Chapter 210 Next Generation Game
A host with the ID 'Gun King', who is a high-level player specializing in "PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds", has a group of loyal fans because he likes gun fighting, has excellent skills, is good at talking nonsense, and interacts well with his fans.
He is also one of the top gaming anchors among Baby Shark.
The high signing fee for being an anchor, plus the occasional sales of snacks and peripherals, also allowed him to achieve financial freedom.
Moreover, he was a smart person. After Yaya's tax evasion was discovered, he immediately paid all the taxes and was not affected by the aftermath.
Today, he did not play "PUBG" directly but laughed as he showed the screen a qualification, a closed beta qualification for "Star World".
“Ding~ding~ding~everyone, look what this is? I’ve obtained the closed beta test qualification for “Star World”!”
After seeing what he showed, the netizens below were in an uproar and the barrage of comments was almost flooded.
"Are you kidding me? Last time you said you were going to jump off the building when you were done?"
"I thought you could at least hold out until the internal beta test and then grab a spot, but I didn't expect you to just give up in the closed beta test."
"'Gun King', where is your backbone? Where is your persistence?"
“…”
Faced with all these doubts, the 'Gun King' had a very convincing argument.
“Shut up! I said before that I wouldn’t play without the closed beta test qualification, but now of course I have to play. Besides, I’m a PUBG streamer, and I believe in the strength of World Company.”
Seeing that some people couldn't hold it back, he added
"Just tell me whether you want to watch it or not. The test will start in 20 minutes. I have downloaded the game in advance."
"look!"
Many people had teased him before, but when he asked whether they wanted to watch it or not, the answers were all the same.
In fact, at this time many netizens have already gone to the qualified live broadcast room of the World Department, just to see whether this "Starry Sky World" is just for show.
So is the 'Red Queen' AI justly named?
Many games have explosive word-of-mouth during promotion and high expectations, but when they are actually released, people are speechless to find out that "this is it"?
Many of the promotional descriptions of "Star World" are considered exaggerated.
Completely open world, complete freedom, super large map, NPC AI, interaction between NPC forces, full sandbox resources, etc.
Anyway, it sounds like false propaganda to cheat people out of money.
However, precisely because the game is developed by a world company that has a series of legendary products and a good reputation, players are still very much looking forward to it and are willing to give it a chance.
Even if the promotion is a bit exaggerated, as long as it can achieve some of the effects, it will be a top game!
Moreover, games with starry sky themes already have enough audiences, especially EVE players. Now that EVE has been around for a long time, there is a lack of fresh blood and players are leaving.
Once the number of players in this kind of sandbox game decreases, the playability will quickly decline.
It is common to spend hours squatting and end up only being able to chat.
However, many of the more radical players in EVE are still criticizing StarWorld for riding on the popularity of EVE.
Many people even posted videos on TT to criticize them, and TT was very generous in giving these players traffic!
"Star World will soon be closed for testing, and we will know what the situation is. I admit that World Company itself has strong technology and may be able to develop a game that surpasses EVE, but it cannot use such exaggerated gimmicks. Now I will broadcast the start of the game live."
Afterwards, this EVE player named Baozi opened a live broadcast room on the website, and then clicked on the live broadcast room of Baby Shark 'Gang Gun King' in the live broadcast room.
It left many people speechless.
"Brother, you don't have the qualifications for the closed beta test?"
"Fuck, there is such a thing?"
"I've given up on studying. Let me start a live broadcast. I'll come and explain it to you."
“…”
It has to be said that many anchors who did not obtain the closed beta qualification still rely on this kind of freeloading method. Anyway, other people are playing the game, so they just act as commentators.
As time goes by, the closed beta of "Starry Sky World" officially begins!
As players who are eligible for the closed beta test, you must have pre-downloaded the game.
However, even with the data compression capabilities of the world's companies, the size of this game of hundreds of GB is still too large for this era.
"Wow, I remember PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds was only a few GB, but it has so many features and detailed maps. What the hell is this so big?"
"Fuck, I just downloaded it, I didn't expect it to be so big, luckily the hard drive is big enough."
"Phew, fortunately the optimization level of World Company is impeccable, otherwise I would doubt that my computer would be unable to run it."
“…”
As the game started and I clicked to enter, a new box popped up!
The game also has some minor auxiliary download packages. Please reserve enough space. The auxiliary download packages may affect some professional functions, but they can be downloaded in the background without affecting the game operation.
"There's also an auxiliary download package? What the hell is this?"
As the Gun King finished his words, the opening credits of the game "Star World" began to appear on the screen in front of him. The opening credits only showed a figure in power armor squatting on the ground in the desert with his fingers extended and stained with a ball of green sticky mucus.
The texture of the gravel, the weathered feel of the power armor, and the sticky details of the slime are all fully utilized.
Then the next moment, the desert surged, and insects emerged one after another, starting to exchange fire with the power armor side.
At this time, many messages appeared on the barrage.
"Isn't it a star-themed game? Why does it feel like an MMORPG?"
"Yeah, but the picture is really exciting!"
“It reminded me of the original theme song of PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds, and the background music is so exciting! It’s a new song again!”
"Temo listens to Master Yi's songs every day, but he almost forgot that he is also a great musician!"
“The picture is super exciting.”
“I’m already interested in the game!”
The comments were all positive, but Baozi immediately caught the bright spot and counterattacked:
"Everyone, I admit that this opening is nice, but it doesn't live up to the hype."
When the battle between the two sides was at its most intense, the various mechanical gunshots, ammunition, armor, and the Zerg's explosions and cruelty were just beginning to show their grandeur.
The next moment the camera began to zoom in and the battlefield scene began to get smaller. As the clouds gradually appeared, the sci-fi fighter plane that was crashing with thick smoke began to fall . A group of bat-like insects could be seen on the fighter plane, spitting acid.
