Let's start with the conclusion: I spent three days commuting on the subway, plus fishing during my lunch break, and couldn't stop playing this game. The name is "Guess the Nostalgic Old Objects". It sounds simple, but it is really exciting to play.
As an office worker who squeezes in photos during the morning rush hour and is exhausted during the evening rush hour, I have long given up on those competitive mobile games that often last half an hour. It's not that I don't like to play, it's just that I really don't have the energy. On the subway at 7:30 in the morning, I would be thankful to have a station, let alone have my hands free to rub the screen to perform combos. So now I choose a game based on one criterion: it can be opened and paused at any time, without having to use my brain to remember the plot, and it can also make me feel like "these ten minutes were not wasted."
This game meets all my needs perfectly.
The gameplay is very simple, it just gives you a retro scene and allows you to find designated old objects. For example, old-fashioned TV sets, cassette recorders, enamel cups, 28-inch bicycles...all are things we saw or heard our parents talk about when we were young. The picture is in a hand-drawn style, and the details are ridiculous. I often look for an object for a long time, and then suddenly find it in a corner. The feeling of "Oh, it's here" is even happier than winning a lottery.
The key is that it is particularly suitable for fragmented time. My commute takes about forty minutes, which is enough to play two or three levels. Each level only lasts a few minutes, so it won't be like some games where you can't stop the car as soon as you start playing. After lunch break, I would sit at my workstation and finish two tests, which would relax me without delaying my work in the afternoon. If the boss suddenly comes over, I just lock the screen and switch back, no pressure at all. After all, there is no forced plot in this game, and there is no countdown and brain-burning operation. Once you pause, you pause, and you can just come back and continue looking.
And this game has the added benefit of being able to chat with colleagues. When I was playing during lunch break the day before yesterday, a sister who was in the 1990s next to me glanced at it and immediately came over and said, "Hey, I know this one. This is the Panda TV I had at home back then!" Then we talked for ten minutes about what the appliances in our home looked like when we were kids. This game is simply a topic-generating machine, much more popular than awkward chats.
One more complaint, some game manufacturers really don't know how miserable office workers are, and they always offer daily check-ins, limited-time activities, and online time rewards, making it seem like they're punching in at work. But this game is very Buddhist. There are no messy mandatory tasks. You can play it if you want to play it, or leave it alone if you don't want to play it. The developer is Nanchang Zhongzhihui Technology Co., Ltd., and I checked it out. The charging model is zero, which means it is completely free, and there are no tricks like "watch ads to unlock clues". This must be praised. After all, we have to keep the money we earn as workers to buy milk tea.
Of course, that doesn't mean the game is perfect. Some of the old objects in the scene are so hidden that sometimes I almost go blind looking for them, and I want to poke holes in the screen of my phone. But on the other hand, this is what makes it so playable. If I could find them all with my eyes closed, why would I be commuting?
Anyway, I have recommended it to several colleagues now, and everyone's feedback has been good. If you are also an office worker who is beaten hard by life every day but still want to have some fun in the cracks, you can really give it a try. On the subway, while queuing, or twenty minutes before lunch break, I take out my phone and play two levels, which is nostalgic and relieves stress without burning time. To sum up, this is: This game is the light of my fishing life this month. 🎮✨