To every player who has earnestly experienced a game, I offer the highest respect.
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Ma Yang had spent nearly three whole days, apart from eating and sleeping, playing "Super Mario: Odyssey". Without completing the full collection, he finally finished the first playthrough.
As the rolling credits of the development team appeared, his mood turned bittersweet.
He stared at the screen, lost in thought, like a child who had misplaced his favourite toy.
Reflecting on the first time he played the game, he had simply regarded it as a children's game geared towards kids.
But now, after finishing the first run, the complexity of his emotions overwhelmed him.
He even felt a bit regretful for finishing it so quickly.
He hadn't been this happy in a long time.
Apart from this game, Ma Yang almost couldn't feel that anyone in reality cared about his feelings, or that he was constantly being presented with praise and rewards.