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Chapter 134 Cyber Torture Tools "Hell Inferior Demon"! (Second Release)

Chapter 134: Chapter 134 Cyber Torture Tools "Hell Inferior Demon"! (Second Release)

Seeing Instructor Ding so devastated, the barrage of comments couldn’t help but offer words of comfort.

"Ha ha ha, Little Ding specializes in making wedding dresses for others, huh?"

"Top-tier worker!"

"Picked clean in two games in a row? Brutal! But why can’t I help laughing?"

"Little Ding, do you know where the problem lies? Obviously, your streaming time is too short!"

"Indeed, look at Gan Di, barely any viewers in the livestream, but streams for over a dozen hours every day! If you could stream 24 hours a day, wouldn’t you easily defeat him?"

"Don’t be upset now, just download Gan Di’s save and start studying it, mutual grooming is nothing to be ashamed of."

"Forget it, Little Ding, Fallen Angel Xia Mi has already created top-notch show content. After that, analyzing further would just be nitpicking and grinding years, and although it’s fun to play on your own, it doesn’t necessarily translate to great show content. You might as well switch to a new game."

"Right, there’s a new game called Hell Inferior Demon that just got released! Give it a try."

"LOL, the guy above wants Little Ding to die."

"Hell Inferior Demon is really good, I feel it’s extremely suitable for a high-end professional player like Little Ding!"

Instructor Ding thought about it and realized the comments made some sense.

Can City of the Abandoned Gods still be played?

Of course, it can be played, and you could even say that after the hidden mechanics were discovered, City of the Abandoned Gods became even more fun than before!

But just because it’s fun to play alone doesn’t mean it will necessarily have good show content during livestreams.

During the livestream of this game, Instructor Ding had already created two top-notch show features, "Reversed Celestial Firmament" and "Xia Mi’s Transformation into a Fallen Angel," making the game’s livestream content fully worthwhile.

Would he just stream a few hours each day afterward just to extend the defense of the city by a few years?

And most likely, after all that hard work, he still won’t surpass Gan Di?

That indeed seemed like a loss and would lead to a drop in livestream popularity.

Thinking about this, Instructor Ding nodded, "Okay then, for the next week’s livestreams, the main content will be divided into three parts.

"Every day from 8 PM to 10 PM, we’ll continue our traditional program and stream FPS games.

"Then from 10 PM to 11 PM, we’ll look for new games.

"From 11 PM to 12 AM, we’ll play City of the Abandoned Gods for a fixed hour, train the AI a bit, and then see how many years we can last.

"If I can’t get the gold trophy, so be it; I have to consider everyone and ensure the quality of the livestream."

While there were still a minority who were fanning the flames, hoping Instructor Ding would confront Gan Di head-on, the majority of the audience agreed with the decision.

"Alright, that’s settled then!

"I’ve had so many comments recommending new games to me, let’s see, Hell Inferior Demon...

"Hell Frontline? I don’t seem to have heard of this game company before.

"Looking at the promotional images, it seems to have some similarities to Nitiandang’s previous game, Sisyphus?

"Alright, we’ll try out this game tonight."

Instructor Ding glanced at the price, the same 18 yuan as Sisyphus, and it could be played for 2 hours before paying, which seemed like a very fair pricing strategy.

"Feels like it’s copying Nitiandang’s game, right?

"From the game content to the marketing strategy, it all feels very familiar.

"But you know what?

"People can imitate my face, people can imitate my style... cough cough, sorry, wrong script.

"Fellas, I assert that this company probably can’t replicate Nitiandang’s unique charm!

"Hey, this company is quite conscientious, they even offer a ’Demon Voice Pack’? Interesting. If it were some other company, wouldn’t they have released a ’Platinum Collector’s Edition’ instead?"

Typically, game companies offer a basic version at a low price and a high-priced collector’s edition.

There wouldn’t be much difference in the game content of the two, but the collector’s edition usually includes some physical artbooks, special weapons and items in the game, or unlocks a special voice pack or something.

It’s mainly for rich guys who really love the game and aren’t short on cash.

And things like "voice packs" are a thankless task, the perfect thing to include in a collector’s edition.

Who would have thought this game would give it straight to the player.

This gave Instructor Ding the illusion that "this company is pretty conscientious."

