inappropriate?

He couldn't quite put his finger on it.

Obviously, there were uncontrollable parts in this "Eternal Reincarnation" promotional plan, which seemed to hint at the reason why President Pei did not approve of the plan.

Meng Chang thought seriously for a long time, but still had no clue.

"Forget it, let the professionals do professional things, let's wait for Teacher Qiao's video."

Meng Chang gave up struggling and patiently waited for Teacher Qiao's video, hoping to gain some inspiration.

Of course, he also knew that this video was unlikely to come out so quickly.

Although the main part of the video was probably already completed, after "Eternal Reincarnation" was updated, it would be necessary to add some more materials and content.

After the game's ending is revealed, the content of the video should also be supplemented.

But this should not affect the overall framework of the video, after all, the ending of "Eternal Reincarnation" was fixed from the beginning by the original novel: The Martial God awakens at the last moment, goes deep into Avici Hell, and becomes the first Warden of Hell.

Meng Chang had nothing to do while waiting, so he decided to take a look at the game's ending first.

He first considered going through the ending himself, after all, there is a cheat artifact in the game: the magic sword's automatic parry mechanism.

But he quickly gave up the idea.

Why bother suffering?

Let's just watch it online!

Thinking of this, he casually found a live broadcast room online and began to watch how the masters clear the game.

…

Compared with the previous two parts, the last part has a big change in the game's plot and content.

First of all, in the relevant plot of Avici Hell, the monsters will become more powerful than in "Turning Back is the Shore," and all the original shortcuts have disappeared. Players need to use the magic sword themselves to clear the way.

In terms of plot, this is because the Avici Hell that the protagonist came to in "Turning Back is the Shore" has actually been killed by the Martial God several times, so the power of the monsters has been severely weakened.

Secondly, the first two scenes, the small village and the town, were skipped at the beginning of the game, but in the third part, the Martial God will return to these two places again.

Because the Martial God slaughtered the ghost messengers and judges, causing the entire Six Paths of Reincarnation to almost collapse, the human world was also affected.

After killing the Ten Kings of Hell and disrupting the Six Paths of Reincarnation, the Martial God returned to the human world, wanting to reshape his body, but found that it had become a living hell, with all kinds of powerful demons rampaging and slaughtering the people.

The Martial God tried his best to slaughter the demons, but many people had already died tragically under the claws of the demons, and things became irreparable.

He realized that he had made a big mistake, and finally broke into Avici Hell, sacrificing himself to become the first Warden of Hell.

However, the streamer also has another save, which is the save where he keeps dying with the magic sword. In this save, although the Martial God will also kill his way into Avici Hell, he cannot become the Warden of Hell, and can only be controlled by the magic sword and transformed into a hellish ghost, turning the entire human world into a living hell.

Judging from the plot of "Turning Back is the Shore," the Warden of Hell ending is obviously the official designated true ending, and this Eternal Reincarnation ending echoes the title of the game and better reflects the tragic side of the entire plot.

After clearing the ending, the streamer did not immediately enter the second playthrough, but opened a bottle of drink, chatted with the barrage, and shared his experiences.

"Feelings after clearing the game?"

"Overall, it's still very refreshing. This combat system is much more enjoyable than 'Turning Back is the Shore.'"

"I think it's especially immersive! More immersive than 'Turning Back is the Shore'!"

"I've also read the post online. How should I put it? It's mostly nitpicking. Of course, it also depends on what perspective you're looking at it from."

"If you're a devout fan of 'Turning Back is the Shore' and don't allow the DLC to make even the slightest change to the style of 'Turning Back is the Shore,' then what the post says does make some sense."

"But from the perspective of a pure player, there's no reason for this post. I'm already tired of playing 'Turning Back is the Shore.' What's the point of making the DLC like 'Turning Back is the Shore'? Making a new attempt will bring new feelings, which is great."

"If you hope that 'Eternal Reincarnation' will inherit and even extend the connotations of 'Turning Back is the Shore' to some extent while making new things… then I think it's a bit too demanding, a bit too much."

"It's just a DLC after all!"

"Moreover, I still prefer the combat system of 'Eternal Reincarnation.'"

The streamer's views seem to represent the views of a large number of players. They feel that "Eternal Reincarnation" has already completed its mission perfectly in its current state.

For a DLC, this is already a perfect score of 100, but to force them to make it 120 is too demanding.

Meng Chang thought while exiting the live broadcast room.

The live broadcast took quite a long time. This last third of the content, the two endings, lasted a full five hours. It's already ten o'clock in the evening.

According to President Pei's requirements, after adjusting the combat system to the second part of the update, the current "Eternal Reincarnation" has actually been fully updated.

Since the entire DLC is complete, it's almost time to draw a conclusion.

In the next period of time, the discussion about "Eternal Reincarnation" will obviously reach a peak.

Meng Chang refreshed the latest updates on Aili Island several times, and finally saw that Teacher Qiao had updated his video.

"Finally here!"

The live broadcast just now made Meng Chang a little sleepy, but when he saw that Teacher Qiao had updated his video, he immediately perked up.

Because he knew that this video might contain the answer to the question that had been puzzling him!

…

The beginning was still the familiar, unchanging opening remarks, and a short piece of idle chatter. Meng Chang simply dragged the progress bar and went straight to the main topic.

"So this time, I will analyze two aspects of this DLC, 'Eternal Reincarnation,' or rather, this game: First, the deep reasons for its three-part update; second, the spiritual core of its content, which is different from 'Turning Back is the Shore' but at the same level of thought!"

"Without further ado, let's start this puzzle-solving!"

Hmm… has it changed from interpretation and analysis to puzzle-solving…

But for President Pei's games, the term "puzzle-solving" is not too much.

Meng Chang originally thought that the main content of Teacher Qiao's video this time would focus on interpreting the content of the game, but he didn't expect that Teacher Qiao would mention the three-part update.

Doesn't that seem a little inappropriate?