Agreeing to Create Bad Games, What the Hell Is ‘Titanfall’? Chapter 321: Teasing Game! How Can It Be So Seductive?!

Actually, this first level is essentially a tutorial stage for beginners.

By chasing after a runaway fuse, players get familiar with actions like sprinting, double jumping, wall climbing, and crouching.

But even such a simple stage manages to dazzle and even make people burst out laughing!

"…Hey hey hey! Cousin, cousin! I found a way out!"

After a chase, the two arrived at a small wooden platform.

Cousin had just learned the turnaround jump and barely reached the platform when Ayin called to him.

"What’s up?"

Cousin hurriedly ran over to Ayin’s side.

He saw Ayin holding a nail, tilting his head to indicate the nearby socket, then kicking another nail at his feet:

"This is the key. We have to insert these things at the sa ti to leave."

"Oh, okay,"

Cousin didn’t suspect anything and picked up a nail, then started counting out loud:

"Ready, one, two, three!"

Zzzz—!!!

In an instant, Cousin felt a tingling all over his body. Then, as if he were stuck to the nail, he was electrocuted for a full three seconds before letting out a loud farting sound.

"…Damn you!"

"Ha ha ha ha ha—"

Cousin’s angry shout and Ayin’s mischievous laughter echoed simultaneously in the livestream chat.

The chat barrage burst into laughter—

"Haha, you’re so evil, boss! You got zapped out of curiosity and had to make Cousin try it too."

"The key to the second dinsion."

"So an."

"Wang Tianyu must be so annoyed with you."

"This is hilarious! Is this really a relationship-building ga? Are you sure it won’t just make you want to get divorced even more?"

"Dr. Hakim’s got a plan—just a little zap and you’re good."

"What dark fairy tale is this Professor Yang from another world?"

"Professor Yang from another world is too funny, hahaha…"

anwhile, the viewers were totally engrossed, chatting noisily.

In the ga, Ayin and Cousin navigated through various obstacles and arrived at a circular disc saw embedded in a wooden plank at an angle.

The fuse had already jumped over the wooden wall ahead, so they had to figure out how to get past the high wall.

"This place… can’t jump over, right?"

Cousin tried several tis left and right without success, then happened to notice a vacant slot in the power strip where the disc saw’s plug fit.

"Should we plug this in?"

He said as he climbed onto the power strip, carefully jumped onto the plug, then jumped high and slamd it down hard!

Bang!

Zzzz—

Electricity instantly surged through the plug, powering up the disc saw not far away.

"Whoa! It’s on!"

Ayin, who was wandering nearby the disc saw, was startled, suddenly hearing the saw activate behind him, and scread.

Cousin hurried back:

"So? Do we have to push the saw to cut through the wall?"

"Don’t know…"

Ayin circled the saw, looked at the tall wall ahead, clueless, then decided to follow the prompt and grabbed the tail of the saw with his hand:

"Let’s try. Co on, let’s push it together."

Hearing this, Cousin also ca over and grabbed the saw’s end, mimicking Ayin:

"Push hard, one! Two! Three!"

Zzzz—!!!

With their combined strength,

Suddenly, the disc saw roared to life!

Because they were too small, they couldn’t hold back the powerful motor force.

With a loud sound, the saw, originally slanted on the wooden plank, suddenly sped up like a cable car, dragging the two of them sliding down the slope!

"Hey hey hey—!!!"

Their screams rang out simultaneously!

The scene abruptly slowed down!

Ahead, a rotating drill bit shot out like a horizontal bar, right in front of them.

In a flash, both reached out and firmly grabbed the drill bit!

Whoosh—!!!

The huge montum flipped them over twice, then flung them away again!

Zzzz—

They landed on a steep wooden slope, rushing toward a ‘cliff’ ahead!

This scene felt so familiar!

Even the slow-motion jump at the cliff was strikingly reminiscent!

Rolling—

They cleared the cliff and tumbled onto the opposite bank.

At this mont, the runaway fuse finally lost power and lay quietly here.

"Damn—"

Ayin shouted!

"This ga is freaking aweso!"

Smooth! Stylish! Thrilling!

