Chapter 185 Women Hold Up Half the Sky (Text)

While Yang Huan was feeling depressed in Southampton, on the other side of the Atlantic Ocean in the United States, a heated debate was taking place in the headquarters office of the famous rating website Metacritic.

"I think this game should get full marks!" said a fat female staff member excitedly.

"That's right. Even if it's not full marks, it has to be at least above 90 points." Another female staff member responded.

"If I were to rate it, I'd give it a score of 96. This is my favorite mobile game I've ever played."

"Ninety-four points, in my opinion."

There are not many people in the office, and only a few women, but their opinions were very consistent and they all gave high ratings.

This made the other male colleagues in the office dumbfounded. Is it reasonable to give such a high salary?

"Wait, wait a minute!"

Jason Dietz, the website's director, stepped forward and told the female compatriots not to get excited.

"You know, my world is only ninety-three points." Jason Dietz waited until everyone quieted down before reminding.

Minecraft is a famous mobile game from Sweden. It has been very famous since the testing period.

What people talk about most is that this game opened up a whole new way of playing, and it can almost be said to be a revolutionary game that everyone knows.

But such a game only got 93 points.

Is Candy Crush Saga, the match-3 game on WeChat, really better than Minecraft?

"Jason is right. A game like Minecraft is only ninety-three points, and Candy Crush Saga is only eighty points at best."

"Eighty points? Oh my god, that's too high, right? What's so innovative about this game? The match-3 mode is very common, okay?"

“I also think that this game doesn’t have any revolutionary innovations and cannot be given too high a score.”

"Relatively speaking, I think their other game, Puzzle & Dragons, is very interesting and should be given a high score."

After hearing this, several female compatriots immediately disagreed.

"Hey, you guys are saying Candy Crush Saga isn't innovative?"

"Oh my god, where are you looking? You can't see all these small details of innovation?"

"That's right. It's the same match-3 game, why can't others achieve this effect? ​​Isn't innovation in small details considered innovation?"

"As I recall, if you're really saying that, what contribution did Watt make to the Industrial Revolution? He didn't invent the steam engine!"

"That's right, small innovations are not innovations? So many small innovations accumulated together are still called no innovation?"

The male compatriots immediately began to refute.

"We didn't say this game has no innovation, we just said there's no innovation that's too eye-catching, ok?"

"I think we must admit that this is a well-made game. The graphics almost make the most of the screen of Apple's iPhone 4. It's very good. There are also quite a few small innovations. The charging points are not annoying. But I don't think it's justified to give it a high score just for these reasons."

"Marco is right. This is a game that is designed to make money, not a revolutionary game like Minecraft."

"It's like a Hollywood movie. Some are commercial blockbusters that aim to make money, while others aim to win an Oscar. The two obviously cannot be confused."

Our female compatriots have found a way to fight back.

"Ok, Charles, what do you think of Christopher Nolan's Batman series?"

Charles was immediately speechless.

"There's no comparison. There are certainly films that have achieved the same level of success both artistically and commercially, but I think Candy Crush Saga is clearly a commercial blockbuster that's designed to make money, just like Transformers."

"On the contrary, I think Puzzle & Dragons is very interesting and innovative, but for now, I find this game unpopular."

Marco's words were immediately recognized by his male compatriots.

Candy Crush Saga surpassed 10 million downloads in less than three weeks, while Puzzle & Dragons has been around for several months but has only been released in limited regions such as New Zealand, Australia, and Canada, with only 500,000 downloads.

"But from our perspective as women, I think this game is very good, much better than Puzzle & Dragons."

"Oh, that's what you women think, that's all!" the men retorted.

"Hey, what do you mean? You look down on women, don't you?"

Immediately, a female compatriot pointed at him and shouted, "I tell you, women can also hold up half the sky!"

"I didn't mean that, I just..."

“What do you mean?

Jason Dietz felt a headache as he watched the two gangs arguing with each other.

He never imagined that a game would split his originally united team into two irreconcilable factions.

However, if you see that 73% of Candy Crush Saga players are female, you will understand.

Just as Yang Huan said in the advertisement, this is a game tailor-made for female players.

British paparazzi previously photographed that even Princess Kate, who had just completed the wedding of the century, was playing this game.

You can imagine how popular this game is among female players now.

"Everyone, be quiet." Jason Dietz had to shout loudly to stop.

If we continue to quarrel like this, there will be no result at all.

Not only will it not produce any results, it may even lead to a violent fight.

Because in the end, it will inevitably involve the issue of gender discrimination between men and women.

"According to the reviews from the 30 media outlets and websites we worked with, they generally gave this game a score of around 80 points, which makes it an excellent smartphone game, but it's far from a high score."

As soon as the boss spoke, the men and women in the office immediately shut down.

