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Chapter 338 Ethan: Dad will never let the monsters in the story get close to you (Please subscribe)
The first feeling that horror games give to players is that they are scary.

To put it simply.

Any game company that produces and sells a horror game that can bring psychological fear to players is a good game.

In fact, this is not only the players’ understanding of horror games, but also the current game manufacturers’ understanding of horror games.

The theme of this year's Journey Cup competition is "Horror", and the gaming community originally thought that it was just a carnival for horror game enthusiasts.

That was true at the beginning.

The horror games released by Liangshan's 108 offline game showrooms, including Resident Evil Village released by Taipingdao, all initially created various horror atmospheres to make players feel scared.

At most, Resident Evil Village, produced and released by Pacific Road, was ahead of the players' thoughts, leaving them puzzled, but it also did not escape the word "horror".

To be honest, some fans of the Yellow Turban Army were actually a little disappointed.

But no one would have expected that Resident Evil Village would be like a jar of red wine that had been buried underground for thirty years, with an incredibly strong aftereffect.

Until the final battle is over, until the game pops up the message "Father's story ends here."

Players suddenly realized that Resident Evil Village is a game wrapped in the shell of a horror game, but in fact it is a story about fatherly love.

This eternal concept makes the style of Resident Evil Village so much higher and far ahead of other participating games.

Liu Peijia was silent for a long time, and then said with emotion: "I am used to eating fast-food games. I thought Resident Evil Village was just a more sophisticated fast-food game. Who would have thought it was a high-end game feast?"

"To be honest, I was worried about the final battle between Ethan and the goddess Miranda. The tone is so high. How should the final chapter proceed so as not to fall into cliché?"

"Now that I think about it, I was overthinking it. The finale not only laid many foreshadowings, but also allowed us to see Rose grow up, and once again feel the greatness of Ethan as a father from the perspective of a daughter!"

"With just a few minutes of plot, we can find clues about the next game. If Taipingdao really wants to build a Resident Evil universe, then the protagonist of the next Resident Evil will probably be Rose, right?"

"But compared to the sequel with Rose as the protagonist, I would rather see what happened three years before the Resident Evil. I think the prequel must be very exciting too."

In the live broadcast room, gifts are still flying everywhere, but many netizens are also filled with emotion.

Resident Evil Village

About horror?
Do not!
About father!

Perhaps the best medicine for fear is father!

Although the story after the final battle does not include Ethan, there are no exciting battles, and no horror atmosphere.

But General Tian Gong is like a skilled Chinese painter, using just a few minutes of plot to add a lot of blank space to the Resident Evil universe.

Let the charm of Resident Evil Village be enhanced again!
"I love a man who loves treasures like Ethan, I love him!"

"Woo woo woo, it's not scary at all, it just tricks my tears."

"No, why did I seem to see a figure at the end of the road, and this figure seemed to look like Ethan?"

"Ah? The one above, Rose is this old now. The timeline of the story in the game may have jumped over a dozen years, right? How could Ethan still be alive in that state?"

"That's right. Not to mention that Ethan's body was on the verge of collapse after losing his heart, how could Ethan still be alive if he was in the explosion?"

"Damn it, the final chapter buried so many traps? When will it be filled? I want to play the prequel to Resident Evil Village!"

"I unilaterally declare that Ethan is my cyber godfather!"

Netizens posted comments to express their excitement and anticipation.

"What you said makes sense." Liu Peijia coughed and said:

"But I have to say, what horror game? What Resident Evil Village? You old bastard, it's nothing special! I still easily defeated it!"

The viewers looked at the self-satisfied Eggplant with disdain, but then they thought that he had already completed the first round of Resident Evil Village, so why shouldn’t he be allowed to show off a bit?
Liu Peijia joked with his fans, and he was really exhausted from completing the first challenge in the past few days, so he chose to return to the main interface and prepare to end the broadcast.

Who would have thought that as soon as he returned to the main interface space, a data panel popped up automatically in front of him, and Liu Peijia took a closer look.

