This is not a BUG, this is a game feature

After spending 198 yuan to purchase the game, he had not played it for two hours before he was jailed for breaking into a house and stealing property. Liang Xuan's experience was not without its misery.

When he posted screenshots of the game online with great sadness and anger, trying his best to complain about the game "Abba", hoping to win the sympathy of netizens, he was greeted by ridicule from the entire Internet.

"Laughing! This should be the first player in the entire network to unlock the silver bracelet achievement, right?"

"RPG players are furious. How come there is a mechanism for players to be arrested? Can they still happily loot NPCs?"

"NPC: Listen to me, thank you. Because of you, the four seasons are warm..."

"Any evil will eventually be brought to justice! I was not interested in this game at first, but now I have to play it!"

The ridicule from netizens from all walks of life made Liang Xuan's blood pressure soar.

He's in such a miserable state, doesn't anyone come to comfort him? As an RPG player who is used to being domineering in the game world, when has he ever suffered this kind of injustice?

Shivering!

It's just an NPC. The player's uncle came into your house to rummage through the cabinets to give you face. How can you resist and report the crime?

Netizens can’t count on it this time.

The game "Abba" is really too realistic, and precisely because of its realism, Liang Xuan has no choice but to go to jail.

It was impossible to jailbreak, and three years was too long, so Liang Xuan simply deleted the archive and opened a new one with the intention of "changing his mind and starting a new life."

I don't know whether it was because of good luck or bad luck. Liang Xuan deleted the old save and created a new save. This time he randomly encountered "hearing impairment".

The start is almost exactly the same!

The only difference is that after learning from the failed experience of the previous archive, Liang Xuan abides by the law this time and decides to take the right path and be a good person.

But he faced the same problem as the previous save, that is, the task was difficult to complete and the plot was almost impossible to advance. Because of his hearing impairment, he was unable to obtain complete mission information and mission introductions through game dialogue lines.

It's back to the previous cycle.

Liang Xuan now either opens a new game, or bites the bullet and continues playing, walking all over the map, he will definitely find the mission NPC with an exclamation mark above his head.

"Mad, I don't believe in this evil!"

Liang Xuan was not convinced. He didn't believe that the mission process of this B game was so shitty. There was no way he could not pass the novice guide mission in two consecutive saves, right?

If this is the case, then this game is not qualified to stay in his game inventory, and the negative review + refund will be taken away without any thanks!

I got into this game today!

He wanted to see if he could play this game. This mission couldn't hold him back for the rest of his life, right?

Liang Xuan, who was worried, continued to explore along the route of the previous archive, looking for mission NPCs that might exist in a corner of the map.

The routes are all the same.

The only difference is that he searched more carefully in the last archive. The bandits came into the village and didn't even miss the trash cans on the roadside. If they saw a piece of dog feces on the roadside, they would pick it up and taste it.

But this time, he will definitely not search so carefully, he will just take a quick look at it.

As for the "bandit" behavior of breaking into the NPC's house and rummaging through boxes and cabinets, that's even more impossible. He's not the kind of person who doesn't have a long memory. How could he fall in the same place twice?

"Hey! Wait a minute..."

Just as Liang Xuan was controlling the protagonist Abba and passing by a fruit shop, he suddenly stopped and looked at the fruit shop next to him.

In the game screen, an NPC man wearing a blue striped shirt was shopping for fruits.

There is nothing unusual about this scene.

After all, he had seen it once in the last save file. There were free-moving NPCs like this everywhere on the map. It was not surprising at all.

Moreover, the NPCs in "Abba" have a very low level of intelligence and can basically only act according to preset trajectories. They are not as smart as the NPCs in "The Continent of God's Grace".

certainly!

The reason why Liang Xuan stopped was not simply because of this NPC, but more because of the bunch of purple-skinned grapes that the NPC was holding.

Does this scene seem familiar?

It is not surprising that this NPC appears in the fruit shop, because the action trajectories are preset, and if there is no player intervention or trouble, the NPC will be like this every day.

But the bunch of purple-skinned grapes he was holding was a bit of a coincidence!