The livestream viewers were stunned by this exciting gaplay segnt—

"So smooth this part!"

"Damn, this ga even has such thrilling segnts and slow-motion leaps."

"This slow-motion leap is basically a mini Escape from Hell!"

"Old Thief really loves this cliff jump plus slow-motion cara angle."

"So cool, especially from the first-person view, it’s refreshing and stylish."

"Little Yellow’s motion assist system is insanely powerful—this ga is basically made like a movie."

Boom! Opening thunder strike.

Though it was just a simple tutorial level,

Making a tutorial this good is enough to be called breathtaking.

After all, in this world, whether big companies, small studios, or even Golden Wind before,

Tutorial stages always followed the pattern of ‘follow my lead, I’ll follow yours,’ a bit dull and unimaginative.

But It Takes Two was different.

Though just a tutorial, both the character interactions and level design were so clever and rich that people exclaid “Brilliant! Brilliant! Brilliant!”

"…No wonder it’s called Miaomiao. Our brains are really opened by Comrade Lao Shen’s gift to Shen Miaomiao—simply genius."

"Gu Sheng, if you keep teasing , I’ll co over and punch you!"

With their coordination and Gu Sheng’s guidance,

Shen Miaomiao and Gu Sheng quickly cleared the vacuum tube stage, stepping onto a tal platform and facing their own vacuum cleaner boss.

Due to Cody’s carelessness and Little Plum’s neglect, Mr. Vacuum Cleaner was very displeased with them.

His long health bar appeared, ready to blast them away with his fire canisters.

Though Mr. Vacuum Cleaner looked cartoonish and not scary,

Shen Miaomiao had never faced such a huge boss and imdiately panicked!

The first round of fire canisters sprayed, scattering all over the platform.

Shen Miaomiao scread as she dodged,

But before she could catch her breath,

Buzz—

The platform before her began to deform!

As the floor split apart, a fortress with a first layer sucking in air and a second layer blowing out air rose up.

"What? What is this?"

Shen Miaomiao watched Gu Sheng hopping onto the jet pipe on top and then glanced at the unmoving health bar on the UI, confused:

"Are you trying to give the vacuum cleaner a cold until it dies?"

"Wow!"

Gu Sheng exclaid,

"Such genius! How didn’t I think of this when designing the ga? The chairman really is… exceptionally gifted."

Hearing Gu Sheng’s sarcastic tone, Shen Miaomiao stomped her foot and grit her teeth, about to curse him when suddenly she had a flash of insight!

"Oh— I get it! Hmph! You think I can’t figure it out without your help? Hmph!"

Saying that, Shen Miaomiao dashed toward the intake pipe:

"Watch this— the heroine makes her entrance!"

Whoosh!

She rushed into the intake pipe, then with a bang was sucked inside the fortress.

Then a clanging sound rang out.

Pop! Shen Miaomiao was shot out from the exhaust pipe where Gu Sheng sat, failed to adjust her posture, and faceplanted hard.

Snap.

Gu Sheng quickly took a screenshot.

Brilliant, truly brilliant.

He never expected Shen Miaomiao’s thought process to be like a human cannon—shooting herself out to beat up the vacuum cleaner.

This cracked Gu Sheng up.

"You scoundrel! If you laugh again—"

Shen Miaomiao was furious, watching Gu Sheng sitting on the pipe chuckling uncontrollably, her anger rising sharply.

Quickly grabbing the intake pipe nearby, she tried to aim the wind outlet at Gu Sheng to suck him in and make him faceplant too.

However,

As she moved,

Bang!

A fire canister on the ground was sucked into the fortress.

Then a whoosh!

The fire canister shot out like a cannonball from the exhaust pipe, hitting the vacuum cleaner’s face dead center!

Boom!

Mr. Vacuum Cleaner scread in pain, and his health dropped by a small segnt.

"Oh!!!"

Shen Miaomiao suddenly understood!

"I get it, I get it, I get it!"

But before she could finish,

As the fortress descended, the vacuum cleaner’s two suction arms slamd down hard on the platform, sending shockwaves.

Shen Miaomiao failed to dodge in ti and died instantly.

