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"call of Duty ®: modern Warfare II 2022" (hereinafter referred to as "call of Duty 19") has become one of the best-selling games in the entire call of Duty series and even in the game industry since the epidemic.

Within three days of its release, call of Duty 19 had more than $800 million in global sales, making it the fastest-selling work in the series, even better than any film released this year, according to distributor Activision. Bobby Codick, CEO of Activision Blizzard, said: "thanks to the global player community for finding happiness and connection through call of Duty. This milestone belongs to them."

However, in contrast to excellent business performance, call of Duty 19 has received mixed reviews among players, with the game's positive rating falling to 55% on the Steam platform, for example.

To share bliss and misfortune together. Codick says "global players share happiness", and in fact they share the same Bug and optimization problems.

For example, the Bug of a point reporting system will highlight the marked enemies throughout the game, the effect is similar to the perspective plug-in, and the official has no choice but to remove the point reporting system temporarily. The weapon accessories adjustment system that should have been installed in the game is currently disabled because it will cause the game to crash.

There are also a number of screen failures with no cause and different performance results. There are too many cases and the space is limited. I will not repeat them here.

Reddit:u/Cannabisauruss42o, however, Chinese players are also enjoying some problems that can only be seen in the Chinese version.

For example, the translation of simplified Chinese. When translating the dialogue of the plot campaign, the translators used a number of popular online terms, which, although in line with the context, caused a lot of controversy on the Internet, and there were different opinions between players who supported the whole life and those who opposed the "rotten stem".

Original: "Thanks for the tip"

The homonym of an English dirty word

In multiplayer mode, such as the description of weapon accessories or challenging the conditions for the completion of tasks, there are also a small number of translation errors, which seem to be the result of no post-translation correction.

Post it @ Tut-tut-don't come here. At least the translation problem won't affect the normal operation of the game. By contrast, another Bug has an even more deadly impact on the gaming experience: garbled text.

In short, the words in the game will be covered with garbled codes. This "garbled" may be any character the player sees in the game, sometimes a number, sometimes a punctuation mark.

More often, it is the Chinese characters in the character dialogue or background UI, replacing most of the characters that players see in the game. Each pop-up of Chinese characters is different, and no one can guess what Chinese characters will pop up next time.

The garbled Bug of "playing mobile games" is common in call of Duty 19 on PS4 and PS5; there are also a small number of unverified reports on PC. Whether you choose simplified Chinese or traditional Chinese, there may be garbled codes in the game. The form of garbled code is very similar to the classic "Kun Jin copy ironing", but it is not clear whether the Bug is related to character coding errors.

Based on the player's feedback, the Bug will be triggered by entering the game mode of "conquest" or "attack" on a large battlefield, or by using certain serial kill rewards.

Since not all the words in the "region" will be replaced, the random arrangement and combination of these garbled codes and the original words often cobble together humorous sentences that break the serious atmosphere of the battlefield, as well as reduplicated words suspected of acting cute on purpose.

"cheerleader."

Bilibili @, the image source of "making missiles", is blossoming, but on some players' hosts, the garbled code is not immutable, but will produce violent fluctuations similar to electromagnetic interference, and the garbled words will be changed several times per second. Especially in the fierce exchange of fire, whenever the player and the enemy face each other, the garbled code changes faster than the pattern on the slot machine in the casino.

Photo Source Tieba @ lol Kindergarten students perhaps this Bug is using one of the most eye-catching ways to evaluate players' performance and even provide players with advice and countermeasures.

"play here" in the main menu interface, Bug will urge eager players to "rush" and immediately join a tense and exciting game.

Bug has been analyzing the current battlefield situation, and only after calculation does he come up with the most appropriate garbled character. If it detects someone outside the bunker, it advises players to "try" to shoot out of the bunker; if the player fails to find the enemy in time and is shot to the ground before withdrawing to the bunker, Bug will exclaim in its own unique way that it is too late.

Even if you overwrite the original UI,Bug, you will make no secret of your preference for weapon selection.

If the player still loses the game after listening to Bug's advice, Bug will give a "group" word, as if to encourage players, find a few friends "group" team to gang up, and then come to fight, and eventually win.

It is said that this Bug has human nature and is somewhat feudal and superstitious. However, this Bug is really trying to make players believe in themselves, using garbled codes to tell players that they are "intentional" and believe it must be "spiritual".