The NPC will act according to the preset trajectory, and will definitely come to the fruit shop when it is time to come. However, what he buys when he comes to the fruit shop will be a little random.

To take a step back...

Even if this NPC comes to the fruit shop to buy grapes, it is part of the plan, and he will buy this bunch of grapes no matter how many times he comes, so the timing is too good.

During the last save, Liang Xuan passed by this fruit shop and happened to see this NPC picking up a bunch of grapes and preparing to pay. This time I opened a new save file, and when I passed by this fruit shop, it was still the same scene, even the bunch of grapes in my hand were exactly the same.

Trivia, NPCs can move!

Because NPCs can move, they will not stay in one place for too long, and they cannot appear in the fruit shop anytime and anywhere.

Then here comes the problem!

Why did Liang Xuan see this NPC buying grapes when he passed by this place twice?

Liang Xuan looked at the game time in the upper right corner, thoughtfully.

He didn't know how long it took him to reach the door of this fruit shop in the last save, but he estimated that it would be much slower than now.

If the time is consistent, it means that the game has not changed at all. It is nothing more than a set of templates. At a certain time, this NPC will come to the fruit shop to buy grapes.

But if the time is inconsistent, then there is a problem.

Either this NPC's actions are cyclical, that is, he will return to the fruit shop every once in a while, or the game has changed, and what happened in the previous archive may not necessarily happen in this archive.

Anyway, he was idle, so Liang Xuan simply tried to squat in front of the fruit shop to see if the NPC would return after leaving the fruit shop.

Turns out, he doesn't!

The NPC left the fruit shop after buying the grapes and did not come back for nearly an hour.

This also confirmed Liang Xuan's guess. When you create a new save file, the game content will also change accordingly and will not be exactly the same as the previous save file.

"Try again……"

Probably thinking that this was not enough to explain anything, Liang Xuan came to a trash can in a unique position.

In the previous save, he looked through the trash can and found plastic bottles worth fifty cents in it.

But this time, when he opened the trash can, there was nothing inside...

"This shows what?"

Liang Xuan frowned, this was somewhat beyond his expectation.

Because he opened a new save file!

What is the point of archiving?

Why do stand-alone games have two or three games? Of course, it’s because players can use the archive mechanism to get “rebirth” cheats in the game!

Do you understand the unknown?

For players who have already passed the level once, if they open a new level, it will be a proper "speed pass" challenge. Because he was already familiar with the process, he knew what to do next even with his eyes closed.

This is also a big reason why stand-alone games are not as playable as online games, because stand-alone games lack "change". The first time you play it is indeed full of unknowns and novelties, but once you clear it, the game loses all suspense.

As for online games, especially those that emphasize competitive PVP, every time you play it, you will be full of unknowns and suspense, and you will never get tired of it at least for a while.

But now, "The Legend of Abba" has broken the inherent perception. Opening a new archive cannot obtain the "Unknown Prophet" plug-in.

Why is this happening?

Liang Xuan was puzzled. He didn't even know whether this change was good or bad, because... he hadn't even completed the novice guidance task, so how could he be qualified to evaluate these?

"Forget it, never mind it!"

Unknown changes have occurred in the new archive, causing players to lose a certain amount of "predictability" ability. This does not have a big impact on Liang Xuan.

He can't remember the lottery numbers!

The so-called prophet, to put it bluntly, is game strategy and experience! But he didn't even complete the first task, so where could he find strategies and experiences to draw from?

Moreover!

Changes in some side details will not directly affect the game plot and main game tasks, so you can play how you want.

Keep exploring the map!

Too lazy to think about the secret behind this, Liang Xuan continued to explore the map, looking for the mysterious mission NPC.

"correct!"

In the process of searching, Liang Xuan suddenly had a thought in his mind and murmured to himself: "If the game plot and main tasks remain the same, will the novice tasks be the same for everyone?"

Mad, why is he so stupid?

Why don't you just use your feet to measure the game map and wander around the world? If you have time, go to the Tianba community to search for strategies. Don’t you know where the mission NPC is?

Liang Xuan suddenly realized that he wanted to slap himself in the face, feeling extremely ashamed of his stupidity.

