Let me first tell you how I discovered this game. Yesterday I was browsing in the forum and saw someone posting something like "Baby, please listen to my explanation." This name has a story. I thought about it, hey, isn't this the classic opening line when my girlfriend questioned me when we were in love? I downloaded it decisively and played it, but once I started playing it I couldn't stop playing it.
I think back then, we played "Ace Attorney" with a GBA and the screen was as small as a matchbox. You had to get closer to see it. At that time, there was no such high-definition picture as now. Now this game is called "Baby, Listen to My Explanation". Although it is on a mobile phone, the core gameplay actually makes me feel the same way I did back then - it is all about finding clues, checking evidence, and judging authenticity. However, one is about defending in court, and the other is about trivial emotional disputes in life.
To be honest, what impresses me most about this game is that it brings the job of "detective" into the daily lives of ordinary people. You don't need to investigate any murder case, just look at the "Are you there" on the subject's cell phone, look through the receipt in the trash can, listen to half of what the neighbor next door said, and then piece together the truth like Sherlock Holmes. When I played the third chapter, the protagonist found that there was a "Meet you at the same place" sent by a strange man on his girlfriend's mobile phone. At that time, those non-mainstream signatures in the QQ space directly popped into my mind - "You will never understand my sadness, just like the day does not understand the darkness of the night", hahaha.
There is a particularly interesting design in this game, that is, after you collect clues, you have to judge for yourself whether it is a misunderstanding or a real deal. Unlike previous games that forced you to choose "right" or "wrong", it gives you a bunch of ambiguous evidence. You have to sort out the timeline and draw a picture of the relationship between the characters just like an old police officer handles a case, and finally draw a conclusion. As a 35-year-old veteran driver, I feel that my brain is not strong enough when playing, let alone those young people.
Let's talk about the charging model of this game, it's actually free! To play a game back then, we either had to go to the game arcade to buy coins, or save two months of pocket money to buy a cassette. Later, we had to buy a monthly card to play online games. How much was a monthly salary at that time? Well now, you can download it on your mobile phone and play it. Although there may be some in-app purchases, at least you don't have to spend money to start. This is great news for middle-aged players like us, both young and old.
The developer is Kesheng Network in Shenzhen, and the name sounds quite formal. I didn't expect this kind of company to deal with such life-oriented themes. But then I thought about it, what kind of situation is the mobile game market now? It's either the Xianxia reskin or the Legend of Hegemony. It's rare to have a team willing to do this kind of "life reasoning" niche theme. This reminds me of when I was playing "Ace Attorney". Capcom also started from a niche IP and later became a classic. I hope this game can slowly accumulate reputation.
Finally, I would like to say a few words to young players. You are now playing games with 4K image quality, stereo surround sound, and all kinds of fancy special effects, and you think that is a game. But let me tell you, brother, the core of games is always the word "fun". In a game like "Baby, Listen to Me," there are no cool fights or gorgeous skills. What you have is just using your brain to guess people's hearts in those familiar scenes in your life. What do you think it looks like? It's like the inference machine we used to play "Detective Conan" in the arcade back then. It cost one dollar a time, but the exhilarating feeling of solving the puzzle every time was more exciting than smoking an SSR now.
Okay, without further ado, I have given this game to several old buddies, and after they played it, they all said, "Damn, this game reminds me of the days when I was scrolling through my partner's text messages." If you have nothing to do, you might as well download and try it. It's free anyway. After playing, we can communicate and see who is the real "Emotional Sherlock Holmes". Finally, don't take it too seriously when playing this game. After all, in reality, some things can't be explained clearly. It's a comfort to have an answer in the game. 😂