Chapter 161 Arcade, childhood memories of countless people
soon.
The screen lights up.
Accompanied by retro music like a music box, the first thing that catches your eye is the channel selection.
【ch01. Novice - Loran - Smooth】
【ch06. Trading field - smooth】
【ch10. Gran Forest A - Smooth】
【ch13. Castle in the Sky A-Smooth】
[ch18. Sky Curtain Beast C-Smooth]
【ch20. Alphalia B-Smooth】
"This game style... is really unique."
Lao Guo doesn’t know how to complain about this game anymore.
This old-fashioned and simple style is like a dream back to the Stone Age.
Moreover, every channel is smooth. You don’t have to think about it to know that not many people play it. It is completely different from other games.
final.
He still gritted his teeth and chose the first novice channel.
No reason.
It feels like this channel gives higher experience.
Anyway, he no longer had high hopes for this game, especially when he saw that it was still a 2D side-scrolling fighting game.
2D horizontal fighting game.
This gameplay has been outdated for many years.
It's outrageous that there are still people doing this now.
Forget it, let’s quickly end this torturous new game trial…
Lao Guo slid the mouse, clicked the start button at the bottom, and came to the career selection interface.
But the next second.
But he suddenly froze.
"This is……"
Lao Guo opened his eyes wide and looked at the character creation interface in front of him in shock.
Arcade!
The character|interface of this game.
It actually uses the arcade style!
Suddenly, a feeling of nostalgia surged into his heart, causing his eyes to tremble.
As a frequent visitor to the arcade in the past, he was very familiar with the interface of the arcade machines.
Although they are just a few simple things, they carry the joy of their entire childhood and the lingering memories.
Now so many years have passed.
The once popular game halls have long since declined and been replaced by the Internet, completely becoming the tears of the times.
Lao Guo didn't expect that after so many years, he could see this familiar scene again, and he suddenly felt an indescribable complex emotion.
It's the same feeling.
This gradually changed his view of the game and made him very interested in it.
"How's Lao Guo? Is that game fun?"
At this time, a question came from the roommate across the street.
At this time, my roommate had successfully queued up to enter a martial arts game and was controlling the character to wander around in the novice village.
"I just created a character and haven't logged in yet. How are you?" Lao Guo asked.
"I can't see what's fun about it for now. Wait for me to study it more and upgrade it. If it's fun, I'll take you to upgrade it."
"Okay, let me take a look at mine first."
Lao Guo didn't say much and his eyes fell on the game again.
To his surprise, there were surprisingly many characters in this game.
Ghost Swordsman, Female Fighter, Male Gunner, Magician, and Cleric.
Each profession has two to four branches, and each branch has different weapons and skills, and even the portraits are independent of each other.
He was dazzled and amazed at the sight.
It was only then that he noticed.
Although the interface of this game looks retro, it is very beautifully made.
It looks like it has been polished countless times and is not as shoddy as imagined.
After hesitating for a while, I finally chose the Ghost Swordsman whose weapon is a sword.
Because he saw a type he really liked in the branch.
[Berserker: Ghost swordsmen infected by the plague of Kazan, mastering rampage mode and blood attack skills, and their unique death resistance can keep them away from the threat of death. ]
As long as the level reaches Lv18, you can switch to this profession that looks very handsome and domineering. Lao Guo is quite looking forward to it.
With this expectation and curiosity, he quickly created a character and entered the game.
Swish!
The screen changes.
After a simple process, he came to a simple square lawn surrounded by grass and trees.
Just as the game says, it is indeed a 2D horizontal version.
Even the character has a bit of a pixelated style, holding a battered stick weapon.
This is too...
Lao Guo was about to complain, but he suddenly stopped and looked around in surprise.
Although this level exudes a simple atmosphere everywhere.
But if you look closely, you will find that the surrounding tree textures are very detailed and have added layer processing.
As the character moves, a sense of interlacing is created, giving you the feeling of experiencing 3D graphics in a 2D game.
This discovery made his eyes light up.
It's amazing that the 2D game graphics can be achieved to this level. I have to say that the production level is really excellent.
Continue looking to the opposite side, there are two goblin monsters holding weapons. The modeling has also been refined to make them look more realistic.
However, you don't have to think about it to know that this kind of monster is just a small minnow used for training.
"Guide level?"
Lao Guo raised his eyebrows and wanted to rush forward to try the combat effect.
Just at this moment, a dialog box popped up above my head, it was the cry of an innocent girl named Celia.
Please help me!
[I'm surrounded by goblins! ]
He is very familiar with the role of a hero saving a beautiful girl.
Without any hesitation, he picked up the wooden stick and rushed towards the two goblins, then frantically pressed the attack button to guide them.
Bang, bang, bang——
Aaaa——
Two horizontal cuts, plus an upward thrust.
With three smooth normal attack combos, the two goblins were instantly sent flying into the sky, and then they fell down, with most of their health being deducted.
"Floating Company!"
Old Guo was shocked and immediately saw the trick.
It’s the same floating connection mechanism as the arcade game!
Could it be that...
This game also reproduces the arcade combo combat?
If that's true, it would be terrible.
In joy, he rushed forward again and attacked the goblin with two attacks to kill off the remaining health of the goblin.
Ding~
Two things exploded.
9 gold coins, and a piece of white equipment, a tattered cowhide shoulder pad.
The equipment is out!