The camera continued to pull up, showing a flaming landing capsule breaking through the atmosphere, a satellite flashing by, and air control aircraft groups beginning to appear one by one. Then, in the suborbital space, a gorgeous warship full of mechanical beauty and details began to appear.
It just made Baozi shut up temporarily.
The model and details of this magnificent battleship far surpass those in EVE!
"This is just a promotional video, it's different, but I have to admit that the details of this battleship are really well done..."
But just as he finished speaking, the camera was still zooming away, and soon he discovered that the mighty warship that had just stayed in orbit was completely a little brother!
In contrast, a large number of warships that were several times, dozens of times, or even hundreds of times larger than that warship were parked in the starry sky. Every time the comparison expanded, it caused a burst of exclamations!
Then, the main gun of a flagship charged up and bombarded the Zerg's nest that was constantly swallowing and spitting out a small star in the starry sky!
At the same time, under the BGM, the language narration began.
The Omnic Crisis, the Zerg, and the division within the human race are the general background of "Star World".
The opening scenes keep jumping around, showing the space station, space city, mining area, buildings on the planet, space elevator, etc. one by one, all of which are top movie-level scenes.
From the war-torn zone, we slowly came to a relatively peaceful area, and then to the heartland of the human race. Then the opening scenes and characters switched seamlessly.
If it weren’t for the sudden appearance of the menu bar and the character portrait in the upper left corner, I wouldn’t have known the game had already started!
After 'Gun King' took a tentative move and found out it was real, the entire live broadcast room exploded instantly!
"Fuck!"
“Kneel down!”
"What graphics card is this?"
“What kind of optimization is this?”
"What the hell! Those scenes that just flashed by, shouldn't we all experience them ourselves?"
"Hurry up and continue. Where's the guide?"
Later, as the novice guide appeared, everyone discovered the identity and background of the Gun King. He was a veteran who had a confusion when uploading his consciousness. The error in uploading his consciousness caused his memory to be seriously affected, and all his skills were cleared and whitewashed.
Because he was affected by the uploading error, he has now been approved to be discharged from the army and live a normal life.
All his enhanced abilities and skills were lost, and he only vaguely remembered some personal information.
Then began to register various 'recalled' information.
There will be a lot of questions to fill in, including face-pinching, which means that writing these will affect the basic attributes, but please figure out how they affect it yourself.
In addition, the game ID card is bound, and you can quit the game, but you cannot delete the account, so it is best to fill in your own information truthfully. With the data push capabilities of the world company, you will most likely get a more suitable initial talent if you fill in the information truthfully.
After filling it out, you can switch between the first-person and third-person perspectives easily. It's like a controllable movie!
Standing in front of the ward and looking at the three-dimensional city outside, the flying cars shuttling by, and the maglev train whizzing by, it really feels like a dream.
After filling in the information, the next step is to board the spaceship back to your 'homeland' based on the information filled in!
It explains the frequency of spacecraft flights, and there are three flights to the home planet of "Gun King" every day.
However, boarding the spaceship can be entrusted. Just leave the character in the waiting room and log off. The character will go there on his own as the game progresses.
It’s just that in the early stages of the game, it is recommended that you follow the guidance first. The journey back home is itself a complete novice guidance process!
If you missed it, please check the guide online next time.
After registering information in the ward, I started to change into hospital gown and disinfect it. Here the clothing changing function began. There is in-app purchase, but the in-app purchase is mainly for buying nice clothes.
And before the purchase option, it also states that these clothes can be obtained in the game, such as simply going outside and robbing a passerby, or learning the corresponding skills to make them yourself, etc.
Special note: although the data will be deleted during the closed beta test, the clothes can be retained, after all, the ID card is bound to the account!
The 'Gun King' wasn't short of money, so he simply changed his original casual white T-shirt into a more colorful set of hip-hop style clothes, and also dyed his hair a little.
Then he followed the guide to the hospital entrance, and was prompted to choose between driverless taxi and magnetic levitation. However, the new account only has 100 game coins, which is the only initial capital of the game. I hope he can cherish it.
After getting the hint, 'Gang Qiang Wang' gave up the free maglev without hesitation and spent five yuan to use the driverless taxi.
The maglev train runs every five minutes and you need to wait, but as soon as you call for an unmanned taxi, one will fly down from the traffic in the sky, and the scene will be full from all angles!
In the taxi, looking at the dreamy sci-fi city outside, 'Gun King' and the netizens who were watching the live broadcast were stunned.
Even Baozi, who came over to pick a fight, pursed his lips, his eyes full of shock.
“These should be stickers, but even if they are stickers, they are shocking enough.”
But soon, some netizens reminded
"You're a taxi now, see if you can get it to stop."
After being reminded like this, 'Gun King' started to operate. They were all veterans in playing games. After a while of operation, they found that the control platform in front of them could directly have options!
It’s not a pop-up panel, but a ready-made operating console directly in the car!
Just click the mouse and the character will do the operation!
The current flight route is shown above, and there are indeed a lot of parking spots in the middle where you can stop.
I randomly picked a nearby one and saw the taxi turn quickly and land quickly.
After coming out, looking at the bustling streets, the 'Gun King' was completely numb.
Those things you see at the beginning are not stickers!
It’s the real look of the city!
As the 'Gun King' ran, he found that Temo really could go wherever he wanted!
NPCs on the road will get angry and scold you after bumping into you, but this can't stop the "Gun King" from having fun.
It was not until he was instigated by netizens that he came to the overpass, took a leap of faith downwards, and fell to his death.
After death, he was prompted to upload his consciousness, and then he returned to the hospital . This was the initial resurrection point he was bound to...
