Ye Lin nodded: "So, in this game, the identities of ’Lovers’ and ’Supervisor’ correspond to greater community advantages.
"But Community 11 primarily lost due to their lack of talent reserves.
"The two core members of their community, Bai Zilan was chosen as an Actor, while Xu Guangxin was locked as a VIP Audience, leaving the remaining three players evidently limited in strength, failing even to guess the truth correctly.
"When the two strongest players of a community are locked out, the performance of the third player determines the game result.
"Maybe this will become a norm in the future? Once the Imitators realize this method works well, they might continue with this design."
Qin Cheng nodded: "Indeed, so we still need to strengthen the community’s lineup as much as possible.
"The idea of ’entering a game core during each game’ might already be outdated; perhaps in the future, every player entering the game will need to have independent abilities to ensure good results.
"Besides...
"Actually, I have a feeling that this game somehow targets Chen Guangming deliberately."
Ye Lin was a bit surprised: "Hmm? Why do you say that?
"From the results, if Chen Guangming hadn’t found a ’Stand’, he would indeed be dead by now. Once becoming an ’Actor’, it’s hard to influence other game processes and results.
"But aren’t these rules the same for all 6 communities?"
Qin Cheng considered for a moment: "The game deliberately selected Chen Guangming as an actor through his profession and then restricted the strongest players of the same community through the VIP Audience rules.
"Moreover, Community 12 is characterized by Chen Guangming’s dominance, meaning players with real competency are inevitably limited in number.
"Thus, this restriction mechanism can be more effective.
"In this way, as long as two or three communities guess the truth, Community 12 will likely end up at the bottom.
"As long as they’re in the last two places, Chen Guangming is doomed to die.
"The role of ’Special Player’ turns into a trap instead.
"Of course, it could also be just my overthinking.
"Lawyer Lin, what are your thoughts on this game?"
In this game, Lin Sizhi was controlled as a ’VIP Audience’ throughout the process, so he couldn’t influence the group strategy. However, he didn’t do nothing; he answered all questions correctly, securing a good score for Community 2.
Lin Sizhi considered for a moment, then said: "The most memorable part of this game for me should be how it showcased another possibility of role-play games.
"The ’Jury Game’ demonstrates the ’feasibility deduction,’ which doesn’t set specific scenarios in the Setting Book but relies on players’ mutual offense and defense for scenario constraints.
"On the other hand, this game started with a clear script, where Imitators need to control the script’s content, splitting the rough responsibilities of each actor and community.
"As for the players, the primary task is to guess the truth based on one’s partial information and other players’ performances, and then develop strategies around this truth to set traps for other communities, further expanding their own gains.
"I guess that most role-play games in the future will use these two play styles as their basic templates, with changes in the specific Setting Book and packaging.
"Certainly, we cannot rule out the possibility of some excellent Imitators devising a third role-play game mode.
"After all, role-play is a new game type; both Imitators and players are still exploring. Changes are likely to happen in the near future.
"Given current circumstances, role-play games are unlikely to have specific solutions or formulas; they might demand more of the player’s ability to adapt quickly."
Everyone nodded.
Huang Shengjie then had a thought: "So according to my understanding, when Imitators design ’role-play games,’ they also try to reference cases that might exist in reality?
"The content of ’Judgment Games’ is basically real cases that occurred, and players in the Walkway are Sinners who have been selected, but there indeed are many cases that happened in reality but won’t appear as Sinner files in the Walkway for various reasons.
"For example, when both the perpetrator and the Sinner are dead, or it occurred a long time ago.
"Yet, Imitators can still design these cases into games, and the basic rules of ’role-play’ provide them ample room for creativity.
"Doesn’t this mean... the Walkway will only become more brutal and competitive in the future?"
Qin Cheng was silent for a moment: "I agree with this inference."
No one spoke again; evidently, this was not a great sign.
Since entering the second phase, the temperature in the Walkway has been gradually rising, showing no signs of stopping.
Of course, this rise in temperature doesn’t solely refer to game difficulty; more so, it’s the overall environment’s impression on people.
In some areas, tougher, more challenging games appeared during the first phase, but the second phase games might not be necessarily more difficult.
Yet, the anxiety and urgency felt by players in the second phase are indeed stronger than in the first phase.
Qin Cheng asked again: "Does anyone else have anything to say? Regarding this game."
Lu Qi rarely raised his hand to speak: "I was thinking, shouldn’t we conduct some training within the community? This idea suddenly came to me during this game."
Huang Shengjie was a bit surprised: "Training? Training for what specifically?
"If it’s for solving the game, haven’t we always been doing this through reviews?
"Moreover, each game is new; training for previous games has benefits but won’t be of much help."
Lu Qi explained: "I’m talking about training some specific professional skills, like makeup.
"Take ’role-play’ games for instance, now it seems makeup is indeed an essential skill, am I right?
"The reason our community managed to secure first place this time largely depends on the actor scores.
"Originally, we thought performance scores were basic points, while the answer scores were additional points, mainly relying on the latter to create a gap. But the results showed our answer scores were the same as Community 17, and we won primarily due to performance scores.
"As for performance, I believe Uncle Zheng and Hu Yingxu were genuinely performing; their acting and the specific content shouldn’t have too much difference.
"So, does this mean...our advantage primarily lies in makeup?
"I heard during your review that you mentioned simulating chalk dust details on the cuffs to ensure a more accurate image."
Before leaving the game, Zheng Chunhua had ample time in the actor’s makeup room to change back into his original clothes, so currently, one cannot observe specific makeup. However, during the review, he and Zhou Wanlin did mention the makeup process.