Agreeing to Create Bad Games, What the Hell Is ‘Titanfall’? Chapter 166: Lights Out! Ultimate Psychological Horror!

Numb!

Not just Pure Black.

Every player brave enough to play this far, and every viewer ready to watch a cloud clear.

At the sight of this scene, they all went numb!

In the dimly lit foyer, the flickering lights went out!

And Lisa’s horrifying ghostly figure vanished instantly!

In an instant!

The entire corridor was plunged into darkness!

Only the hollow buzzing sound, and Lisa’s nearly 360-degree surround of whimpering sobs, haunted the pitch-black hallway!

Nothing happened.

But!

No one dared to move even half a step forward!

Because!

The ghost Lisa had now disappeared into the darkness!

However!

That chilling and terrifying sobbing blended into every inch of the darkness!

The pitch-black so dark you can’t see your own hand, like an invisible giant net, tightly bound and locked the hearts of the players!

Ahead was a bottomless abyss of darkness!

And you were blindfolded!

Where was Lisa?

No one knew.

Maybe she had already vanished, lost in the inky blackness.

Maybe she was still standing under the foyer’s chandelier, in that eerie pose, waiting for you to walk right into her trap.

Or maybe!

At this very mont!

She had already started moving silently toward you, unseen.

Right now, that swollen, blistered face with one eye gouged out, filthy and grotesquely terrifying… was pressed right in front of you.

If you dared to take even half a step forward, you’d collide with her full force.

Top-tier psychological terror!

It didn’t rely on sudden jump scares!

Just a tiny change in lighting!

Was enough to grip the players’ hearts tightly in the claws of fear!

“I—damn it—!!!”

Pure Black, frozen in place with numb hands, let out a desperate scream!

A cold chill shot straight to his crown, his whole body bristled like a terrified cat, every hair standing on end!!!

His rapid breathing even carried a hint of crying.

Extre panic was like an iron spike driven from the top of his head, pinning him firmly to the ground!

The psychological terror squeezed his throat so tight, he could barely utter a single coherent word!

The barrage exploded instantly!

“Holy crap—!!!”

“Damn you, old thief! My goosebumps popped up instantly!”

“This is freaking insane, I seriously can’t take it anymore!”

“Cold sweat just broke out, damn!”

“I was expecting so noises, expecting Lisa to jump out at , but I never thought the bastard would actually turn off the lights!”

“Finally understand why humans have a natural fear of darkness—because in the dark, there’s no danger target, so everywhere is danger!”

“Oh no! Oh no! This psychological terror ans this bastard is playing at the limit!”

“This ga… I don’t even feel qualified to cloud clear it…”

“Sorry, old thief, I was too loud just now. Didn’t think a demo version could claim to be the scariest ga in the world.”

“Lisa sis, there are a lot of people in the stream, I was wrong, I kowtow to you, please don’t cry…”

“Young, old thief, stop your godlike powers, give a chance to get up at midnight and pee in the dark.”

“Then you turn your head while peeing! Bam! Lisa’s standing at the bathroom door waiting for you!”

“Damn! Are you even human?!”

“Friendly reminder, you at the screen can breathe, this is a live stream.”

“Thanks for the reminder, almost suffocated myself…”

“……”

Lights off!

Power cut!

Just a tiny design, but it perfectly showcased the ultimate power of psychological terror!

At this mont, Pure Black finally exhaled a breath of relief!

“Sorry, really sorry, maybe phasmophobia is my endurance limit,”

“This is really too terrifying… I’m already frozen in place, don’t want to continue…”

“I really—”

“Really can’t! Take! This kind of…”

“This kind of psychological torture anymore!”

Everyone knows!

Although the motion-sensing pod can guarantee players won’t suffer physical trauma during gaplay,

Pure Black was afraid he’d be left with permanent psychological scars!

Who knew if he actually took a step forward, and ca face to face with Lisa, whether he’d spend the next month seeing that disfigured face every ti he closed his eyes!

But!

Because this top-level psychological fear was rooted deep inside!