"Wow—"

Gu Sheng jumped and skillfully dodged the shockwaves and exploding fire canisters,

While shalessly taunting:

"Miaomiao— ah—"

...

"This ga is truly brilliant, fun, fun, fun..."

Bang! Bang! Bang!

Liu Liu, wielding a huge ram hamr, pounded Y’s head, pinning her husband to the ground, calmly praising the ga.

After smoothly defeating the vacuum cleaner, the two advanced deeper into the tool shed.

Here, they received their first set of exclusive gear—

Cody got three nails that could be fired and recalled.

Little Plum received the hamrhead of the ram hamr, usable to smash things or hook onto nails.

"So… can we leave now…?"

After Liu Liu finished explaining, Y, pinned in the ground, weakly asked.

The already hilarious chat barrage burst into laughter seeing this—

"Hahaha, Bubble is just too much."

"'Family Ranking'"

"Bubble’s family status is catching up with Zhuangzhuang."

"Uncle > Auntie > Liu Liu > Dog > Y > Zhuangzhuang"

"So funny…"

"Can’t imagine what kind of rough life Yj has every day."

"Getting hamred for two minutes without complaint—I think I finally get why Y is the little winner."

"But you really deserve it, Yjj."

"LOL."

In theory, this is where the ga’s first level truly begins.

The addition of exclusive equipnt makes the already cooperative duo even more tightly linked.

For example, in this stage,

Because Little Plum’s hamr can hook onto nails,

Most of the ti, Cody, who can shoot nails, needs to pave the way for Little Plum by shooting and recalling nails, allowing her to reach places he cannot.

Then Little Plum swings her hamr to trigger chanisms and open shortcuts for Cody.

Moreover,

Their skills not only help each other pass stages but can also combine to form combo skills.

For example, Little Plum first smashes a chanism platform with her hamr, then Cody shoots a nail to lock the platform in place, making it easier for both to pass.

The ingenious level design, the use of exclusive gear, and the puzzle stages built around these exclusive items…

Almost everything in this ga made Liu Liu, a veteran player, exclaim in amazent.

"This is amazing, friends. The design thinking in this stage is unprecedented,"

Liu Liu praised while playing:

"Just tell , where does this brain co from?"

"It’s just a hamr and nails—two simple tools—but they’ve been played with so creatively."

"So interesting, really, this ga is peak fun."

"Not exaggerating, so far, this is the most ‘fun’ ga I’ve ever played."

Liu Liu’s words earned unanimous agreent from the livestream audience—

"This hamr-nail combo is so cool."

"The key is the cleverness; the whole ga feels like a precise gear machine, with every perfect coordination leaving you amazed."

"The combos totally blew my mind."

"This duo cooperation level is truly stunning."

"Absolutely breathtaking, everyone."

"Way more intricate than Escape from Hell’s cooperation."

"Escape from Hell is more cinematic; this isn’t so magical."

"Ah, I’m a bit reluctant to watch more, afraid of spoilers."

"I even hesitate to play, just thinking about the ga ending feels sad."

Stunning.

If Escape from Hell amazed through cinematic storytelling, imrsing players like a movie,

Then It Takes Two amazes through gaplay itself, with clever level design letting players fully experience the charm of gaplay.

Even more!

This amazent is no less than the shock Titanfall’s ti travel stages once brought.

And from this mont on,

All livestreams playing It Takes Two were filled with waves of astonished cheers—

"Wow—"

"Let’s go—"

"This is freaking aweso—"

"Oh, so that’s how you pass—"

"Damn, this design is nuts—"

…

Of course!

Amid all the awe!

As a Golden Wind production, chaos and screams were naturally indispensable!

And this ti, beyond panic and screams, the more visually impactful action performances were simply jaw-dropping!

"Holy crap! Thank you!"

"Xu! You’re freaking amazing!!!"

Yes.

With the release of It Takes Two, Pew and Xu Xiaolin, two old pals, joined the army of players experiencing the ga.

Pew stread live, while Xu Xiaolin wrote reviews.

But they had no idea what they were in for.

Because just now!

After exclaiming in amazent, they reached the end of the second level and faced the second boss—a rusty toolbox.

This ti, the arena was still a platform.