Why didn't he think of such a simple truth?

The main mission is related to the development of the game plot, whether it is a stand-alone game or an online game. Just follow the guide and you will be done.

Switch to the browser, open the Tianba community and search for the guide to "Abba", and soon Liang Xuan found dozens of pages of posts.

"I found it, I'll go..."

After clicking on the post with the highest number of replies, Liang Xuan quickly found the answer he wanted.

The novice guidance task, as expected, is the same for everyone. They all leave home and go to Jiangning Stadium to find Abba’s father.

The host also said so.

Most of the early tasks in "Abba" are the same, just refer to the guide. Only after the career line is opened, different main tasks will be divided according to different career routes.

Don’t worry now!

Following the tips on the strategy post, Liang Xuan rushed to Jiangning Stadium without stopping to find Abba's father to submit the task.

"Bus No. 17 can go directly to..."

"Players with low physical strength are recommended to get off the car and take the construction site trail. The distance is nearly half and consumes less physical energy, but it is not suitable for players with visual impairments."

Following the tips on the guide post, Liang Xuan boarded the No. 17 bus leading to his destination and rushed to the designated mission location with excitement.

Great!

After struggling for so long and even spending three years in jail, I was finally able to complete the novice guidance task and get out of the sea of ​​hardship and get on the right track.

Sure enough, you still need to read the guide!

How can you play a game without reading the guide? If he didn't read the guide, how could he possibly know that the target NPC was in the stadium if he wasn't just wandering around the map?

Perhaps the only drawback is that reading the guide and playing the game will take away the fun of exploring the unknown.

But then again.

With a game as torturous as "Abba", who is willing to explore the unknown? Isn’t it delicious in one step?

Anyway, Liang Xuan has had enough. He doesn't feel that the guide will reduce his gaming experience at all. Instead, he feels that the existence of the guide is a great good thing.

"By the way, Jiangning Stadium is so far away. If I don't read the guide, when will I find it?"

While riding the bus, Liang Xuan turned on the M key and looked at the game map, and said with emotion: "It's really a pig design. The novice mission spans half of the map. It's unimaginable... Huh? Wait a minute. !”

I just wanted to complain about the weirdness of the game design. A novice mission actually requires players to cross half of the map to reach it. This is simply too weird.

But before he finished speaking, he glanced out of the corner of his eye and was stunned by the map interface displayed by the M key.

what's going on?

Is there a bug in the map?

Why did he see two "Jianning Stadiums" on the map, one 2.63KM away from the protagonist and the other 32.1KM away from the protagonist?

etc……

Not just the stadium!

Liang Xuan took a closer look and instantly saw the problem.

Not only has the stadium changed from one to two, it should be said that the entire game map has changed from one to two.

That's right!

He turned on the M key and the game map displayed was actually a "double" version of two "complete" maps stitched together and overlaid.

On the map, there are two of any landmark buildings and locations.

Some places are very close to each other, while other places, although they have the same name, are far apart.

Like a stadium!

On the map, the two stadiums are more than thirty kilometers apart. One is nearby, while the other is on the other side of the map.

He had only seen the farthest stadium just now, so he complained about the game design being stupid. The novice mission actually had to span half of the map to complete.

But now, that doesn't seem to be the case.

Of the two stadiums, which one is the real one? Which one has the quest NPC? This question seems not to be mentioned in the guide at all!

Liang Xuan, whose mind was in a state of confusion, could only comfort himself by showing bugs on the map.

That must be a map error!

How could there be two stadiums? No matter how free the game company is, it's impossible to add two identical building models to the same scene, right?

He got on the bus.

According to the description in the guide post, the terminal of bus No. 17 is the stadium. As long as you take this bus, it is impossible to find the mission objective.

Thinking of this, Liang Xuan breathed a sigh of relief.

Before he could complain about the game, even the game map could report an error, causing such a low-level bug. On the screen, another bus whizzed past, and the rear of the bus clearly displayed [17 Jiangning No. 1 Middle School - Jiangning stadium】.

Liang Xuan: "..."

Broken, your bus number is No. 17, so which bus am I taking now?