Old Guo became even more excited.
Even though it was just a low-level piece of equipment, he still felt the joy of gain.
I quickly put on my equipment and opened my personal panel. My defense was a little higher than before, and I felt a sense of joy at becoming stronger.
After passing through the door and arriving at the next small level, and killing two more goblins, a beam of white light shot up into the sky from his body.
Lv2!
Four small monsters allowed him to level up.
There are also three more skills on the skill bar in the lower right corner.
[Upward attack][Backward jump][Ghost slash]
With these skills, he could kill monsters faster, basically one per skill.
In less than a few minutes, they arrived at the boss level marked with a red bull head and saw the girl Celia surrounded by monsters.
The background music also suddenly became tense.
【Lord - Goblin】
A monster that was different from other goblins appeared, with its feet always stepping on a circle of light.
"Boss? No big deal."
Lao Guo sneered, rushed forward and made a direct upward attack.
Bang!
With a dull thud, the goblin boss was thrown into the sky by him and his health dropped significantly.
Press the normal attack before it falls down, three bangs, bang, bang, you will successfully complete a cool triple combo.
Seeing that it was about to land, he quickly followed up with a ghost slash, and the black blade instantly pierced through the boss's body, killing it instantly on the spot.
"Oh my god! It really works!"
The guess about the aerial combo came true, and Lao Guo suddenly shouted excitedly.
The sudden sound startled everyone else in the dormitory, and they all looked back in confusion.
"What's wrong? You're yelling so loudly."
"Here is the place where you can moan."
"It scared me."
“Have you found a good game?”
They are all trying out various new games now and can't leave for the time being, so I can only ask through the screen.
After the excitement, Lao Guo realized that he had lost his composure and quickly smiled and shook his head.
"It's okay. I just killed the novice boss with one skill."
"Tsk, it's just a newbie boss. I've killed several in this game, and I thought it was no big deal."
The roommates snorted when they heard this, then turned their heads away and continued their game exploration.
And at this time.
Lao Guo has successfully rescued Celia and appears in a tree house.
[Thank you, warrior. If it weren't for you, I would have been killed by the goblins...]
Celia was wearing a green dress and standing in the middle of the tree house.
There are also warehouses and mailboxes next to it, which looks like the character's birthplace.
After the conversation.
Celia told him to go outside to find the blacksmith Linus, and a direction guide appeared at the tree hole.
Lao Guo didn't think much about it and controlled the character to go directly through the tree hole and come outside.
However, the next second, there was a sudden noise in my ears.
In addition to him, there were actually many players gathered here, with all kinds of professions, running on the stone-paved road.
"Haha, I'm the first one to enter the game!"
“This game looks really old school.”
"There are people like me who don't play those big games but come to play this kind of small game?"
"666, it really is a 2D horizontal scrolling game."
"It's really out of the ordinary to see this kind of game in this day and age."
Because the server had just been launched, the players all gathered in front of the tree hole. Dialog boxes floated above their heads, looking like the slogans in those large online games.
You know what, this is quite interesting.
In addition, everyone's professional attire and name are different, giving a feeling of being on an adventure, which leads to a large number of players gathering here to chat.
Old Guo was immediately attracted by the lively scene.
It seems that this game...
Not as bad as he thought?
【Hey, Warrior. 】
Just as I was thinking about it, a voice suddenly came from the side.
Lao Guo looked in the direction of the voice and saw his target, the blacksmith Linus.
Go over immediately and hand over the task.
【Treat your equipment like your lover. 】
ha?
lover?
What if I need to disassemble or throw away the equipment in the future?
Lao Guo had a strange look on his face as he imagined himself disassembling his equipment.
Since it's a game where you kill monsters and get equipment, there should be something like a decomposition machine, right?
Break up the lover.
The scene was so beautiful that I couldn't bear to look at it.
"Fuck! This weapon is so cool! Where did you get it, bro?"
Suddenly, there was a commotion among the players chatting nearby.
Suddenly, a ghost swordsman holding a giant blue sword walked out from the crowd.
The flashing fluorescence on the giant sword and its cool shape immediately attracted the attention of other players who were still holding wooden sticks, and they all rushed over.
The ghost swordsman obviously didn't expect that he would be watched by so many people, and he stopped immediately.
"Ah? I didn't make it up. I just got it when I was clearing the cat demon boss dungeon. I just equipped it because it was useful."
A white dialog box popped up and the players went wild again.
"Really? How can a cat demon drop such cool equipment?"
"This weapon has such a high attack! 21 points, and my crappy stick only has 11 points."
"No, I must have such a cool weapon!"
"It is said that there are Warrior and King levels of difficulty in the later dungeons, with higher equipment drop rates and higher experience points."
"What are you waiting for? Let's go to the dungeon to get some equipment!"
"The Mirkwood dungeon adventure level is open! Here come two more brothers with great skills."
In an instant, the entire Loran Novice Village became lively.
Although it is just a 2D horizontal scrolling game, players still enjoy calling their friends and preparing to go to dungeons together to get better equipment.
Lao Guo in the crowd was also deeply infected by the atmosphere, as if he was back in his childhood playing arcade games with his friends. He immediately followed the crowd to the dungeon entrance on the right.
“Ding Di——”
Suddenly, a team invitation popped up.
A team name called [Starting from Level 2, complete tasks together to upgrade] appeared in front of Lao Guo.
