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I was paid 100,000 yuan to play Black Myth: Wukong. Am I stupid?

2024-08-16

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Here he comes, here he comes, the omnipotent Monkey King with 72 transformations will be released in the domestic game "Black Myth: Wukong》 made a brilliant appearance.

Without saying anything else, Kezai is already gearing up and preparing for his annual leave.

And in every PV release, Kezai was shocked to the point of having stars in his eyes; at the same time, sharp-eyed gamers could constantly discover new surprises in every PV, causing countless players to exclaim, "He's still hiding?"

In the content released so far, the 81 difficulties that stand in the way of learning scriptures, the famous demons, gods and Buddhas, and the super power of Monkey King's 72 transformations are all so powerful that players can't help but shout "open the champagne". In addition to the childhood hero IP + super storyline, the technology giant NVIDIA has also recently come out to support "Black Myth: Wukong", quickly followed up with the in-game driver, and released the game screen with the support of NVIDIA Ray Tracing technology and NVIDIA DLSS 3.5 frame generation technology.

The surprises that followed were like a ray of hope for the game fan Kezai.

At the same time, before "Black Myth" was launched, Douyin officially announced a "whole-life event" - "Black Myth: Wukong" speed pass challenge, and set up a super high bonus of 100,000 yuan. It can be seen that all major platforms are scrambling to get some of the traffic of the first hot domestic IP~

The so-called game speedrun, which is the "fastest way to pass a level" (SpeedRun), is usually done by "expert players" of various games who, after getting tired of the plot and exploration, turn their attention to the most superb techniques and try to "rescue the princess" in the shortest time possible to achieve the ultimate success point set in the game.

In order to achieve this goal, players often need to be familiar with every detail of the game, master various combat and travel skills, and even use "loopholes" or "shortcuts" in the game to save time. Speedrunning is not only a test of the player's operating level, but also a challenge to their patience and strategy.

In the game speedrunning world, there is a "gold medal list". The well-known speedrunning website "Speedrun" lists various games that are often used by players for speedrunning challenges, includingMarioZelda, Grand Theft Auto and many other 3A game masterpieces series.

Back to the speedrun challenge of "Black Myth: Wukong", the official has actually set many restrictions. One of them is that players are required to have a speedrun challenge record in "Speedrun". It can be seen that the official even wants to put the "Black Myth" series on the list of popular speedrun games.

From the participation requirements, it can be seen that one must either be a big anchor of Tik Tok or a veteran speed runner. In short, one must meet one of these four thresholds (Ke Zai unfortunately lost in the primary election).

In order to pass the level as quickly as possible, of course there will be various "risky moves".

In the past, many players would cheat by splicing videos, slowing down the clock, or using various illegal software in order to get the best results (fastest speed).

In order to "restore a clean slate to speedrunning games", Allan Cecil stood up. The gaming community may be more familiar with his nickname "dwangoAC" as a gamer and the title of "Speedrunning Game Judge".

Cecil is not only an expert in Tool-Assisted Speedrunning (TAS), but he also created TASBot, a robot that can accurately reproduce game control inputs to verify the authenticity of speedrun records.

His most famous achievement is that he used his hacking skills to uncover the fake "The 15-year-old" forged by Polish speedrunner Maselewski.Diablo》speedrun world record, and put all his evidence of tampering, missing frames and other data manipulation on a public website. This is also the third time he has publicly judged cheating in speedrun results.

Therefore, he was nicknamed "the fast judge".

After talking about the entire speedrunning genre, let’s talk about Black Myth: Wukong. Would the speedrunning challenge be the most suitable game for “online activities”?

In the official comment section of the game on Bilibili, we can actually see that compared to carefully studying the gameplay, clearance methods and operation strategies within the game, the significance of "Black Myth" to Chinese players is even more extraordinary.

This is a product of Chinese intelligent manufacturing, which was truly carried out by a Chinese team from subject matter to creation to distribution, and showcases the characteristics and charm of Chinese culture.

Therefore, many gamers have pointed out that "speedrunning" may cause many players to ignore the various fascinating details and foreshadowing settings in the game as well as the ups and downs of the plot, and put all their efforts into pursuing the "game ending" under the "main plot".

In addition, there are enthusiasts who study game planning and pointed out that the live broadcast of "speed run" challenges on short video platforms is a kind of "spoiler" for ordinary players. Many gamers who originally wanted to give it a try may reduce their purchase rate of the game after seeing promotions such as "five-hour speed run of "Black Myth"".

But in general, no matter what impact the speed run challenge will have on the game, it cannot overshadow the exquisite production, excellent creativity and profound Chinese cultural heritage of "Black Myth: Wukong" itself.

I won’t nag about anything else~ Kezai has to go and argue with his boss about asking for leave next Tuesday!!!