"On the contrary, Puzzle & Dragons' score was relatively high, reaching 85 points."

As soon as Jason Dietz finished speaking, the fat female employee immediately complained, "That's because all major review media and websites review a game from a man's perspective."

Jason Dietz chuckled. "Yes, that's right, so we can only accept this reality, Mary."

The woman named Mary had no choice but to nod.

Who says this is a man's world of power?

"But the review of this game will be done by you, Mary."

Mary was delighted when she heard this and kept nodding her head, "OK, leave it to me!"

"Puzzle and Dragons is up to you, Marco!"

"Ok, no problem!" Marco nodded in agreement.

Charles noticed another problem.

"Boss, if both of these games are given excellent scores, then their game company's annual ranking will surpass Nintendo."

In addition to reviewing the games themselves, rating websites also rank game production companies.

Previously, WeChat Game Company relied on the two popular games Cut the Rope and Temple Run to rush to the third place in the annual list. However, before the end of the list, it has launched these two games, which is bound to surpass Nintendo.

"No way?" Jason Dietz was a little surprised.

I immediately walked to a computer, opened the website, looked through the list of game developers, and then calculated in my mind that the improvement after adding these two games would indeed surpass Nintendo.

The famous PC game developer Blizzard only ranked fifth.

“Boss…”

This time almost everyone was dumbfounded.

Nintendo is a giant in the gaming industry and has produced many classic games that are both critically acclaimed and commercially successful.

But in less than a year, it was surpassed by a new gaming company?

But judging by the annual ratings, this is indeed the case.

Jason Dietz was also in a difficult position, because he could guess that if he did this, Nintendo fans and Blizzard diehards would be dissatisfied, and their saliva would flood his website.

But after thinking about it, he decided.

"Just do it!" Jason Dietz sighed, "We are doing reviews. We will publish the scores truthfully. As for the players' reactions, they will understand."

After a pause, he thought about it again, "80 points for Candy Crush Saga and 84 points for Puzzle & Dragons."

No one said anything more at the scene, and everyone went about their work quietly.

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ios development community.

"Oh my god, Metacritic is going to go haywire!"

A user posted a message on the website, taking a screenshot of the ratings on the Metacritic website.

"WeChat Games is really going to blow the shit up this time. The scores for Cut the Rope and Temple Run are already very high, all over 80 points, reaching the excellent level. Now Candy Crush Saga and Puzzle & Dragons have also exceeded 80 points each."

Judging from the screenshots, the game with the highest score among WeChat game companies is still Cut the Rope, which reached 86 points.

"It's incredible. They have made four games, each of which has reached an excellent level. This has allowed WeChat Games' total score to surpass Nintendo and rank first on the annual developer list!"

As soon as this post was posted, countless lurkers immediately popped up and posted comments.

"I've seen it too. This gaming company is amazing."

"Haha, I've always believed that smartphone games are the future. Now that WeChat has surpassed Nintendo, it's the best proof!"

"Big WeChat V587, so awesome!"

"I am also optimistic about the mobile platform. WeChat games have surpassed Nintendo, and WeChat will soon surpass Facebook and Twitter. Just wait and see!"

“Where are all those people who said WeChat was running out of ideas? Why are they gone?”

"As soon as the little rat brothers realized that something was wrong, they all went back underground."

"Just wait and see when some unfavorable news comes out, they will come out again!"

"This is a grand event in the iOS development community. Everyone should promote it. I think there will definitely be more iOS game development companies on this list in the future!"

"I love the games from WeChat Games Company. I own all their games, including Shooting Planes. I play them whenever I have free time!"

"Great! Congratulations to WeChat Games!"

"Even Princess Kate is playing this game, so I have to give it a high score!"

"This company's games are indeed very classic and worth learning from. I heard that they already have a very complete set of big data on mobile users. I believe they will become more and more outstanding in the future!"

"At the very least, they are now the most profitable mobile game developer."

This piece of news caused a stir in the iOS development community and spread quickly.

Word spread quickly from one person to ten, from ten to a hundred, and soon it spread throughout the entire Internet.

The ratings on the metacritic website have always been valued by many people, but this time it has caused quite a bit of controversy.

Especially for a developer that has been established for less than a year and has only produced four mobile games, it has surpassed the two big brands of Nintendo and Blizzard, which has made the die-hard fans of the two game manufacturers very dissatisfied.

Some people even attacked rating websites, saying their reviews were biased.

Jason Dietz was pressured into coming out for an interview, in which he denied that the website's reviews were unfair.

"We combined the scores of 30 independent review agencies, media and websites to give the final score. I don't think there is any problem with this. As for the WeChat game company surpassing Nintendo and Blizzard, this is just an annual ranking!"

But even with this explanation, it still cannot satisfy many netizens.

Soon, netizens dug up a new piece of explosive news.