说道这些热门游戏,目前餐馆和宠物类游戏极其火爆,而那些以前流行的游戏已经跌落榜单了。根据2009年12月份最终报告,这十大游戏中有四个已经被取代:抢车位,奴隶买卖,动物乐园和小游戏。在这些新晋的游戏中,三个是非常本地化的游戏(升职记,X世界和361篮球赛),而另一个游戏(快乐宝贝)是一款西方游戏的山寨版。
#1 Happy Farm
#1 开心农场
Arguably the first SNS farming game worldwide, Happy Farm, wasdeveloped by Five Minutes, a Chinese developer. Its simple “plow,plant, water, pick, and repeat” formula has since conquered theworld. Moreover, the addictive, log-in-every-hour mechanics havespawned countless copycats and variants. Chinese versions are morecompetitive than their Western counterparts: they allow users tosteal and add worms and weeds to friends’ farms.
开心农场是由一个叫做五分钟的中国开发者开发出来的,它可能是世界上第一款SNS农场游戏。它那种简单的“翻地,栽种,浇水,采摘和重复”流程已经征服了这个世界。此外,这种易上瘾的、一小时就要登陆一次的机制产生了不计其数的盲目模仿者和不同版本。中国版的开心农场比它们的西方版本更有竞争力:它们允许用户偷窃它们好友的农场并在地里放害虫和杂草。
#2 RenRen Restaurant
#2 人人餐厅
Renren Restaurant is a copy of Restaurant City by Playfish onFacebook. The social network Renren, despite having a mostly openAPI, had its in-house game developers copy the game almostscreen-for-screen. The game’s relative sophistication (3D graphics,high social interaction) indicates the future of China socialgames. As Chinese developers become more accustomed to suchfeatures, titles will undoubtedly become more original.
人人餐厅是Facebook上Playfish提供的餐厅城市的复制版。人人这家社交网站,尽管有很开放的API,但还是要求它的内部游戏开发者原封不动的复制游戏。这种游戏的相对复杂性(3D图形,较高的社会交互能力)显示了中国社交游戏的未来。随着中国的开发者们越来越习惯于这些特性,毫无疑问的,游戏的名称将越来越创新。
#3 Happy Aquarium
#3 开心水族馆
Happy Aquarium = pet game + Happy Farm underwater. Fish games arerapidly growing both in China (Happy Aquarium, Bubble Fish) and onFacebook (FishVille, Fish Isle). In fact, Hong Kong developer6waves transferred Happy Aquarium to Facebook in Chinese, where itis has enjoyed remarkable success (1.9m DAU, No. 21 game overall).Game themes and mechanics translate across China andFacebook.
开心水族馆=宠物游戏+水下开心农场。鱼类游戏在中国(开心水族馆,泡泡鱼)和Facebook(FishVille,FishIsle)都成长地很快。事实上,香港的开发者6waves把中文版的开心水族馆转移到了Facebook,在Facebook上获得了很大的成功(1.9mDAU,排名21)。游戏主题和机制在中国和Facebook之间转移。
#4 Happy Baby(NEW entrant)
#4 开心宝贝 (新成员)
Happy Baby is a classic pet game in a cutesy style that copiesPlayfish’s Pet Society. There are plenty of variants andcombinations for the user to create a “dream baby.” One industryinsider cited thisHappy Baby as the highest-grossing title onRenRen, the biggest open platform for social games in China.
开心宝贝是一款可爱风格的经典宠物类游戏,它是Playfish的宠物世界的复制品。它允许用户使用大量的变形和组合创建一个“梦幻宝贝”。一位行业内部人士说,开心宝贝是人人网上最低俗的游戏,人人网事中国最大的社交游戏开放平台。
#5 Building One
#5 地产大亨(译者:待定)
In Building One, users virtually live, work (e.g., by opening ahairdresser or spa), and socialize together in a single tall tower.Visually, this creates an appealing skyscraper to explore. Stealingcustomers and coins from other shops is a key part of the game. Youcan see from the picture you can develop different parts of thebuilding, such as a restaurant with a dining area where you canserve cakes and whatever else you want to cook for your guests.It’s like a bunch of different simulations in one game.