But the toolbox boss had two long chanical arms that could attack from afar—

Drilling, sweeping sideways, and raining nails.

As veteran gars, the two handled the boss without hesitation.

Though the toolbox kept drilling holes in their wooden platform, shrinking their survival space and raining nails,

These two seasoned players managed, amid panicked shouts, to find rhythm and dodge attacks.

The livestream viewers even teased them—

"Looks like a ss, but actually steady as old dogs."

After dodging two attack rounds, they found the way to attack the boss.

When the boss swung its arm, Cody temporarily pinned it on the wooden board, then fired nails to pave the way for Little Plum, who swung along the nails to the boss’s platform to sever its arm.

With clanging sounds, the first lock on the boss’s right arm was quickly hamred off by Xu Xiaolin.

When the boss’s arm swung again, Pew repeated the trick, nailing the arm to the wood.

Then Xu Xiaolin’s solo show began!

Clang!

Following Pew’s nail hooks, Xu Xiaolin swung forward, rolled skillfully on landing to ease impact, then flipped up and stood.

Spinning the hamr in his hand—

Bang!

Three powerful hamr strikes sparked flying embers!

The toolbox’s right arm suddenly broke off and fell into the abyss.

But the next second,

With a furious roar, the toolbox grabbed its steel shovel left arm and slamd down like swatting a mosquito on Xu Xiaolin!

The livestream erupted with gasps!

But Xu Xiaolin remained calm, leaping, dodging with a light roll, almost floating, narrowly avoiding the shovel strike!

However!

Before Pew on the distant platform could cheer,

The shovel stabbed diagonally!

With a sizzling sound, it jabbed into the wood beneath Xu Xiaolin’s feet, then flipped fiercely!

Whoosh!

Xu Xiaolin failed to dodge and was flung into the air, about to fly off the platform into the abyss.

At this critical mont!

Thud!

Xu Xiaolin reacted quickly, hugging the hamrhead tightly as he flew over the toolbox’s head, hooking the ram’s side firmly onto a wooden beam.

He quickly adjusted his posture midair,

Using montum to throw the hamr toward Pew’s platform.

He himself crouched horizontally on the beam like a spring, then pushed off with his legs!

Boom!

Like a cannonball, he was launched a second ti, flying straight onto the platform!

Rolling—

He landed precisely, grabbed the hamr, then flipped up with a carp leap!

In the original, this segnt was entirely a cutscene.

But Gu Sheng thought, since this world has motion-sensing pods and motion assist systems, why not let players perform these difficult moves themselves?

Thus, this fully player-controlled cutscene was born.

The PC control design was simple—QTEs.

As Xu Xiaolin stood again, the crowd erupted in cheers—

OHHAAAHAA—

"Oh my god! This is freaking masterful!"

"So much fun! Seriously, insanely fun!"

"Thank you! This action performance is amazing!"

"Wait! Isn’t this a fairy tale ga? Why does it have such cool action scenes?"

"Golden Wind always puts their tech into the weirdest places."

"Just say it’s cool, okay!"

"Such a teasing ga! How can it be so seductive! Damn it!"

"Tonight, I must make you taste the power of my big controller…"

"Hahaha, wow…"

Amazed!

The whole crowd cheered!

This was an unprecedented showcase of ga playability and a dazzling masterpiece representing Golden Wind!

Imagination, expression, controls, playability—

The tight cooperation in this duo was perfectly embodied.

Even more, Golden Wind’s surprises didn’t stop there!

[This is absolutely the best ga I have ever played in my gaming career! No contest!]

Facing Pew’s almost blind praise,

Even Xu Xiaolin couldn’t help but nod in agreent!

Though they had seen the live demo at GDCA before,

They only saw Gu Sheng and Shen Miaomiao’s duo cooperation part.

That demo didn’t have exclusive gear.

But now!

With the stunning debut of exclusive gear, they were truly shocked!

Later in the boss battle, the ga’s cara work and graphics further amazed them!

This was beyond shock.

“Unbelievable” might be more fitting.

Because—

"I really can’t understand what level a ga designer must reach to create such a ‘fun’ ga..."