Considering the game offered 2 hours of free trial playtime, Instructor Ding didn’t make a direct payment, but instead clicked the "Preload" button and then checked the game’s rating.

Then Instructor Ding’s heart "clenched" suddenly.

"Overwhelmingly Negative"!

Instructor Ding instantly felt that something seemed off.

"Hey? Guys, you’re not messing with me, right? The reviews for this game are a bit too much, wasn’t it just released in the past few days?

"It’s already ’Overwhelmingly Negative’?"

"I remember even when Nitiandang’s Sisyphus was released, it was only ’Mostly Negative’, right?"

Instructor Ding unconsciously moved his mouse over the "Overwhelmingly Negative" tag to check.

The official platform has a mechanism where you can see the actual approval rate and score by hovering the mouse over this tag. Compared to the straightforward text description "Overwhelmingly Negative", the approval rate and score are a bit more accurate.

Instructor Ding didn’t think much of it initially, as there were plenty of "Overwhelmingly Negative" games on the official platform. Some "Mostly Negative" games would just step further and become "Overwhelmingly Negative", but the two weren’t necessarily fundamentally different.

The approval rate for "Mostly Negative" is 20% to 40%, while "Overwhelmingly Negative" is below 20%.

If the approval rate of this game was around 18%, then it wouldn’t be unplayable. Maybe there would be a twist like Sisyphus?

But what he saw next completely stunned Instructor Ding.

He almost thought his eyes were playing tricks on him!

Approval rate: 7%!

Player and media combined score: 2 out of 10!

If there are many "Overwhelmingly Negative" games, then one with this approval rate and score can truly be called "singularly unique"!

Instructor Ding broke out in a cold sweat: "Guys, as far as I know, the previous number one on the official platform’s negative review leaderboard had an approval rate of 9%, right?

"So this game could it be..."

He opened the official platform’s latest negative review rankings, and lo and behold, Hell Inferior Demon had overtaken them all to claim the top spot!

Indeed, the younger generation was to be feared.

And that player and media combined score of 2 was even more absurd; even terrible games rated 4 or 5 were already considered outlandish.

How in the world did it get a score of 2?

Instructor Ding, with a somewhat uneasy heart, casually clicked on a review.

"I express my highest respect to every player who can beat Hell Inferior Demon! It’s a testament to human perseverance, an elegy to indomitable spirit! By 2024 standards, this is not an entertainment product at all, but more like a form of cyber torture. You cannot find any fun in any second of the game; it tortures you relentlessly and comprehensively from start to finish! In short, this game has created a whole new genre: Cyber Torture Punishment Game! If you have a grudge against a friend, make sure to give them a copy of Hell Inferior Demon. I believe that even if they can’t beat the game, just trying it out for a few minutes is enough to inflict sufficient psychological harm."

Instructor Ding felt his cold sweat was about to drip down.

The comments were too harsh, and he felt like he was about to be turned into a fish with his mouth agape!

But now the arrow was on the string and he had to shoot it.

As a streamer, it was already not very possible for him to want to back out and not play the game.

"Guys, the reviews for this game are incredibly brutal.

"But could these reviews be slightly exaggerated? It’s hard for me to imagine how a 2024 game could get a ’Cyber Torture’ rating?"

In the end, out of a commitment to his professional standards, Instructor Ding still entered the game.

But two hours later, he deeply regretted his decision.

There were too many flaws in the game; he didn’t even know where to start his critique!

"Guys, I really don’t know how to describe this game.

"The art in this game is really good! It can even be said to rival Nitiandang’s art!

"The programming is also passable. Although it’s obvious they used a ready-made template, at least a template is stable, and the optimization isn’t bad.

"But I want to ask, does the game designer have some serious illness? Who could design such a beastly way to play?

"Sisyphus, a masterpiece, was right there before. Although that game also tortured players, it was fun to play, especially ’Rolling Stone Acceleration’ and ’Dragon Flap Wings’. Doing a Five Consecutive Dragon Flapping Wings was indeed satisfying.

"But what is Hell Inferior Demon? Everyone knows you copied, but I’ve never seen anyone only copy the wrong answers without touching the right ones!

"Are you telling me it’s not intentional? I absolutely don’t believe it!!"