世界上羊羊(风靡全国的羊了个羊)(1)

轰动上线

The new mobile game sensation: 一款大火的新手游 (sensation常用来形容当下非常轰动的事)

Sheep a sheep: 羊了个羊的官方英语名

WeChat mini games: 微信小游戏

It was so popular that the game crashed a few times during its first week after launch: 游戏太火,上线第一周服务器宕机好几次

描述游戏内容

游戏很简单,凑齐三个一样的图案就能消除

Tile matching games: 方块配对游戏

Tile: 方块、也有瓷砖的意思

Sweep/Clear away tiles: 消除方块

Highly addictive and viral: 容易上瘾、传播力强

Addicted to this game: 对这个游戏很上瘾

A big appeal of the game is its simplicity: “羊了个羊”的一大吸引力就是游戏很简单

Intuitive design: 设计直观

But simplicity doesn't mean it's easy to win:但是简单并不代表容易赢

It's actually very difficult to win: 想通关非常之难

Insult one's intelligence: 侮辱智商

Is this game trying to insult my intelligence: 这个游戏是在侮辱我的智商吗

Level/round:

First level/round: 第一关

Second level/round: 第二关

Pass/Beat a level: 通关

The clearance rate is less than 0.1%: 通关率不到0.1%

In the first level, the difficulty is very low. It becomes dramatically more difficult in the second level: 第一关非常简单,第二关难度直线上升

世界上羊羊(风靡全国的羊了个羊)(2)

“羊了个羊”为何火爆?

除了上面说的一些原因,还有这些:

Frustrated: 感觉挫败

Frustration: 挫败感

It makes me very frustrated because I can't beat this level: 这一关怎么也过不了,弄得我很挫败

Accumulate players' sense of defeat and frustration: 累积玩家的挫败感

The more defeated and frustrated, the more motivated: 越挫越勇

Maximizes the players' sense of achievement: 提高玩家的通关成就感

Competition mechanisms: 竞争机制

Players represent the region where they're based: 玩家代表所在地域出战

Regional pride: 地域自豪感

Leaderboard: 排行榜

各种攻略、破解涌现

Strategies: 攻略

To game the game: 破解游戏

To game something: 把game变成动词,意思就是破解、或者找到极好的方法来做一件事,比如:

Game a test: 善于考试(不是作弊,而是通过押题、刷题、研究解题策略等方法考出好成绩)

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