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"Is it all worth it?"

This sentence appeared in "The Age of Ice and Steam".

This is a strategy simulation survival game. Whether in terms of design or gameplay, you can feel the sincerity of the game designer.

This is also a dystopian strategy simulation survival game.

Compared with "Sim City: I Am the Mayor", this game is more comfortable to play in Sim City.

At least the game rhythm of SimCity is that of a developing city. The colors used in the game look brighter and not realistic. The game experience will be much happier.

As for the game "Ice and Steam Age", the atmosphere of the game is extremely depressing, and sometimes it feels like you can't breathe.

Various environmental problems will appear from time to time in the game, which is full of various moral choices and life torture, which are used to highlight the core of the game.

The game is well intentioned.

But the only failure in the end is in the last sentence.

"Is it all worth it?"

The game "Age of Ice and Steam" is set in an imaginary steampunk world of 1886.

Not long after the Industrial Revolution, a catastrophe ushered in.

Due to volcanic eruptions, a large amount of dust is produced, which rises into the air to form dust clouds, blocking sunlight.

The entire earth entered an ice age, and an extremely cold weather struck.

This catastrophe almost destroyed human civilization. In the difficult environment of minus 100 degrees Celsius, it is difficult for humans to survive this disaster.

There is no hope of life in sight.

Just like the dinosaurs of the last century, they did not escape the disaster and disappeared from this land.

Fortunately, there was the foundation of the Industrial Revolution before, which allowed people to struggle and survive in extreme weather ranging from subzero to hundreds of degrees, instead of having no way at all.

It is under such conditions that players will play the role of managers.

Build the last city in the world and struggle to survive in this catastrophe.

In this extremely cold weather of minus one hundred degrees, the first thing that must be solved to survive is to protect people from freezing to death.

And the only thing you can rely on.

It is an abandoned black technology boiler.

This black-tech large boiler can provide heating for the entire city and provide the basic temperature that can ensure people's survival.

Therefore, the black technology boiler must be kept running at all times.

As soon as it stops, the extremely cold weather of minus 100 degrees will instantly take away the lives of all players.

It seems that in such an environment, the ideal situation is for everyone to work together as one to survive.

After all, now that we are in the midst of a doomsday disaster, it is no longer easy to live. We should all tighten our belts and live together.

But this is a dystopian business simulation game.

The content you think is incredible does exist in the game.

After all, haven’t we just been through a similar situation before?

Take a look at what is done abroad, and if you think about it, you will understand that this is indeed consistent with this situation.

This group of unscrupulous people can be dissatisfied for various reasons.

The end is approaching, and you want workers to work more and spend more time working for their families.

Prevent the big boiler from stopping, prevent the boiler from running out of fuel, and in short, work harder to survive together.

But they are only willing to work eight hours.

Even if it’s the end of the world.

They also think about the eight-hour day.

If these eight hours are said to be hard work, it can be justified.

There are actually workers who are fishing and dawdling while working.

This is a bit unacceptable.

Moreover, even if you keep this group of residents fed and clothed, they will still be dissatisfied because of small things.

They are almost starving, and even if you give them soup, they will feel dissatisfied.

A city of several hundred people.

The people are not yet unified, and there are still people who are seeking divisions and engaging in internal strife.

I can hardly live anymore, and there are still people doing some tricks. Is this still what humans do?

Does this happen in reality?

In fact, it still exists.

Chongzhen begged these ministers to use some money to raise military pay for the war.

In order to raise money, even the dignity of the emperor was put down.

But this group of ministers, whose families had hundreds of thousands of silver, only gave the emperor a few hundred taels of silver.

The more impressive person was Zhou Kui, the father-in-law of Emperor Chongzhen. As a result, Zhou Kui found his daughter and got 5,000 taels, but he changed hands and donated 3,000 taels.

Finally, Li Zicheng entered the capital and roasted more than 500,000 taels of silver from Zhou Kui's body.

Fang Yuan looked at this piece of history and didn't know what to say.

If the people's hearts are lost, the team will no longer be able to carry it forward.

In "The Age of Ice and Steam", when this group of unscrupulous people are dissatisfied with you to a certain extent, the masses will force you to go to the palace.

If players cannot improve their problems within the limited time, you will be guillotined or exiled to the wasteland to fend for yourself.

In addition to the dissatisfaction value, there is also a corresponding hope value and a code of law.

Players must constantly give this group of unscrupulous people hope to survive, such as opening a gladiatorial arena, a tavern, etc.

Increase the hope value of the unruly people by consuming resources.

But entering the mid-game.

Both players and villains will learn that their city is the only settlement in the Arctic.

The crowd will immediately fall into panic.

As a leader, you are faced with two choices at this time, order and faith.

Choose one of them as the new social system and let the city continue.

In fact, there is not much difference between the two options.

All in order to overcome the current difficulties and allow more people to survive.

When you put a lot of effort into the game and relied on your own dictatorship, more than 500 people survived.

You will see the questions that the game puts aside at the end,

"Is it all worth it?"

This is not only a mockery of the players' hard work, but also a question about the characters in the game who have 'crossed the line'.

Because these choices are conflicts on some level,

One can imagine.

How angry these players would be when they saw such a sentence.

"I have paid so much, not for you to stand on the highest moral point and give me guidance in the end."

"Why do you question my morality?"

"I have put in so much effort, how can you deny my efforts with just one sentence?"

Of course, there are naturally high-level players mixed in here.

This group of skilled players will not face this question. According to them, video games are the original sin.

When they play this game, everything they encounter is touching.

Some citizens are willing to work more. Even if the coal mines are frozen in the severe cold, there are also citizens who are willing to risk their lives by going down to make repairs.

But you looked at the endless pile of coal and shook your head to reject their request.

And let them go home and have a good rest, eat more meat and drink less soup.

Because they had endless food, they drank soup just for flavor.

The labor force is sufficient and children are not required to work, so it is acceptable to go to work and fish.

This city of my own is a paradise in the apocalypse.

But most ordinary players will encounter such inquiries.

"We crossed the line"

"Order is abused, the city does not die"

"But is it all worth it?"