So even though Pure Black felt his endurance was at its limit, the motion-sensing pod still didn’t kick him out.

Of course, he could choose to quit now.

But such a retreat felt too sloppy.

Since that’s the case…

Taking a deep breath!

Pure Black shakily shouted loudly:

“Just a little bit more! I’ll play just a little bit more!”

“This ti I’m rushing through! I don’t care what the hell is waiting!”

“I can’t hold it! I can’t! I’m done!”

“Charge! Charge! Pure Black! Charge straight ahead!”

“Yaaah—!!!”

The courage born of extre fear was like a needle of adrenaline, stabbing suddenly into Pure Black’s body!

He closed his eyes, swung his arms, flailed wildly, and charged forward!

“Ahhh! Whatever’s there, I don’t care!”

“I’m charging!”

“Co out! Co on! If you dare, scare to death! Co on!”

“Ahhhhhhh@#￥*&%&…”

In the pitch-black corridor!

Pure Black was like an out-of-control dump truck, wildly rushing forward, babbling nonsense!

The barrage went crazy laughing—

“Autobot! Transform! Dump truck mode!”

“Young Master: I’m gonna kill you—!!!”

“Hahaha, gone crazy…”

“Another one lost it.”

“Already rambling nonsense hahahaha…”

“Was scared before, but Young Master’s scream just sprayed .”

“2333333”

“Lisa: See? This guy’s scarier than !”

“Hahahahaha…”

A wild charge!

Bang!

Until Pure Black felt he crashed into a wall and couldn’t go further, he finally gasped and slowly opened his eyes.

“Phew—phew—phew—”

At this mont,

Lisa’s crying had disappeared.

And the next second, the foyer’s chandelier lit up again.

More cockroaches crawled on the floor and walls, giving a chill of goosebumps.

But

Besides that, the corridor was silent.

“Phew—!!!”

Pure Black let out a long breath!

With a thud, he leaned against the foyer’s cabinet!

Two lifetis as a person!

“Damn… my fingers are all numb now…”

Pure Black’s voice was hoarse, probably from screaming too much.

At this mont,

A notification sound ca—

[Beep beep! Breathing rate exceeded limit. To protect your health, you have automatically disconnected from the motion-sensing pod.]

This ti, no excessive fright.

Instead, a survivor’s exhausted panting triggered the pod’s automatic protection mode.

An unprecedentedly ridiculous disconnection incident indirectly proved how deep the psychological trauma of the previous scene was!

The pod door opened, and Pure Black needed a break.

He had been kicked out four tis in seven minutes.

No matter how fast his ntal recovery was, he had to rest a bit.

But!

Right now, many others were still investigating this eerie, terrifying mansion!

So were players simply seeking thrills.

So were competitors searching for the core elents of psychological horror gas.

Others were unlucky dia reviewers forced to do their job.

Like—

Xu Xiaolin.

…

What the hell have I done to deserve this!

Having to review this insanely hellish ga!

At this mont!

Xu Xiaolin stood at the start of a new corridor, panting hard!

The previous scene had completely reshaped his understanding of horror gas!

Too terrifying!

Not just the ga!

But also Gu Sheng’s astonishing psychological horror design!

Although!

PT and Yakuza Frenzy, both under Kora, were different genres.

But!

After experiencing both demos, Xu Xiaolin was shocked to find that the relatively new Gu Sheng, just two or three years into his career, had confidently surpassed the veteran Yamamoto Tsunashiro in demo design sophistication!

Xu Xiaolin had tried Yakuza Frenzy’s demo.

His rating was similar to Pew’s.

Overall, it was a solid ga, with shooting and racing content well integrated.

Players knew what they wanted from this work, and the experienced Yamamoto Tsunashiro accurately judged their demands.

So he focused the demo on gaplay presentation.

Dividing it into three parts showcasing FPS attributes, racing attributes, and cultural background attributes.

A safe approach that sought no glory but no mistakes either.

Proven correct by results.

As a professional dia reviewer, Xu Xiaolin gave Yakuza Frenzy’s demo a score around 9.2 to 9.5.

