Speaking of which, playing the game “Mingchao” is a rather undignified thing. As an adult, you draw cards until three in the morning facing the bizarre pictures, and spend all your salary for a fictional healing character in the game. It seems absurd no matter how you think about it. But I still did it, and I did it with confidence, because I always think that people live for some unreasonable happiness.
Version 1.3 is updated, and two new characters appear: Shouanren and Youhu. Of course, you can say that they are just characters stacked up with some codes and textures, and are the results of modelers working overtime and writing copywriters. But the problem is that when they appeared in the trailer, I was really stunned.
Shouanren is a healer, using a mysterious device called “sound sensor” and has “diffraction properties”. She can add blood to teammates and enhance output capabilities. According to the mainstream view, she is a T1 auxiliary, the favorite of the numerical party, and a “winner in life” who can be promoted to a higher level if you draw her. But to me, she is a gentle and rational illusion – in this era of fast-paced and efficient everything, she tells you in an almost romantic way: “I can heal you and help you become stronger.”
She can also turn into a butterfly and fly. I thought about this setting very seriously, and finally concluded that this is the result of the game planner’s soul leaving his body at four o’clock in the middle of the night. What’s the use of turning into a butterfly to cross the map? There is no other use except to show off. But you know what? That’s right. In reality, we are already practical enough, why can’t the game have more unreasonable elegance?
The other one is Yuhu, a four-star condensation attribute, and her weapon is a gauntlet. This setting sounds like a violent loli accessory package, but she is also a healer – she can punch you on one side and put on a Band-Aid on the other. Her skill of delaying can increase the coordinated damage of the following characters by 100%. It seems to be “support”, but in essence it is saying: “I can make you more powerful, but you have to play.” This setting reminds people of the typical “can’t live without her, but always ignored” character in life. After all, the supporters in this world always stand behind the spotlight.
Of course, the version is divided into the upper and lower pools. You think this is due to content arrangement, but it is actually a sophisticated psychological design. First give you a shore guard to let you taste the sweetness, and then release a glaze coral to squeeze your moon phase. You think you are in control of your destiny, but in fact you are moving forward according to the planned route – just like life.
The upper half of the card pool is on September 29, and the lower half is on October 24, like two exam dates. You either prepare resources at once to fight to the end, or be a hard-working part-time player, waiting for the salary next week.
Of course, the way of krypton gold has also become more advanced. Treabar, a platform, is said to have a 20% discount for recharge, and delivery in three minutes, which sounds more reliable than takeout. I took a look and it really saves money – if you don’t think about the fact that you shouldn’t spend money at all.
But I thought about it again, it’s nothing. The game world is a more honest world. If you like someone, you have to pay; if you want to become stronger, you have to draw cards desperately; if you want to make the team complete, you have to fight against probability. This is much clearer than reality.
I like version 1.3 of “Mingchao” not because it brings such revolutionary mechanisms or updates, but because it gives me a legitimate reason to do some “meaningless but happy” things in the absurd drama of life, which is ordinary and boring. In reality, no one can heal me; then let me find a character who can heal others in the virtual world.
Just like the shore guard, even if you are not the protagonist, you can make the people around you live a little better; like Yuhu, even if you don’t have the highest star rating, you can help others hit the strongest blow.
In this sense, games are not escapes, but variations of life.