"I don’t know either. Before, I thought Titanfall’s ti travel stages were the pinnacle of ga level design, but with this ga, I’m totally dumbfounded because it seems every level pursues a brand-new playability experience!"

At these words, the livestream chat exploded.

Who were these two?

One was Twitch’s top strear, reigning supre globally.

The other was the chief editor of Huaguo’s largest comprehensive ga dia, whose influence was second only to SNG’s editor-in-chief Simon!

They were both gaming veterans!

No exaggeration, each had played more gas than most players had even heard of!

And now, even these two gave It Takes Two such peak praise.

That alone showed how weighty this ga was!

"The craziest part is that every level gives you a set of exclusive gear. Man, this ga is terrifyingly fun! It’s like the ultimate unbeatable tomato banana peel of fun!"

With the teacher’s voice,

Cody and Little Plum, played by Gu Sheng and Old Ma respectively, had already equipped new gear.

Yes, after defeating the toolbox boss, they freed the trapped tools inside.

Cody returned the nails to their places, and Little Plum fixed the hamrhead onto the handle.

The tools were overjoyed, thanked them, and bid them farewell.

Through a telescope, they learned that it was their daughter’s tears that triggered the magic.

Though their bodies were still at ho, their souls were attached to the dolls.

So they agreed, since it was their daughter’s tears that transford them into dolls, maybe if she cried again, they could change back.

They agreed imdiately.

However, the problem was that the tool shed they were in was quite far from the house.

To enter their daughter’s bedroom, they first had to pass through the big tree in the courtyard.

But while passing the tree, an accident happened—

They were kidnapped by a squad of squirrels dressed like officers.

The squirrels suspected them to be wasp allies, but after verification, discovered they could respawn infinitely.

So the squirrel captain proposed a deal:

[I’ll help you get into the house, but only if you help us clear the wasp nest deep in the treehouse.]

And so!

Their new gear was delivered—

Cody received a tree resin gun that fires flammable sticky liquid, with properties to add weight, ignite, and explode.

Old Ma got a match crossbow that fires matches to light the resin, with properties to trigger explosions and cause damage.

The two weapons complented each other perfectly!

This synergistic gear brought a brand-new gaplay experience!

During play, Cody needed to spray resin on vines for Little Plum to ignite and clear obstacles.

He also had to use the resin’s weight-increasing effect to solve puzzles in the complex treehouse wasp nest.

Moreover, during wasp attacks, he wrapped their wings with resin so Little Plum could finish them off!

anwhile, Little Plum cooperated by clearing obstacles, igniting resin, and using the fast match crossbow to hit switches and solve puzzles!

Piao Teacher and Old Ma went wild playing!

Especially when fighting the final boss—the chanical giant wasp.

Though they died over and over, they couldn’t suppress their heartfelt laughter!

Even the viewers couldn’t help but comnt:

"You guys didn’t act like this when fighting Wano Ichimonji."

"Old Ma’s crazy laughter could be made into a highlight reel."

"My mind’s full of ‘hee hee hee’ and ‘yo ho ho.’"

"Looks like they haven’t had this much fun in a long ti."

"This is truly a fairy tale for adults. This ga is made so well."

"I can’t imagine how happy I’d be playing this with my girlfriend."

"Old Thief’s imagination is incredible."

"Just this level’s design alone is breathtaking."

"Can’t wait to see what’s next, huh?"

Everyone knows,

Golden Wind players’ “Huh?” never fails.

Yes.

If after defeating the giant wasp you thought the ga’s imagination and playability peaked,

What cos next will repeatedly push players’ ultimate expectations of a ga’s “playability” even further!

Because at this mont!

Shen Miaomiao was sitting in the gunner seat of the big pants plane, screaming excitedly!

"Wu—hu—"

Rat-a-tat-tat!!!

A glider made of a clothes hanger, floral pants, and a lighter’s gas canister was weaving through tree holes!

At the pilot’s seat below, Gu Sheng wore a flight helt, steering the craft!

On top of the glider sat Shen Miaomiao operating a fixed match heavy machine gun!

That’s right!

This ga even has ace combat sections!

And their enemies were the previous squirrel squad!

But that story has to be told another ti…