在地产大亨中,用户在一栋虚拟的大楼里面生活、工作(比如,开理发店或者SPA)并且进行社交活动。这样就直观地产生了一种对摩天大楼的诱人的探索。偷顾客和从其他商店头前是这款游戏的主要部分。从图中你可以看到你能够开发这栋大楼的不同部分,比如一家拥有饭厅的餐馆,在这家餐馆里你可以为你的顾客提供糕点和任何你想做的东西。这就像是一个游戏中的大量模拟。
#6 Promotion (NEW entrant)
#6 升职记 (新成员)
Based on a popular Chinese book and film (The Promotion of Dulala), this workplace simulator allows Chinese white-collars tovirtually become the star employee they always dreamed of. Usersstart out poor and lowly, for example with an internship at a fastfood company, but can pull themselves up by their virtualbootstraps to become an online Donald Trump. The game has a sharpeye for Chinese humor that appeals to local users.
升职记这款游戏基于一部中国流行小说和电影《杜拉拉升职记》,它允许中国的白领们虚拟地成为他们梦寐以求的明星雇员。用户刚开始的时候,没钱且职位很低,例如一家快餐店的实习生,但是他们通过在虚拟世界里发奋努力,是自己成为一个在线的DonaldTrump。这款游戏对中国人的幽默很有眼光,对于中国人来说。
#7 House-buying
#7 买房子
House Buying is the most popular game on Kaixin001, China’shottest social network. House Buying innovatively combines a realestate section, Happy Farm, a pasture section, and Parking Warsinto a single game with a common currency. For example, grow bambooin your farm to feed pandas in the pasture, which can in turn besold for cash to pimp-your-house. Because Kaixin001 develops allgames in-house, it offers unparalleled integration.
买房子是开心网(Kaixin001.com)最流行的游戏,开心网是中国最火爆的社交网络。买房子很有创意地用统一的货币把房地产,开心农场,牧场和抢车位组合成一个游戏。比如,在你的农场里种植竹子来饲养牧场中的熊猫,然后熊猫又可以卖掉换钱来装修你的房子。由于Kaixin001所有的游戏都是自己开发的,它具有空前的集成度。
#8Wonder Hospital
#8 荣光医院
In Wonder Hospital, users heal patients to acquire money andfame. The game includes innovative and controversial ads: azeppelin flies overhead promoting the Yu Ting brand ofcontraceptives. Moveover, in-game actions are especially nasty.When visiting a friend’s hospital, players can enforce fines, stealpatients, throw rubbish, let a dog loose, park a truck to blockaccess, and ‘mystery mischief’ indicated by a bomb icon. This couldchange as the government “integrates” social games into itsharmonious society.
在荣光医院这款游戏中,用户通过治愈病人来获得金钱和名誉。这款游戏包含一些有创意和有争议的广告:对避孕药品牌毓婷的过度宣传。此外,游戏中动作极其令人生恶。当访问某个朋友的医院时,玩家可以强制结束,偷病人,扔垃圾,放狗咬人,停车堵路,还有用炸弹图标暗示的“神秘恶作剧”。这个当政府把社交网络游戏“整合”到和谐社会中是,可能会有所改变。
#9 361° Basketball (NEW entrant)
#9 361° 篮球赛 (新成员)
361° Basketball is a team-management game that is fully branded bythe Chinese sportswear brand 361°. To prepare for “PKs” againstother teams, players train by watching brand videos from the“Equipment Shop,” where they can also buy virtual 361°products.
361°篮球赛事一个团队运营的游戏,由中国运动腹胀品牌361°独家冠名。玩家通过光看有“装备商店”提供的品牌视频进行训练,来准备和其它球队PK。在“装备商店”里他们也可以购买虚拟的361°产品。
#10 X-World (NEW entrant)
#10 X世界 (新成员)
X-World New York is a game in the style of Mafia Wars! The gamehas the same “task list” mechanics, but the theme is muddled asmafia games are officially banned in China. It’s one of five new3rd party games included in Kaixin001’s new open platformexperiment.
X世界纽约是一款和MafiaWars风格一样的游戏!这款游戏有同样的“任务列表”机制,但是Mafiay游戏中混乱的主题被中国禁掉了。它是Kaixin001新的开放实验平台上五款由第三方开发的游戏之一。