On July 22, the National Press and Publication Administration today released the approval information of domestic online games in July. There are a total of 105 games that have passed the review this time, among which the mobile version of "Eight Desolations of Ghost Valley" is impressively listed. As the light of the former domestic game, the creators have been waiting for this day for too long.
In January 2021, the EA version of "Eight Desolations of Ghost Valley" was launched on Steam. This Chinese-style casual simulator game created with the background of "Classic of Mountains and Seas" has been highly praised by players since its release. Although it is only in the testing stage, the popularity is not bad at all. Its popularity is so high that it has even attracted many foreign players.
In that year, the little-known game "Eight Desolations of Ghost Valley" sold 3.9 million copies. Although there is a big gap with the 7 million sales of Naraka: Bladepoint in first place, as an indie game, this achievement is quite outstanding. Until 2022, the mod maker was updated, burying all the reputation accumulated in the early stage of this game.
At that time, "Eight Wilderness of Ghost Valley" was updated with a third-party mod creation tool instead of using Steam's own workshop. This is a bit of a "big deal", but it's acceptable to players. But when it was actually used, everyone found that the situation was completely different from what they imagined.
This third-party mod maker is not easy to use on the one hand, and the pressure on the other side comes from the rules and regulations of this tool. It is shown in the user agreement of the tool that they have the right to audit, modify and/or delete the content imported by the mod author without prior notice.
This rule quickly sparked discontent among players, which meant that the creation of mods would be restricted. For a while, the community was full of gunsmoke, and bad reviews began to emerge. As the main creator of the game, Zhang San subsequently started the live broadcast to respond, but because of his personal attitude, it caused a greater boycott. The bombardment of negative reviews that followed made the praise rate of "Eight Desolations of Ghost Valley" plummet.
Due to the escalation of the situation, an official apology was finally issued, but the actual effect was not significant. During that time, the negative review rate of "Three Kingdoms" was not as good as that of "Eight Desolations of Ghost Valley".
There have been many opinions on the Internet about why such a mod maker should be launched. Some people think that this is an attempt to attract traffic to third-party tools, while others think that it is an attempt to sell players' mods. But it's more likely that it's actually for the continued operation of the game.
The gameplay of "Eight Desolations of Ghost Valley" is not complicated, and it is not so difficult to be compatible on the mobile terminal. However, some of the game content still has scale problems. If you can't get regulated and reviewed, it's not easy to get on a new platform. Fortunately, the development team withstood it, and after two years, the mobile game "Eight Desolations of Ghost Valley" finally ushered in the news that the version number was reviewed.
Now, the reputation of "Eight Desolations of Ghost Valley" has declined. Although the aftermath of the previous bad review bombing incident is still there, the overall evaluation of the game is still at the level of "mixed reviews", but the evaluation in the past 30 days is "mostly positive". Maybe one day, "Eight Desolations of Ghost Valley" can regain the recognition of players.
So what are everyone's expectations for the mobile game "Eight Desolations of Ghost Valley"?