Looking back at Gu Sheng and his Silent Hill PT!

Compared to Yakuza Frenzy, PT was at a comprehensive disadvantage!

Even ignoring money, manpower, and publicity, just in terms of ga type and environnt, the two were on different levels!

One was shooting and racing, a hot market!

The other was horror thriller, an industry pariah!

Most importantly!

Yakuza Frenzy players knew what they wanted!

Exciting gunfights, thrilling chases, Yakuza culture atmosphere!

Yamamoto Tsunashiro had many references!

But what about Silent Hill PT’s players?

They didn’t even know what they wanted!

They only knew they disliked cheap, crude, templated jump scares!

But asked what specific horror elents they wanted, they couldn’t say!

This made ga design difficulty skyrocket!

Don’t say Gu Sheng was a rookie under five years into his career.

Even a veteran designer would feel powerless facing this!

Because it was completely like crossing a river by feeling the stones!

But!

It was exactly this thorny situation that showed Gu Sheng’s brutal strength!

He didn’t need to know what players wanted, didn’t need to cater to vague, confusing demands even he couldn’t explain.

Because he himself was the benchmark! The trend! The pioneer opening a new chapter in gaming history!

Full confidence made his writing godlike!

This unbeatable confidence, so would say arrogance, made him dare to declare to the world’s players—what I make is what you truly want!

Thus!

Gu Sheng boldly designed a storyline for the demo!

Unhurried, calm, neither rushed nor slow!

From the initial atmosphere buildup, to the lights out power cut’s peak psychological horror!

Every nerve of the players, every second, was firmly in Gu Sheng’s control!

The closer to the murder truth, the clearer the ga’s characteristics beca!

What Yakuza Frenzy achieved, PT also did.

What Yakuza Frenzy couldn’t do, PT also did!

This was Gu Sheng!

A chosen ga creator, a genius designer!

Xu Xiaolin leaned against the corridor wall, panting, marveling inside.

Goosebumps rose layer upon layer, waves of shock washing over his heart.

Gu Sheng was just like his psychological horror ga.

You couldn’t overthink it.

The more you thought, the more scared you got.

Thinking this,

Xu Xiaolin was almost recovered, steeling himself again!

“Okay, almost there,”

He nodded, feeling his heart rate slow down a bit.

Taking cautious steps, passing through the increasingly dim corridor, carefully turning the corner to look toward the foyer’s connecting corridor.

His heart rate rose again.

Damn it!

Gu Sheng!

At this mont!

The entire foyer was pitch black!

Lisa’s crying was gone, but a baby’s cry rang out again!

And this ti, it sounded very real!

Because now!

Right in front and to the right of Xu Xiaolin!

The room where Lisa had closed the door, heavy with a strong bloody sll!

Wide open!

“Damn it—son of a bitch!!!”

No matter how experienced, how well-versed in gas Xu Xiaolin was,

At this mont, he couldn’t help but swear!

Is this even humanly possible?!

Indeed!

As an experienced ga reviewer, Xu Xiaolin had long judged this corner room as the “key room.”

It was likely the original cri scene of the brutal murder!

But!

He didn’t expect that Gu Sheng, a living person, could design such a hellish gaplay segnt!

Players had just endured Lisa’s lights out power cut baptism!

Not a mont to catch their breath, the bastard imdiately flung the door open!

[You thought that was the scariest part? Co in and see, I have even bigger treasures to show you!]

Truly perverse.

At this mont, Xu Xiaolin truly felt the darkness of the old thief.

He even suspected Gu Sheng, after releasing the ga, secretly hid behind the screen watching players scream and collapse ntally, then snickered wickedly.

Pure psychological pervert.

Xu Xiaolin silently cursed.

Gritting his teeth!

Xu Xiaolin cautiously approached the bloodstained room’s doorway.

Tap, tap, tap...

A flashlight flickered intermittently on the ground.

By the flickering light,

Xu Xiaolin recognized where he was—

Mosaic tiles, old basin, filthy mirror, dirty toilet, tattered shower curtain, and a half-hidden bathtub behind.

This was a bathroom.