In fact, most call of Duty players are no more polite than this Bug, because the Bug at least knows how to type "GG" (an abbreviation for Good Game, often used as a farewell greeting at the end of the game).

And when the Bug starts to recognize the player in front of the screen as his own brother, ready to Brotherhood with the player, it may have really completed some kind of ridiculous but terrible awakening and evolution.

Unfortunately, human beings do not learn much about good conduct Bug, but bad crimes Bug can be learned as soon as possible. In the process of learning human nature and "character", Bug can not help being infected with the seven original sins of human beings, resulting in an unprovoked desire.

After losing the match, Bug began to denigrate other players as "smelly brothers" who did not cooperate with them. This is a crime of arrogance.

In the settlement interface, Bug shows excessive admiration for players who are much higher than their own players, such as characters or weapons, and is jealous of the weapons or accessories that only they are entitled to. This is a crime of jealousy.

After all, call of Duty 19 is a FPS game that fights and kills. The number of characters that can be quoted by garbled codes is relatively limited, such as "kill", "blood", "fried" and other common Chinese characters, and the probability of becoming garbled is extremely high.

Therefore, in the eyes of players, this Bug is like a "masochistic" evil god in the world outlook of the Warhammer series, eager to make the battlefield bloodshed and corpses everywhere. This is enough to be classified as a crime of anger.

Bug also found such a Chinese character "right" in the text library and responded to any questions from players in the most perfunctory way. This is the crime of laziness.

"Ah, yes," the "call of Duty" series has always had a tradition of designing luxury skin for weapons, using a weapon to complete various kill challenges can unlock the weapon's gold, platinum, and even more cool skin. These skins make players flock to, but also stir up the desire of garbled Bug to pursue the supreme "extravagance". This is the crime of greed.

Bilibili @ I-Stark-IBug occasionally asks players for "rice" and "rice" at the beginning of the game, even though what it really needs is not rice but electricity. This can probably be regarded as the crime of gluttony, but some people think that the Bug is just a friendly reminder to players to eat on time.

If the above six sins are somewhat far-fetched, the last desire is definitely a real crime of garbled Bug-lust.

It is probably due to the repressive psychology of contemporary players in some aspects for a long time, Bug has also been imperceptibly affected, full of strange things (memory) can not extricate themselves, let alone will not cause countless misunderstandings of the characters in the garbled will not have any shame. When the players in front of the screen see this, they can't help but wonder what kind of "FPS game" they are playing.

Apart from dozens of garbled screenshots and videos provided by players, the above content about Bug's awakening of self-awareness is bullshit, and this article is not responsible for psychic events such as PS4 or PS5 running away with long legs. The Bug itself is not something for players to be happy about. Once the garbled code appears on the screen, the game is not far from stutter and flicker.

Players who are interested in predicting the future may have noticed the words "try it" in several screenshots. Garbled Bug already existed in the game during the Beta test (hereinafter referred to as B test) a month before the game was officially released. The Bug of the B test has been left in the official version, which may be a manifestation of the official crime of "laziness".

However, this can also be explained that the influence of Chinese players is relatively low, and Bug, which exists only in the Chinese version, is not enough to attract official attention. Although a garbled Bug feedback video on bilibili has reached hundreds of thousands of views, as of the deadline for this article, there is no report that the garbled Bug has been fully repaired officially.

In the final analysis, the excellent business performance of call of Duty 19 is due to the overall weakness of FPS competitors since the outbreak. In recent years, from "call of Duty" to "Battlefield" and "Halo", all series of new films have been repeatedly criticized by players because of their relatively poor content, endless Bug and loopholes, repeated ticket hopping updates and optimizations.

Therefore, call of Duty 19, which is known as "three-year construction period" and "continuous operation for two years", should be a shot in the arm for FPS competitive players. "call of Duty 19" is indeed prepared, with a certain degree of completion in the content of the game. Even if the work doesn't escape the fate of being plagued by Bug and loopholes that affect the game experience, players don't hesitate to empty their wallets and "rush" again-they really don't have a choice.

The past and the present has always been the fuse of the "call of Duty" community at home and abroad. However, when I think of the B-test version of call of Duty three years ago, it can almost be sold directly as a finished product, and the quality of the finished product three years later can barely catch up, or even inferior to the previous B-test version of call of Duty. Even impulsive players can't help sighing.

This article is from the official account of Wechat: game Research Society (ID:yysaag), author: Zhaoyue

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