Chapter 21
The next day, Chen Xu arrived at the company at 7:30 in the morning, but surprisingly, Yang Xin and Ruan Ningxue were already there.
When they saw Chen Xu pushing open the door, they rushed to him like excited puppies.
Its a hit! Its a massive hit! Were going to earn ourselves a reputation with this one! Yang Xin could barely sit still to show him the screen, her whole body was shaking like she just downed 2 coffees mixed in an energy drink.
The ratings from the store page were proudly displayed.
USER SCORE 9.9
An unbelievably high score.
But that wasnt all, Yang Xin quickly opened up a few new tabs, showing 2 major dia outlets who had already published their reviews.
The real shocker was that both reviews gave the ga full marks. 10 out of 10!
One of the sites, called Spaceti, wrote their review in a hilariously cryptic fashion.
In it, the reviewer did not spoil the content whatsoever, but instead, thoroughly described his feelings and experiences. It had a lot of exaggerated quotes.
[ After completing Undertale, the reviewer went silent for a long ti, even as his colleagues went to nudge him ]
[ This is a ga that breaks the constraints of traditional RPGs, It undermines a players understanding of how a ga should work ]
[ I never thought playing a ga could shock
this much. Even though its a low-cost indie ga, the experience it provides is deeper than many, many 3A masterpieces ]
The sentint was shared in the comnts and user reviews of Undertales store page.
There were a lot of confusing comnts.
[ An incredible RPG, at so point I started having chills till the end ][ You wont be needing rcy in this fight ][ This fills
with DETERMINATION!!! ]
Hmm Yes, the sales arent bad, but let it simr for the ti being. Chen Xu smiled after going through the reviews and statistics.
After all, 2749 copies sold is not very high, even with the hype built around Zhong i.
But really, its main benefit was to spread the na of the ga, Undertale.
For many players, Nebula Gas and Chen Xu are both still unknown, with only a single erotic ga in their portfolio.
The price of Undertale was set at 36 yuan, just like in his previous life.
Considering the prosperous socioeconomic standards of this parallel world, one could describe this ga as being dirt cheap.
7pm to 11pm, the golden hours of video gaming.
With the positive boost influenced by Spacetis review, word spread in the gaming communities. At the sa ti, players across the ti zone were getting comfortable and starting to look for gas to play.
Just before 7pm, Undertales sales increased by about 500 per hour.
But after 7pm, the number shot up to over 1200. Causing the total sales to quickly shoot pass 14,000 units.
And the reviews of the ga have been gradually increasing.
One and a half days since launch.
In a private room of the sa hot pot restaurant.
Yang Xin fidgeted around with her phone every so often, unable to stop glancing at the ever increasing sales volu.
While she admired the sales of Mirror, Yang Xin was nothing more than a passerby during that ti. Just watching from the sidelines.
But now, she was involved. Undertale was born of her hard work and sleepless nights.
Even if she still felt like Chen Xu handed her a cheat sheet, she was still responsible for putting everything together and had a hand in assembling the plot.
She partook in the production of this ga, and it gave her a sense of pride and accomplishnt.
(TL: wink wink, nudge nudge
)
What do you think the final sales will be? Ruan Ningxue said excitedly while sipping on a slightly more fancy brand of milk.
Feels like itll break a million!. Yang Xin exclaid, eyes still glued to her phone.
Chen Xu nodded calmly and leaned back in his chair, Yes, its only a matter of ti.
..
Unlike the confident Chen Xu, players and so ga designers who had been keeping an eye on the developnt of Undertale felt like they were going mad.
Whats going on here?!
In the Hepai Style, Zhong is eyes were wide open and he had no intention of clocking out.
Is Nebula Gas made of money? How much did it cost to do this?
Hes done this before, buying good ratings and reviews from dia outlets, but this Undertale is too much! How much would they have to pay to get perfect scores?
That was his first thought, and it was the first thought of many who saw the results of Undertale.
Nobody believed that the true quality of Undertale would warrant such reviews. Nobody wanted to believe.
This was, after all, a low-cost indie title.
With scores like that, you could call it a classic, a masterpiece, an all-ti great. Could sothing like this really be made with a small budget?
But at the sa ti, it has made many players curious, to find out just what kind of ga is this Undertale?
And after they satisfy their curiosity, they join the cult and add their voices, singing its praises and adding fuel to the fire.
The most direct manifestation of this is the sales statistics, of which the team at Nebula Gas are eagerly observing.
Every hour, stats are updated in real ti. And every hour, there is a significant increase.
But more importantly, were the player reviews and ratings.
It received near unanimous praise, and the overall score of the ga remained at 9.9, not declining even with the increased volu of sales.
In most cases, the rating of a ga tends to drop as the number of players increases. So if a ga stabilizes at 8.5 points, it has reached the bottom line for excellence.
At 9 points, its acknowledged as a high-quality ga. And if it hits 9.5? Its basically a masterpiece.
But despite the skyrocketing sales of Undertale, its player rating has remained very stable.
Undoubtedly, as the player count reaches a critical mass, the score might eventually drop, but this was still utterly terrifying.
Scrolling down the store page, players left their comnts and reviews on the ga.
[ I went in thinking it was just a normal RPG, but I have to say, the appearance of a certain flower shook
][ I was skeptical of Nebula Gas and Chen Xu because of Mirror, but Undertale made
understand what a ga really is! ] [ My understanding of RPGs have been undermined ][ One word: Incredible ][ Dont hurt my precious babies!! Im warning you!! ][ The wind is howling, the heroine appears ][ Im feeling it, this ga is gonna be big ][ Birds are singing, flowers are blooming, kids like you should be burning in hell ]
[ This ga fills you with DETERMINATION ][ An incomparably novel ga, a shocking show of ga design ]
As waves of players ca and went, leaving their comnts and scores, so bad reviews were left as well.
In the end, the store page score was lowered by 0.1, but compared to the flood of positive reviews, it was just a drop in the ocean.
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