New World's glory was something they, as fans, were determined to fight for!
Under the demands of the crowd of players, IGN no longer dared to play dead. Today they finally published their review of Silent Hill, releasing a lengthy article.
"Without exaggeration, this is a game that crosses eras. The graphics are unprecedented and more than enough to make players unable to distinguish between illusion and reality.
"In terms of game content, it is absolutely the best horror game in history so far. The ghost wife that could appear in the corridors at any moment, the girl hiding in the bathroom, the dark and oppressive environment, all of this expresses the restrained and masterful buildup of horror culture to the fullest.
"The hidden clues in the game are also a crucial part. The final reversal will make all players unable to put it down, perfectly integrating education with entertainment into the game.
In summary, IGN score: perfect 10 points."
Generally speaking, as a media outlet, IGN would more or less carry some bias when reviewing games.
In history, the games rated perfect score were only around a dozen or so.
But there was no way around it. Silent Hill's performance was simply too stunning and too excellent.
If they didn't give a perfect score, they would definitely be charged hard by New World's European and American fans, severely damaging their credibility.
The current New World fans, just in Europe and America, were probably already in the tens of millions. They couldn't afford to mess with them.
Once the perfect 10 score came out, New World's European and fans finally nodded in satisfaction, and one by one they left contentedly.
Lucien, who was in Los Angeles, had no idea at all that his fans had gone and charged at IGN.
After making the final modifications to Subnautica, he uploaded it to the Steam platform.
Just as he had said before, priced at $100, and locked for unlocking at 8 PM.
As time passed, it was getting closer and closer to eight o'clock.
Lucien and Jenny both sat in front of the computer, staring eagerly at Steam's backend. Both pairs of eyes were filled with anticipation.
"Refresh, refresh! Hurry and check how many people have bought it!!!"
Jenny blinked her eyes, grabbing Lucien's shoulder and constantly urging him.
"The time hasn't come yet. It's 7:59 now, still one minute short," Lucien answered.
"Oh."
The two waited patiently for a while.
"Hurry hurry hurry, Luc! It's already one minute past eight!" Jenny shouted.
"Ok, chill!"
Lucien was quite helpless. It had only been one minute since release. Why was she so anxious?
Even though he said that, Lucien's fingers were very honest as he refreshed the backend.
Then the sales were still: 0!
"Ah, what's going on? How come not a single person bought it!!!" Jenny shouted.
"Calm down. The Steam backend is lagging and can't refresh."
Lucien answered.
He was quite puzzled too. The network in this world was already quite advanced.
It had long surpassed 5G and entered the 6G era. In theory, network lag shouldn't happen.
Unless...
Lucien silently waited for nearly ten minutes, and the backend finally refreshed.
Then, the string of numbers displayed on the backend directly stunned both Lucien and Jenny!
Sales count: 103,465!
"Holy shit!"
"WTF!"
Jenny directly shouted, grabbing Lucien's head and shaking it nonstop: "How many is that? How many digits? So many!!!!"
"Stop shaking, stop shaking. How am I supposed to know how many if you shake me like this!" Lucien's speechless voice came.
While the two were horsing around, Lucien's phone suddenly started vibrating madly.
He picked it up to look. It was all bank SMS notifications:
[Your account ending in 4396 has received xxx dollars]
It had to be said that Steam handled things very efficiently. The platform had automatically deducted its cut and transferred the money to Lucien's bank account.
It left Lucien dazzled.
He finally steadied his mind and checked carefully. In just ten minutes, over $7,250,000 million dollars had flowed into his account.
"Hiss, this is a bit exaggerated!" Lucien stared at the phone screen in a daze.
This income had already exceeded his expectations.
It seemed he had still underestimated the popularity of his game. It felt like it had done more than just explode within the gaming circle!
"$7 million… my god." Jenny was also scared silly. The two looked at each other, momentarily feeling as if everything around them wasn't quite real.
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