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Tencent games have fan culture? Virtual idols gather in "Hyperloop", and even Cai Ming joins

2024-08-06

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Hello everyone, this is Zhengjing Game, and I am Zhengjing Junior.

No matter what Tencent does, it will be criticized by the whole network, but we have to say that they are still very good at making things happen. For example, a WeChat red envelope once made Alipay confused. Tencent, which has been beaten by Mihoyo’s two-dimensional games in recent years, is now doing a big two-dimensional thing!


Recently, Tencent's CDD studio revealed a new two-dimensional work "Hyperloop", an idol development game built with the Unity engine.

Two days after the game PV was released, the number of views on Bilibili exceeded 3 million, directly entering the top 10 of the popular list.


In the game, players have to lead their own girl group, travel through time and space full of "what ifs", and compete with legendary idols from different teams! The gameplay is that in the outer world of the game, players lead the girl group to ride the wind and waves to become idols, and in the inner world, they take out a 40-meter sword to cut through the thorns and chop down the opponents.


The biggest difference between "Virtual Realm" and other development games is that the female idols in the game are all virtual anchors in reality. For example, the four who appeared in the promotional video are Hoshitomi, Shan Bao, Nana7mi, and Shizuku Ruru. Hoshitomi is a virtual anchor under Tencent, known as the "Tencent Princess", and Nana7mi is a middle school female anchor created by VirtuaReal.


According to the list in the official promotional video, in addition to the four mentioned above, there are also virtual anchors such as A-SOUL, EOE, and Sixiwanzi. What is even more surprising is that Cai Ming’s virtual anchor also participated. Yes, it is the Cai Ming who said “We are all thousand-year-old foxes, why are you playing Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio with me?”

In short, basically all the virtual anchors with some fame in China have been "bought" by Tencent.

Tencent games have always been criticized by players for being soulless. Now with virtual idols with their own personalities, it can be said that they have helped Tencent accomplish the part it is least good at.


Because fans in the fan circle often quarrel over their idols, making the Internet a mess, some netizens commented that the community environment of this game must be very friendly. Some netizens also lamented that the person who could come up with this plan must be a god. Some netizens also said that a real Demon Tower game has a predictable game environment. Some netizens even joked that "Dawn" only learned the superficial aspects of "Super Smash Bros.", while "Hyperloop" learned the soul.



However, there are also many netizens who like this game (but why do I feel it is still weird...), some netizens said that this game shattered the traditional mobile game structure, skipped the process of fan circle and achieved one-step completion. Some netizens praised it, saying that no matter how much they criticize it, they cannot deny that "Hyperloop" has become the ceiling of second-tier games. The extraordinary quality and extremely high popularity have brought second-tier games to a height that they should not have. "Hyperloop" has really taught other manufacturers a lesson.


Xiaodi 嘠绿公: The most active group on social platforms is the fans of celebrities. Any small thing can generate millions of views and cause arguments for days. So "Hyperloop" puts all the popular virtual idols together to compete, which really takes the game of raising insects to a new level.

A surprising question: Do you think "Virtual Realm" is good?