Script Killing Evaluation: Playing a game of "Year Rings", it's like making a set of "Five Three"

In the circle of script killing players, there were once sayings: "If you haven't played "The Year Ring", you won't be considered playing script killing." "The Year Ring is the ceiling of script killing."

Whether it is an over-reputation or a heartfelt Amway, as a veteran of the movie released in 2019, "Year Rings" is still mentioned repeatedly by players and still has a good turnover rate in various stores, which is enough to show its position in the circle.

One other thing that can prove the top status of "Year Rings" is its achievement - the first Chinese script to announce film and television. In January 2021, Beijing Supernatural Force Culture Communication Co., Ltd. announced that it will adapt the script of "Year Rings" into film and television. In April, Beijing Supernatural Force CEO Zhou Xiang said that three screenwriters teams of the Year Rings project are doing three different directions of creation, and the final presentation is uncertain, which may be interactive web dramas or interactive movies.

So, for such a top-notch industry, a script killer, a first film and television script killer... Whether it is a novice player who has just entered the circle or a veteran who has a certain experience in playing, there is obviously no reason to refuse. (Although veterans are likely to have played it)

But, is this script really suitable for all players? Is there any over-reputation? Dahai also talks about his own views.

Script name: Annual ring

Number of players: 5 people (3 men and 2 women, cross-dressing is not recommended)

Script Type: Hardcore, Reasoning, Emotional, Change

Game duration: 4~5 hours

Script author: Wang Xin, Qiao Ran

Distribution team: Tianjin Drama Alliance Detective Reasoning Society

Release time: 2019

Script introduction:

The ruins are located in a valley more than 160 kilometers outside the outskirts of T City. It was originally a small village with only a few dozen households. One night, a fire broke out. The firefighting work was extremely difficult due to the rugged mountain roads in the valley and the lack of external water sources. Fortunately, the deep and concave terrain did not spread outward, and the fire gradually extinguished when it was dawn. The fire damaged the trees in the stone walls of the valley, and later, whenever the wind blew by, you could hear the whimpering sound.

And today, a group of people gathered here...

Role introduction:

Liu Bozhao: A man with serious eyes, politeness and a medium-sized figure.

Wang Xiaoran: A woman with melancholy eyes, a timid and a short-sized person.

Yao Bo: A man with cold eyes, little talkative and thin body.

Chen Shuo: A man with sharp eyes, warm and talkative eyes and a strong figure.

Yuan Ben: A woman with firm eyes, strong and soft eyes, and tall figure.

play

First of all, "Year Rings" is an old fund released in 2019, so it may not have as many "flower jobs" as the scripts in the next few years. The entire script has no interpretation or dress-up, and there is no special evidence search mechanism, and pure hard-core reasoning. In addition, "Year Rings" is also a full reading book, that is, the entire script has only one scene, and you can see the end from the beginning. Therefore, players will spend a longer time reading the script in the early stage and there are many details to remember.

After the 5 players read the script, the DM will introduce some details, such as the script focuses on restoration, pushing the evil spirit is not the key, side tasks can be given up appropriately, etc. Players need to exchange information based on their respective scripts to piece together the truth of the incident. There are also two rounds of evidence searches during this period, which are no different from the conventional script killing.

The restoration process is actually not too difficult. Players can detect some clues from the script. In addition, the two rounds of evidence searches make the information of some key evidence very obvious. Basically, it can be released. This is a transformed version involving supernatural powers. For the change of pattern, players need to be more creative and many things cannot be thought of based on common sense. Old players who often watch science fiction works or often write books may quickly get the world view setting of the script.

Puzzle

As a hardcore book, puzzle solving is the most core element of "Year Rings", and it is also the details that many players continue to review and rethink after the script is over. The reason why the puzzle of "Year Rings" is repeatedly pondered is that it is essentially a math question that can be written into the test paper... This math question is very complicated, with N-layer routines, and it is also the key to pointing out the theme of "Year Rings". People with good science may be easier to unveil.

From a personal point of view, I really don’t like this kind of script killing for math problems. It feels like doing exam papers, it’s too tiring. When DM reviewed the calculation process for us, I immediately thought of the joke "One person can play script killing":

Thank you, it turns out that "5 Years College Entrance Examination 3 Years Simulation" is also a hardcore script.

Fortunately, doing math problems is not the only way to predict the evil. It may be that the design of the final puzzle is not perfect, or it may be that the author deliberately lets the water, resulting in other simpler methods of predicting the evil in the script. Some players said that when they play, they can directly start from other angles and not do math problems, they can guess the real murderer. Of course, this also means that the murderer players do not have much room for maneuver and the success rate of eliminating crime is not large.

Plot

In addition to the labels of hard-core reasoning, "Year Rings" is also an emotional book, and in the end it is trueThere is an ending audio in the pretty clear link, which will be a bit sensational, but it is difficult for pineapple players to bring in.

After all the time, it seems that the above are complaining about why "Year Rings" is not fun, but in fact, there are also obvious highlights of the Year Rings, that is, the plot. First of all, the script setting of "Year Rings" is very rigorous, and you will find no obvious bugs when reviewing. Secondly, the story of the script is indeed great. If you spoil it slightly, the plot can be compared to science fiction movies such as "Creedy", "Horror Cruise" and "Former Destination", but it is also displayed with traditional Chinese elements. Fantasy + science fiction is worthy of being the first script to be filmed and television in China.

Although I don’t know how the progress of film and television adaptation is, as a 5-person book, "Year Rings" has few main characters, and the difficulty of adaptation is definitely much easier than the scripts with 7 or 8 protagonists.

Summary

In general, although "Year Rings" is called "Script Killing Ceiling", it is not suitable for all players. Personally, I think it can certainly be regarded as the ceiling of script killing in 2019, but today in 2022, it has obviously been surpassed by various new works.

As a hardcore emotional book, "Year Rings" is more suitable for faucets and bulldozers, but not very suitable for pineapple heads and novice players, especially when doing math problems, which will be more tiring to play. Also, because "Year Rings" is a change of reasoning and involves some supernatural forces that violate common sense, it may be difficult for players who like natural reasoning to substitute.

Of course, the focus of "Year Rings" is to restore it rather than to impulse the evil. Players use scripts and clues to gradually understand the world view setting and deduce the truth of the story, which is enough to bring fun and shock to players. The final math problem is just a small design, and even if it cannot be calculated, it will have little impact on the player's overall experience. If you just want to know what story "Year Rings" tells, or are interested in hardcore reasoning, then this book is still worth playing.

It is understood that Qiao, one of the authors of "Year Rings", released another city limit version of "The Water of the Crazy Spring", which is also a mathematical puzzle. It is more persuading players to withdraw from the poor students and the response is relatively average. In fact, as the script killing industry has been exploring in recent years, the authors will gradually grasp the feedback from players and the market. After all, most players play script killing with a leisure and entertainment attitude, and there should be fewer and fewer scripts for solving puzzles like this.