[Game results——]

[Difficulty level: Normal]

【Clearance time: 12:32:20】

[Difficulty level "Village Shadow" has been added]

[A new difficulty level has been added (this difficulty level can be selected when starting a new game)]

【Sure】

No, are there any other experts?

What the hell is Village Shadow?

The normal difficulty is so abnormal, you tell me there is a higher difficulty?
I think you are deliberately making things difficult for us players, we will fight you!
Liu Peijia suddenly felt something was wrong, so he clicked OK, called up the game mode, and checked the details.

[Difficulty selection: You can select the difficulty level when starting a new game. The game difficulty cannot be changed once selected. The difficulty level can only be reduced from normal to casual on the character death screen.]

[Casual: Recommended for players who are not used to action games. The range of aim assist will be wider than other difficulty levels, and enemies will be easier to defeat than other difficulty levels]

[Normal: Normal difficulty level, you can lower the difficulty level to casual on the death screen]

[Hardcore: Recommended for players who like challenging action games]

[Village Ghost: Unlocked by clearing the game at any difficulty. The enemy's attack damage, health, and desire to attack will be greatly enhanced]

Water friend: "..."

eggplant:"……"

I originally thought that players had overestimated the difficulty of Village Haunting, but who would have thought that above the normal difficulty is the hardcore difficulty, and above the hardcore difficulty is Village Haunting.

What's more, in Shadow of the Village, the enemy's attack damage, health, and desire to attack will be greatly enhanced. God, isn't this simply trying to kill the players?

Liu Peijia felt that it was more bitter than eating Coptis chinensis. Just now he was bragging that Resident Evil Village was just so-so, but in the blink of an eye, the highest difficulty Village Haunted was unlocked.

Resident Evil Village seemed to raise its index finger and challenge Liu Peijia:
"Come on, be happy!"

"If you are a man, you must first clear the village ghost!"

"No way, there won't be anyone who doesn't dare to play Village Haunt?"

"Ahem..." Liu Peijia coughed to hide her embarrassment, and then quickly changed the subject:
"Well, my wife is about to give birth. I'm going to pick her up from school. I'll be going offline now. Bye everyone."

As soon as the village ghost was unlocked, Liu Peiqia ended the live broadcast at the speed of light. This scene made the viewers in the live broadcast room laugh.

It seems that even though Liu Peijia is the most courageous man in the anchor group, he is still very scared when faced with the difficulty of the Village Shadow.

Although Liu Peijia ended the live broadcast in a hurry, the influence of the first round of Resident Evil Village is far from over.

From 3 a.m. to the next afternoon, Liu Peijia's first live broadcast of the first week of Resident Evil Village was spread on major short video platforms along with a large number of editing accounts.

As the number of viewing players continued to increase, Resident Evil Village not only successfully became a hot search on major gaming forums, but also made it to the hot search headlines on Weibo.

[Resident Evil Village]

【First week of the game】

[My father’s story ends here]

[Village Shadow Difficulty]

【About terror? No! About my father!】

[Resident Evil: The Core of the Village]

Major game review agencies and game self-media also experienced Resident Evil Village in its entirety over several days during the Journey Cup competition and gave it high praise.

[Game Boiling Point]: "Resident Evil Village" is an excellent horror game. It explores back and forth between the gameplays of previous horror games, making the connection between levels smooth and meeting the needs of most players.

In addition, excellent character creation, sophisticated game plot, and timeless game core also make it a veritable ninth art.

[Game Trends]: Due to the change of the stage, the perspective switches to a more macroscopic field. Most of the process of "Resident Evil Village" does not have the horror atmosphere in a confined space like ordinary horror games.

The relatively abundant supply of materials and the role of merchants also make the survival pressure of this game less, and overall it is closer to a fast-paced action experience.

[Major Gaming Event]: Resident Evil Village continues the consistent strengths of Pacifica Games, and on this basis greatly expands the diversity and depth of gameplay such as combat, puzzle solving, growth, and resource management.

It may only take more than ten hours to complete "Resident Evil Village" for the first time, but the rich multi-play content can easily expand the effective play time to 20-30 hours. For horror game enthusiasts, this is a masterpiece that cannot be missed.

