Chapter 277: Chapter 184: Different Endings of the Ga (2)
Good endings, everyone can easily co up with several, and each ending is very satisfying, which doesn’t pose a challenge to them.
But bad endings, those with regrets, make everyone a bit hesitant, not daring to express their attitudes and thoughts.
"This is what I think..."
Lu shared his thoughts.
In a bad ending, the protagonist is sure to have regrets, and these regrets can only be completed through a second or third playthrough.
Regrets co from various levels.
People or cities that could have been protected but ultimately weren’t, main tasks that could have been completed but weren’t.
The protagonist is not all-powerful.
During the first playthrough, he will definitely leave regrets that are difficult to complete for various reasons. These regrets mainly involve the death of certain plot characters.
They could have lived, but because of the player’s choices or not being perfect enough, they died...
"Like the sister, Chen Jia!"
Lu pointed out that if you want to create an ending filled with regrets that makes players want to restart the ga to achieve a perfect ending, there must be the death of a heavyweight character as a foil.
Obviously, it’s ti for the tool-like sister to co into play again!
In the plot, the bond between the protagonist and the sister can be made stronger, so that the sister’s death is valuable, and it would make players desperately want to achieve the perfect ending.
"Not bad!"
Chen Ba nodded, acknowledging that the sister could indeed be sacrificed a bit.
Besides the sister, it’s also possible to give the protagonist so NPC teammates and partners. These characters helped the protagonist significantly, but ended up dying.
How did they die?
Of course, through the foreshadowing of various side quests in the earlier to middle stages; if the player doesn’t check the gaplay guide ahead and focuses on a mainline speedrun, these characters might face a bad fate.
Aside from the plot’s ending, the evolutionary path’s ending is also important.
Based on different player genres and evolutionary modes, different endings are ultimately resulted, which is also a nice branch option.
For instance, the player obtained the extrely rare Vermilion Bird bloodline, likely transforming into a true Vermilion Bird Divine Beast at the end of the ga.
I don’t want to be human anymore, JoJo!
Different evolutionary paths naturally trigger different settlent animations and achieve different achievent endings at the last scene of the ga.
There’s no optimal choice.
Evolution doesn’t have the best or worst option, it’s rely different paths with distinct abilities leading to different endings.
Players shouldn’t blindly choose the evolutionary direction and path during gaplay, as this is a key mont that can determine the direction of the ga’s ending.
"There seem to be quite a number of endings!"
"A rough calculation, there are dozens of endings just with different evolutionary routes, with the plot’s endings added, almost a hundred endings, right?" Lu clicked his tongue.
"Nothing to worry about, it’s just the number that sounds large."
Chen Ba shook his head.
More than a hundred endings may sound exaggerated, but the overall direction of the ga’s end is generally the sa.
The protagonist ultimately becos the leader of humanity, leading mankind to regain the position of Earth’s dominator, opening up a new era of Martial Dao, exploring outer space...
These hundred-plus endings just add a little regret or minor changes to the protagonist on this background basis.
"It’s indeed not very impactful."
Lu suddenly laughed and said: "It feels less stimulating than the ’Cold Window Study Simulator’, at least in that, there’s a real divide between paradise and hell."
Either you get into your desired school, or you fail, miss entry, these two endings are worlds apart.
In contrast, in ’Global Evolution’.
As long as you persist until the end, the endings may have so minor regrets, but overall it’s very fulfilling, at least the protagonist climbed to the pinnacle of Martial Dao without dying midway.
"Certainly..."
"I don’t think there’s a 3A ga that purposefully obliterates the player’s efforts from tens of hours, then ends up wasting efforts, right?" Chen Ba retorted.
3A gas, especially 3A RPG gas, no matter how many variants and derivatives the final endings have, one core point remains unchanged: the protagonist is destined to succeed.
Really can’t ss around!
For a mini-ga, ending up wasting efforts, realizing it was all a dream, might be acceptable.
But for a 3A ga, with the whole ga process lasting over dozens of hours, the player’s energy and ti investnt is undeniable.
If the ga developer insists on shaking things up, after the player struggles for tens of hours to tell them "this is actually a dream
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