Pathogenic review: Damn, it feels good to be a virus

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核心亮点：一款让玩家扮演病毒、专门破坏人体免疫系统的独立游戏火了，上线即卖出10万份，好评如潮。通俗解读：这款叫Pathogenic的游戏，玩法类似常见的双摇杆射击，但视角很反套路——你不是扮演英雄救世，而是化身感冒病毒，在人体内横冲直撞，跟白细胞等免疫细胞正面对抗。一边咳嗽不止，一边在游戏里当“病原体”搞破坏，作者直呼“当反派实在太爽了”。游戏操作简单，上手快，加上 rogue-lite 的随机关卡设计，每局都有新鲜感，所以口碑迅速发酵。实际影响：对普通玩家来说，这提供了难得的换位体验，原来生病时身体里发生的“战争”可以这么有趣。对游戏开发者而言，也证明了好点子比大制作更重要——小团队只要创意够独特，照样能在Steam上爆红。目前游戏已有10万销量和“压倒性好评”，如果你最近正感冒，不妨打开游戏“报复”一下免疫系统，说不定病都好得快些。

Over the past couple of weeks, my immune system has been struggling to fight off a cold. It’s been unpleasant, as all colds are. But throughout this time—in defiance of my plight—I’ve been waging my own war against immune systems, thanks to Pathogenic, a new roguelite twin-stick shooter from developer Aberrant Labs. As I've downed endless shots of ineffective cough syrup, I’ve done little else with my free time than repeatedly take on the role of a bodily invader. And let me tell you: Being on the enemy’s side is much more fun. Really fun, as it turns out. Action roguelites are a dime a dozen these days, and it takes something special to stand out. So as quiet Internet whispers turned into widespread cacophonous praise—the little indie game quickly racked up 100,000 sales and an “overwhelmingly positive” review score on Steam—I set aside my default skepticism and gave it a shot.Read full article Comments