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: 关
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
“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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