In the gaming circle, all the influential self-media and official media have generously praised Resident Evil Village.

Even the organizers of the Journey Cup held no less than five meetings after feeling the heat of Resident Evil Village.

The theme of the meeting, in addition to collectively discussing the innovation of Resident Evil Village in the field of horror games, also explored the core innovation of horror games with the help of the core of Resident Evil Village.

As time goes by, more and more anchors and skilled players have completed the first round of Resident Evil Village.

After players understood what kind of story Resident Evil Village was telling through the analysis and explanation of Resident Evil Village by major game anchors, sales undoubtedly began to surge.

As of the eighth day of the Journey Cup, sales of Resident Evil Village had exceeded 50 million, more than three times the second-place winner’s 15 million.

If Taipingdao advances steadily and continues to make efforts in the version update on the tenth day of the Journey Cup, it can even be said that Resident Evil Village has already locked in the championship of this Journey Cup in advance.

To this day, a large group of people have just finished one round of the game. After experiencing Resident Evil Village in person, their feelings are far more profound than being a cloud player.

Almost every player will be moved by the final chapter of Resident Evil Village and leave their thoughts in the newly opened Resident Evil Village section of the Taipingdao community.

“Ethan: Duke, Duke, if the lady knew you opened a small shop for me, she wouldn’t beat me, right?

"I stole things from her castle and sold them to you. If she knew, she wouldn't suck me up, right? What a horrible lady. Unlike me, I would only feel bad gie~gie!"

"Ethan Winters: A mortal man, on par with gods."

"I bought it for my child, he said he needed it for study!"

"Played twice, rushed Mother Goddess Miranda four times, brothers! Did I do it right?!"

"He's not some hand sanitizer god of war, he's just an ordinary man, a husband, a father."

"Dad will never let the monsters in the story get close to you—Ethan Winters!"

"The moment I saw the lady, I was so excited!"

"Ethan is a great father. Even in the virtual world, his story still brings tears to my eyes."

"In reality, it's a pity that I don't have a competent father. I even forgot what fatherly love is."

"So thank you, Ethan. If I am lucky enough to become a father one day, I will protect my family, even if it is broken into pieces. - To Ethan."

“We have played too many extraordinary people, but we are still moved by the persistence of ordinary people!”

"Brothers, Resident Evil Village is actually a love-development game. If you don't believe me, let me tell you... No, I'll analyze it for you—"

"A beautiful woman of eight feet tall and her three daughters are vying to be dragged to your arms. The cute werewolf dogs are all very friendly and are vying to be your pets."

"There is also a beautiful and taciturn puppeteer who performs magic shows for you at midnight, your good friend Moro who competes with you for your mother, and of course your boyfriend, the mechanic, who plays exciting Gundam battles with you."

"The leader of the four major families, Queen Miranda, fell in love with me and competed to be my wife. I was so open-hearted and I ended up having a passionate battle with her in the secluded path until dawn!"

In addition to the various comments from players, the reformists, who originally thought they had no chance to act this time, also gathered their elite troops to shoot a special episode of Resident Evil Village.

In the room, a row of younger brothers stood at the door.

Ethan, played by Cheese Snow Leopard, walked to the table, took out his automatic rifle and Magnum, looked at Chris, played by Yin Lao Da, and asked:
"Can this save my family?"

Chris nodded: "It can be saved, technology!"

Ethan took out another bottle of hand sanitizer and put it on the table, and asked, "Can this save my family?"

Chris nodded again: "Yes, I can save you!"

Ethan put the two things together and asked, "With this and this, can we rush into the noble territory and save my daughter from Miranda?"

Chris clasped his fists and said, "Excuse me, sir, who are you?"

Ethan showed a hint of sneer and said, "I am - a fungus beastman!"

As soon as this prank video of the reformists was released, it attracted countless Resident Evil Village players to applaud and cheer. In just one day, it received over a million likes and ranked first on the Bilibili hot list.

Players sighed:

I told you, players' level of development of Resident Evil Village is less than one percent!

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(End of this chapter)